Ladies! Tomboys! Were You a Tomboy When You Were Growing Up??
By artistry
@artistry (4151)
United States
6 responses
@artistry (4151)
• United States
26 Feb 10
...Hi there Mady2791, You know, for the life of me, I cannot remember wanting a doll, or playing with a doll or my parents buying me a doll. There were four girls in the family and I guess somebody had a doll, but it is buried or it is not something I really remember. I have to ask my sister, the next time I talk to her about the dolls. "o) I have a theory about dolls and young girls, but that's another conversation. I'll just say that we may be building something in the psyche of a young girls by giving them baby dolls, what would be the next step?
Just a thought. Thanks for your response, take care.
@artistry (4151)
• United States
27 Feb 10
...Hi again, Now that is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time "o). That could be a skit in Saturday Night Live, you dressing up your cats, dancimg them all around, and the cats falling over, one by one exhausted. You are funny as heck. Look out for PETA "o). you could be a producer or something in comedy.
Take good care.
@Mady2791 (545)
• United States
26 Feb 10
Well, I had dolls and would play with them but not for long like when you see little girls carrying them all the time or going to bed. For me it was more fun taking those dolls clothes and dressing up my pets especially cats because the clothes would fit them and then I would make them dance 
. You know...moving their bodies/paws to follow the rhythm of the music. They would get very tired/sleepy especially after dancing salsa music for some reason. Many times my cats would run away from me because they knew they had another dancing class coming up 
. Needless to say I was very mischievous with my cats.
. You know...moving their bodies/paws to follow the rhythm of the music. They would get very tired/sleepy especially after dancing salsa music for some reason. Many times my cats would run away from me because they knew they had another dancing class coming up . Needless to say I was very mischievous with my cats.1 person likes this
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
2 Mar 10
Yeah, I was a tomboy, I think it was because most of the neighbourhood kids were boys. We climbed trees and built and raced billy carts. I don't think I could have been more girly if I tried. I played lots of sport and was very active. I still hung out with boys when I got a it older and ended up pregnant and unmarried. 
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
4 Mar 10
Oh yes. We steered the billy carts with our feet and a piece of rope. Someone pushed us off to start and if the cart was big enough and stable enough the pusher could jump in behind. We were lucky to be living at the top of a ridge and the nearest street to us was all downhill. We had some awesome times. Home life was truly cruddy though.
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@artistry (4151)
• United States
4 Mar 10
...Hi MsTickle, And you wouldn't take the world for your child at this point in time. See that's why the emu's love you so much, they know you love to frolic with them. "o) You are a fun lady. Did you actually drive the cars? Too cool. I think the main thing when we are children growing up, is that we enjoy our childhood.
Becoming adults means accepting responsibility, leaving our freedom to be chidren behind, the loss of innocence. We can never get it back. Thanks for your response, take good care, always.
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
24 Feb 10
I was very much a tomboy growing up and yes I did on occasion hang out with my older brother and his friends..I also had more guy friends than I did girl friends too..When did I grow out of it?? LOL well I'll be 40 this yr and I'm still very much a tomboy! Do I wish I'd been more girlie growing up? HELL NO!! I like me just the way I am adn there is nothign wrong with being a tomboy ya know...
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@artistry (4151)
• United States
26 Feb 10
...Hi Ravenladyj, It sounds as though you are getting everything you can out of life and you are enjoying yourself in every respect. I can't remember having any girls who were friends of mine, who considered themselves tomboys. But one of my three sisters was totally into doing things with the guys, her friends were mostly guys, or girls who like to do the things that guys did. My thought was that it gave them more opportunities to have more male friends. "o) So why not? Thanks for your response, take care.
@cream97 (29085)
• United States
4 Mar 10
Hi, artistry. No, I have never been a tomboy before. But, I had an cousin that acted kind of like a tomboy. But she did not have any brothers. Only sisters. But she had many female friends though. Me and her played together as we were very young. We had a lot of fun together. She was like the leader and I was the follower. I grew up mostly around girls in my family so being a tomboy was not something that I had to encounter.
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@artistry (4151)
• United States
4 Mar 10
...Hi there cream, It's interesting, because I don't think it is just the male influence on girls. I think it has to do with what girls like to do, and it just happens to be the things boys like to do, that seem more fun. Just a thought.
I have two girl cousins who have about five brothers, and I do think they were influenced by their brothers, not to the point of being tom boys, but just rougher than most girls, especially me and my three sisters. Thanks for your interesting response. Take it easy.
@Downwindz (2537)
• Netherlands
24 Feb 10
I guess i was some sort of a tomboy, i didnt hang out with my brothers (i have a half brother my we never lived in the same area) but i hang out with all my friends and that was 90% boys, and ocasionally a girl when one of them where dating. I first started to become real girlish around the age of 20-21
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@artistry (4151)
• United States
26 Feb 10
...Hi there Downwindz, It sounds as if you had a good time growing up. Ninety percent boys around you would guarantee that you would have a male friend somewhere in the midst at all tines. Whow! Smart I would say. I think sometimes I have an easier time talking to males than females, although when I was growing up, it was about equal I think. Men seen to let things go, easier than women do in my experience. Thanks so much for your reply. Take care.
@Downwindz (2537)
• Netherlands
26 Feb 10
I can only agree with you on this matter... Men seem to forgive easier than women, even over the most simpliest things. Our gender is way to complicated, no wonder the men doesnt understand us all the time.
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@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
24 Feb 10
I was definitely a tomboy growing up! I loved my jeans and shorts and tshirts and jerseys. I preferred fishing, riding BMX bikes, speedway races, rough housing, playing with transformers far more than dolls and dresses and makeup. I can even recall a time that I dressed often like Duckie from Pretty in Pink (If that doesn't show my age ... lol)
As I grew older, I kind of bounced back and forth. While my outer interests didn't change, I dressed up on occasion and wore makeup occasionally. I did, and still do, get along with males much easier than I do females. Growing up, my friends were primarily boys. Now.. if I could curb my potty mouth, I might actually pass off for a lady these days!
@artistry (4151)
• United States
26 Feb 10
...Hi zoey7879, My thought would be, that we should all do whatever it is that mades us happy as we grow up, there should not be a problem with a girl climbing a tree, as long as she does not hurt herself. If a boy wants to play with a dollhouse, let him, he might grown up to be a builder of houses, who knows. Let the creative energies flow and let children and young adults be true to themselves,
most of us wind up on the right path, whatever that is, eventully. So let the winds blow, and let them have fun. Thanks for your input, take good care.
