Being a tom boy

[Lisa R]

When i was younger i was such a tom boy. I had nothing to do with talking to girls or playing with girls. All my friend were boys and playing boy stuff
I hated dolls and girls game. Now that I'm older and going through puberty I'm now more feminine and into makeup and all the girl stuff. Have any of you girls go through this? Or am i just weird?

[Pensive]

Why does this bother you?

What makes you happy, makes you happy. So long as it's not harming anyone or you, does it matter why? Just do what gives you pleasure and makes you feel content now, maybe it'll change, maybe it won't

[Lisa R]

Why does this bother you?

What makes you happy, makes you happy. So long as it's not harming anyone or you, does it matter why? Just do what gives you pleasure and makes you feel content now, maybe it'll change, maybe it won't

I was wondering if it is just me or if other girls went through this also. Is it just a part of puberty . I'm happy now being feminine and being a girl.

[Elysium]

I'm somewhat similar. I was never much for the typical girly things as a kid - I was either into the boys' stuff or gender neutral things (I was really into Pokemon and Tamagotchis as a kid, for example, although I guess a lot more girls went for the Tamagotchis). Since puberty, I've just felt and been a lot more aware of my femininity. I don't wear makeup or dresses or skirts or anything, but the feeing's still there. I would wear makeup, just a little, if I knew anything about it.

I'm of the opinion that the whole marketing and advertising kids' toys based on gender thing is harmful, anyway.

[Cece14]

I went through this too. Except i dont really like wearing make up

[Karkat]

Well I went through this as well, but I'm openly bigender, so it's a little different for me. I wasn't just a tomboy when I was younger, I felt I was transgender. And that changed a bit for me after puberty, but not a ton. I'm not cisgender, so I doubt this is the answer you're looking for.

[Harizu]

Partly. I am not really into "girly" stuff, even now.
But I think it's a different story for me. According to the psychiatrists and the brain scans I have an extreme-male brain.
I was never a feminine child; other girls used to tease me for that and this is why I always played with boys and with my tomboyish female friend in elementary school. This is when I started to develop a sort of gender identity disorder. I wanted to be of the opposite gender.
Then in middle school the bullying went on. Most of my bullies were female, just like in elementary school. My gender identity disorder worsened for this. But instead of feeling of the opposite gender I started feeling like I had no gender. I still feel like that now.
It's better now though. I don't get uncomfortable anymore when people call me "she" or "girl" because I understand they are referring to my biological gender and they can't know how I feel about it. But being called "he" or "she" doesn't make any difference to me. I feel like I have no gender, so I might be both genders as well.
I usually don't dress "girly": I usually wear baggy t-shirts, baggy pants and converse shoes/boots/sport shoes; I wear leggings when it's hot and I have to do gym and I wear make-up only on occasions like parties or sometimes when going out with friends. And by "make-up" I mean only eye-liner and lip gloss because that's the only make-up I use.

[Abnormal]

Well, they do say that being a "tomboy" is a kind of phase...which I personally, do not believe. I do have some prior experience with being a "tomboy" and while I have grown decidedly more feminine, I still see similarities between the me of today and the way I was in the past.

Do you want me to be honest? It doesn't matter. You're not weird. You're just human. Humans change. And those changes shouldn't matter because they're natural. You're not a "girly girl" and in the past, you weren't a "tomboy". You were whoever you wanted to be and you gave no f**ks about labels...which is a good thing! Just keep that mentality.

[Abbeys]

I've gone from being very girlie to very boy ee!! Is that a word.

[Karkat]

I've gone from being very girlie to very boy ee!! Is that a word.

Masculine is probably the word you're looking for. :)

[Lisa R]

My brother hates it,and has told me that i have changed so much in the last year.. Now i love to cook,,do babysitting and go shopping instead of doing guy things with him and his friends.

[ozteen]

l was much the same, l've become at lot more ''girlie'' in the last couple of years though....

[Lisa R]

l was much the same, l've become at lot more ''girlie'' in the last couple of years though....

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only girl that's gone through this.
I was beginning to think i was a odd or weird. Thanks.

[emily-candace]

I still am. I live on a farm, ride horses and have goates, I can drive a tractor and love going 4 wheeling but I do wear dresses but I only own 3 not counting a gown I like to sleep in sometimes when Im feeling girly.

[Taryn98]

I'm kind of both ways. I love to dress cute and be very girlie, but I've always played sports and loved to camp and be outside and stuff too.

[electraheartt]

nothing wrong with that just be true to who you are (:

[Raven13]

I'm like a serious tomboy, haven't grown out of yet thank God, just started going through puberty like 4 months ago. I hang with my guy friends and do everything with them, lol even pee outside with them. So yeah its safe to say I know what you mean.

[Living For Love]

OP is banned. :locked: