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Psychedelic Bookmarks · 18th Jul 2008, 07:31 AM

Hehe I was wearing a big raincoat and he at first thought I was a boy. Then he realised I was a girl, and was very apologetic - I told him not to worry. For some reason it made me feel amused - I wanted my recent haircut to look androgynous, so I guess it's done its job!

Tomorrow I'm going to a wedding and I'm wearing a shmexy dress so I doubt I'll look very androgynous then. I'll post some photos when I get back. I'm really looking forward to it!

**Helen** · 18th Jul 2008, 07:33 AM

Hahaha, that's happened to me many a time! One old friend of my grandfathers kept referring to me and my brother collectively as 'the boys', and a woman who was going past me and my dad once on a hike went 'oh, is this your son?' to my dad.

Trumpetplyer23 · 18th Jul 2008, 07:47 AM

People used to do that to me all the time. Usually when my mom and I teamed up to give them the 'Patented Look of Death', they realized that I was a girl.

It does get bothersome to me, for whatever reason. Sometimes it does make me laugh,though.

jazzrawr · 18th Jul 2008, 07:50 AM

See, I wish this would happen to me. (Wierd, I know.) I've always wanted to be able to look more like a guy, but it's a look that just doesnt suit me i guess.
Because it would make me laugh ^.^
But I'm not daring enough to cut my hair short or anything, and I have a rather feminine body. >.<

And oooooh yes, shmexy dress pictures!

Psychedelic Bookmarks · 18th Jul 2008, 08:15 AM

You should totally try a short haircut someday, jazz. I like my current andro-look, it's liberating from years of long hair and femininity. It suits me quite well, too, because I have that kind of awkward teenage body atm.

Brandford · 18th Jul 2008, 08:15 AM

When i was little, i had long hair and people use to mistake me for a girl alot.

Xoote · 18th Jul 2008, 08:16 AM

lap531 · 18th Jul 2008, 09:03 AM

People have mistaken me as boy so much that it does not bother me that much anymore, I still give them the death glair every once and a while.

Hoppip · 18th Jul 2008, 09:39 AM

Haha. I was sitting in science class on the first day of 8th grade, and I had lots of hair and a prepubescent high voice, and it wasn't revealed to me until later that the whole time I was talking to the girl next to me, she was trying to decide if I was an ugly girl or a nancy boy.

TT~TT

panda · 18th Jul 2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by seanathon

she was trying to decide if I was an ugly girl or a nancy boy.

TT~TT

xballetxbeautyx · 18th Jul 2008, 11:19 AM

I love short hairstyles like Helen's, and I really want to get my hair cut like that. But I don't think it would work for me because my hair's too curly- I would have to straighten it every day. I've never been mistaken for a boy- I've always had this long, curly hair that drives me insane.

MeskElil · 18th Jul 2008, 11:36 AM

My hair is the one thing that is feminine about me. I grow it out long so I can cut it off and donate it to Locks of Love, a place that makes wigs for cancer patients. I've done it 3 times already!

But the rest of me is so boyish, it's nuts.

18th Jul 2008, 07:31 AM	#1
Psychedelic Bookmarks Helena Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Close family and quite a few friends Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,195 Join Date: Oct 2007	An old man mistook me for a boy! Hehe I was wearing a big raincoat and he at first thought I was a boy. Then he realised I was a girl, and was very apologetic - I told him not to worry. For some reason it made me feel amused - I wanted my recent haircut to look androgynous, so I guess it's done its job! Tomorrow I'm going to a wedding and I'm wearing a shmexy dress so I doubt I'll look very androgynous then. I'll post some photos when I get back. I'm really looking forward to it! __________________ "I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial." (Morissey)

18th Jul 2008, 07:33 AM	#2
Helen Empty Closets Mod EC Moderator Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Inconsequential if people know. Location: York, United Kingdom Age: 19 Posts: 2,101 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! Hahaha, that's happened to me many a time! One old friend of my grandfathers kept referring to me and my brother collectively as 'the boys', and a woman who was going past me and my dad once on a hike went 'oh, is this your son?' to my dad. __________________ I want a window where I can see a tree, or even water... (....and the lesbians)

18th Jul 2008, 07:50 AM	#4
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! See, I wish this would happen to me. (Wierd, I know.) I've always wanted to be able to look more like a guy, but it's a look that just doesnt suit me i guess. Because it would make me laugh ^.^ But I'm not daring enough to cut my hair short or anything, and I have a rather feminine body. >.< And oooooh yes, shmexy dress pictures! __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

18th Jul 2008, 08:15 AM	#5
Psychedelic Bookmarks Helena Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Close family and quite a few friends Location: UK Age: 18 Posts: 2,195 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! You should totally try a short haircut someday, jazz. I like my current andro-look, it's liberating from years of long hair and femininity. It suits me quite well, too, because I have that kind of awkward teenage body atm. __________________ "I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial." (Morissey)

18th Jul 2008, 08:15 AM	#6
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18th Jul 2008, 08:16 AM	#7
Xoote Newbie Regular Member Gender: Male Posts: 3 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! lol __________________ Brandy Thomas \| Sex \| Porn

18th Jul 2008, 09:03 AM	#8
lap531 Taste the Rainbow! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Everyone Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Age: 19 Posts: 209 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! People have mistaken me as boy so much that it does not bother me that much anymore, I still give them the death glair every once and a while.

18th Jul 2008, 09:39 AM	#9
Hoppip look at the good i do Full Member Gender: Lv. 18 ♂ Orientation: Water / Dragon Out Status: Uncommon Location: Johto Posts: 1,562 Join Date: May 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! Haha. I was sitting in science class on the first day of 8th grade, and I had lots of hair and a prepubescent high voice, and it wasn't revealed to me until later that the whole time I was talking to the girl next to me, she was trying to decide if I was an ugly girl or a nancy boy. TT~TT __________________ KUDOS ME. I made myshelf pregnant.

18th Jul 2008, 11:19 AM	#11
xballetxbeautyx Heterodox Homosexual Full Member Gender: (.)(.) Orientation: Kinsey 5? Ish? Out Status: If you don't know, where have you been all my life Location: Midwest USA Age: 17 Posts: 1,719 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! I love short hairstyles like Helen's, and I really want to get my hair cut like that. But I don't think it would work for me because my hair's too curly- I would have to straighten it every day. I've never been mistaken for a boy- I've always had this long, curly hair that drives me insane. __________________ I can't go to Pigfarts! IT'S ON MARS. You need a rocketship! Do you have a rocketship, Potter? Look at this - it's Rocketship Potter! Starkid Potter! Moonshoes Potter! Traversing the galaxy for intergalactic travels to Pigfarts!

18th Jul 2008, 11:36 AM	#12
MeskElil ♥♥EC's Resident Hippie Child♥♥ Full Member Gender: Tomboy Orientation: Questioning...still... Out Status: 2 great guys who are helping me through everything Location: Southern California Age: 20 Posts: 1,038 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: An old man mistook me for a boy! My hair is the one thing that is feminine about me. I grow it out long so I can cut it off and donate it to Locks of Love, a place that makes wigs for cancer patients. I've done it 3 times already! But the rest of me is so boyish, it's nuts. __________________ Call me Mesk