Called "Sir"... Why, oh WHY?!?!

[Miranda]

Knot... I'm sorry this happened to you. Some people are just idiots. Only buy that stuff from the cosmetics counter if you want. Not because it's suppose to be more womanly.

Though I'm feminine looking, I've always been a Tom-Boy at heart. Mother Nature gave me a little bit too much testoterone in the womb. It's usually how I view things, or what I say, that makes people go... ...whoa, I can't believe a woman would say/do that. Sometimes it feels like a lot work trying to sugar coat things and pretend to be something you're not in life. Most of the time I just don't... only when I feel like I really have to.

[KnottedYet]

Knot... I'm sorry this happened to you. Some people are just idiots. Only buy that stuff from the cosmetics counter if you want. Not because it's suppose to be more womanly.

Oh, no, I love make-up! (I'm especially fond of lipstick.) Don't worry, I don't buy stuff I don't truly want.

I'm also one heck of a tomboy, but even as a little kid I was the kind of tomboy who wore skirts.

Maybe the salesclerk had a point - maybe it's my height and broad shoulders. I try to be amused by it, but after 30 years of being mistaken it does tend to grind on the soul.

I totally get the dismay transgendered people feel - being identified as the gender you *know* is wrong for you really, really, really sucks!

[hulagirl]

Me too!!! All the time! At least 2-5 times a month.
I'm 5'8", 145 lbs, I don't even own make up, and my earrings are the same ones that have been in my ears for almost 3 years. (little hoops) My hair is about 1" long if that. 34D, tan. ***-kicker.

I think it has something to do with intelligence. For real. It happens here in Hawaii ALL THE TIME. Rarely on the mainland. Go figure.