Today, I was complimented by a stranger, who said I looked great in my outfit. I thanked her, and she immediately gave me a fist-bump. I stared curiously, and she explained: she was arguing with her friends about whether I'm a man or a woman. The pitch of my voice was the answer. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was stopped by a customer who told me that I looked like a nice woman. I thanked him for the compliment and pointed out that I was a man. With an obviously male name on my name tag. And visible facial hair. FML
Today, I was riding a bus. After having a conversation with my friend, I looked down and saw a little boy looking at me. He asked, "Are you a boy or a girl?" As if that wasn't bad enough, when I responded that I was a girl, he said, "Oh. So, why do you have a boy voice then?" FML
Today, while shopping, a few giggling girls came up to me and asked why I was wearing a dress in public. Highly confused, I didn't answer. When they walked away laughing, I realized they thought I was a man. I'm a woman. FML
Today, I was sick, and my voice was really low and raspy. A cute guy smiled at me and said hi, so I said hi too. He looked shocked and said, "Sorry bro, thought you were a girl." I am. FML
Today, I told my best friend she looked great in the dress she was wearing. My boyfriend overheard and is now convinced I'm a lesbian. FML
Today, a little girl came up to me and asked, "Are you a boy or a girl?" I said, "I'm a girl of course!" She walked away, looking dazed and saying, "Whoa." FML
Today, I received the first compliment from the opposite sex that I've gotten in months, from an elderly, cross-dressing man in the parking lot of Goodwill. Apparently my clothes look like they'd be "exciting to try on." FML
Today, one of my dad's work friends came over. As he was leaving, he complimented my dad on having three "strapping young boys." I informed him that I'm a girl, and I have a hormone imbalance that causes me to have a lot of hair and a deep voice. I guess my dress didn't give him a clue. FML
Today, as I walked home, I heard the people behind me in an argument over my gender. FML
Today, I decided to do something nice and compliment a stranger. I told a girl that I liked her skirt and that it looked good on her. She just rolled her eyes at me and said, "I'm not gay". FML
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ohgeejosee 19
You should have confused them and began talking in a different pitch
ElricMustang 23
She didnt have to explain it, though. Ignorance is bliss sometimes :/
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Comments (96)
WolfAtTheDoor 7
What's wrong with people who feel the need to be so rude to complete strangers? Should've told her, in retaliation, that you were having a personal bet with yourself about whether or not she was a tactless bitch, to which your answer is now "yes."
perdix 31
Don't wear unisex clothing. If your features are androgynous, you have to dress in either flowery dresses or a football uniform (with helmet.) Ps: I see the gender you claim, but I'm not convinced.
Psycho_Babydoll 26
Actually, no. You don't HAVE to dress a certain way, regardless of how you look.
perdix 31
#27, you are right, that is, if you don't mind having others uncertain about your gender. Maybe you're into that sort of thing.
Docbee 11
Questioning looks from strangers turn me on ;)
chaosincarnate 8
I believe this was the joke......
PunkySpunky78 15
Your are wrong since I have big boobs and strangers think I'm a guy and I wear jeans and graphic t shirts
threer 30
...... That destroyed humanity.....,
NoFlippinWai 24
59- Shutup. Perdix- I believe your original comment may have gone the way of the geese and flew over some heads. :-) And just to confuse everyone- I go out in a footbal uniform all the time.. but I lost my helmet on the bus after I licked all the sparkles off. :-P
hessel 13
there are a lot of people mistaken for the other gender on fml lately.
perdix 31
#21, you're new here. A while back, there was an epidemic of Indeterminate Gender stories. If it wasn't one of those, it was an Underpaid Babysitter one.
NoFlippinWai 24
They all come in waves. Like a user reads one and it reminds them of something that happened to them once, then put it into format and click submit.
AngryD 9
why can't people just mind their own ******* business
Ch_rae5 19
I totally agree, people just need to learn.
Thunderstruck14 30
Yes, when it comes to window smashing to save a cabbage patch kid or a stuffed animal, people need to mind their own business, but what's so bad about asking a question? Why can't we all just be pleasant to one another? I'd prefer to live in a world were people are allowed to talk to each other and ask questions rather than a world where no one is allowed to talk to people and with lots of taboo subjects as if everything were offensive. Why not be open and friendly? Why should we all pretend girls have to be girly and guys have to be super masculine? Too many rigid gender roles, man.
how_to_implode 17
Hey, androgynous can be very sexy. :)
drizzy11 18
They can all go to hell.
HeartOfLead 24
Did you proceed to them you were a girl, in a deep voice?
Fluffydemise 18
I'm a pretty non tactile person. I'm more perturbed by the fact that someone fist bumped you, that you didn't know, without much warning, than I am by the fact they couldn't determine your gender!
jannatanelle 5
I thought the first bump started so you didn't actually have to touch people in a handshake situation
NoFlippinWai 24
Oh... so I should stop grabbing people my the crotch when I meet them?
worldclassrager 41
I like how your sex is listed that helps and doesn't make me wonder.., That happens...but a good pitch balance and a fake name that's transsexual can keep them wondering...
Spider_Web 11
Like Kim or Pat
NoFlippinWai 24
You mean a gender neutral name like don/dawn or jo/joe. There is no such thing as a "transexual name" unless you count Frankenfurter.
worldclassrager 41
Well bisexual name sounded bad so I twisted it...
QueenSaru 28
That makes no sense... Female =/= high voice, male =/= low voice. I could see if she had ASKED what your sex was in order to win the bet, but if you looked a bit androgynous and had a high voice there's still a fifty-fifty chance you could have been male. That said, I sound SUPER young on the phone/recorded despite being 29, so I got the, "Are your parents home?" thing for a long time. XD
MerrikBarbarian 9
Also transmen who are early in transition may look androgynous and sound feminine... But calling them female is pretty insulting. Biological sex or pitch of voice does not equal gender.
QueenSaru 28
There's that too, absolutely. I don't understand this obsession with needing to know a stranger's sex or gender. Unless I plan on dating them, it's none of my business, and most of the time it doesn't even cross my mind, so I couldn't even begin to imagine the thought process that goes behind actually going up to someone and speculating on whether they're male or female.
NoFlippinWai 24
Its simular to inquiring about someones race. My BFF used to forget I was female all the time... I would forget he was black. Its not something we readily thought about when discribing each other to someone else.
Thunderstruck14 30
Some people are just very social and they are interested in interacting with strangers. So when they're not sure what gender a person identifies with, or what sex they are, instead of forgetting about it and moving on, they will be more open about it and try to find out. There's nothing wrong with being a bit more social and extroverted, and approaching a stranger to ask them about their gender/sex. Its good for people to mind their own business and not get in people's way, but simply asking a question is perfectly fine. Besides, they weren't being rude, just curious. Its totally okay to dress more neutral :)
QueenSaru 28
Sorry, but I can't equate 'being social' with 'going up to a stranger and asking their sex/gender'. It seems extremely invasive and rude to me, and as #51 said, if there's transitioning involved, it could make the person feel even more uncomfortable than just having a stranger coming up to you and being all, "So are you a girl?!" If you want to speculate, that's fine. If you want to laugh at someone's shoes, or admire their purse from afar, knock yourself out, but casual conversations with strangers should not involve the third degree about their sex or gender.