Boy or girl

[Ina]

At what age did I you become aware that you were a boy or girl? Can you remember what circumstance brought about this knowledge? How did you feel about it? :wave: layful:

 

[Falcon]

I think I was 4 or 5. Carol, the same age, and I were comparing eachother and both of us realized we were different "down there". Wish Carol were here with me now.

 

[Bettyann]

I had this weird cousin Willis...who was always chasing me and whipping out his willie and saying "Betcha don't have one of these!" and I thought wow that IS different...I think we were 4 or 5, too... I finally 'told Mama' on him. Heh! I spent quite a number of years wondering how did boys ever SIT DOWN...without realizing that it was located slightly different than what I imagined.

 

[Justme]

My mother ensured I knew I was a girl by dressing me in 'pretty' clothes from the word go, which I hated. Whilst I have never wanted to be a boy, I wanted to wear jeans and T shirts and play with boys toys. I am now an aging tom boy!

 

[littleowl]

In the Mining village were I was bought up. You knew you were a boy . Because you wore Boots. It was tradition those days.

 

[Ralphy1]

I think it was the the thing about the toilet seat being up or down...

 

[oldman]

I think I figured it out when I had to start using a different restroom while out and about.

 

[oakapple]

From a very young age [about 2] I knew I was a girl, besides which I was dressed in pretty frocks, no little girls were put in trousers back then.I think toddlers know more than we imagine.

 

[Ina]

When I was 4or 5, most of my clothes were my brother out grown one's. We were eleven months apart, so I did what he did. We even wrestled around most days. Then there was this kid who lived next door, and he kept being mean to me, so I beat him up. He ran home crying to tell. My dad got wind of it, and tanned my hide until I couldn't sit for a couple of days. I tried to explain what happened, but my father told me I was a girl, and because of that, it wasn't right for me to beat up a boy, and that boys came first in everything. From then on I was made to wear a dress. Big wake up for me. :tapfoot::grin::hiteachother: