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Hi guys.
Just thought I would share this with you. Yesterday, I was driving to work. At the light, a LONG HAIRED man on a Harley Davidson pulled up and revved his motorcycle several times to get me to look at him. So I turned my attention to him. He looked at me for about a minute before figuring out I was a man and immediately faced forward and stopped revving his engine. When the light turned green, he peeled out, putting as much distance between himself and me as possible.
Ironic, isn't it? This guy wasn't much more masculine appearing than I, either. At any rate, it was good for a laugh!
Since you confessed, I'll confess. I used to jog around my neighborhood, usually in the twilight hours. I would put my hair up in a ponytail, wear shorts and a t-shirt. As I was running along, a car that had about 4 teenaged boys passed by from behind just as I turned a corner. By this time the light was almost gone. They turned around and slowly followed me down the street. They had their windows rolled down and were about to say something when they got a look at the frontside and noticed that I did not possess certain female attributes, not to mention my face would scare a scarecrow. I've never seen a car turn around so fast. I just laughed my butt off. This did give me insight into what some women have to endure from un-gentlemanly(?) conduct.
(?) did I just invent a new word?
Come to think of it, it MUST have been dark because I've got HAIRY legs. Maybe they were budding fetishist's (is that a word?).
I liked your story and I think we all have this kind of thing happen sooner or later. As far as un-gentlemanly goes, you were being overly polite. Good for you. Fetishist's is actually a real word.
Something like that happened to me once, only much, much scarier. I ended up never running at night again.
I was working late one night and was followed in the street by a bloke. He didn't fit the profile of of the usual violent yob that likes to beat up hippies, he was smartly dressed, and I am quite sure he was following me. I assumed he was gay. It never occured to me that he could have thought I was a woman, but I suppose it is just possible. I could see him clearly, so I assumed he could see me just as well?
Yeah, he probably was thinking you were a woman.
What happened with me was that after the carload of teenaged boys had yelled their obscene comments at me, they pulled ahead around the corner (where I had to have been heading, as that's the way the road went), stopped, and turned off their lights. I could see all this through the thin woods. I turned back and went right home.
WHEW. That does sound scary. Glad you saw them in time.
No - you just reinvented it ! It's already in the dictionary but without the hyphen ; "not appropriate to or behaving like a gentleman"
Nearly. Just leave out the apostrophe !
Hope everyone knows me well enough by now to know that this isn't a flame !
Why, I'm havin' to put out my tail feathers as we speak. Fortunately, I keep them numbered for just such an emergency.
I don't mind being corrected. I should have looked these words up myself, but I was being lazy.
You may correct away, Big L
Hi SavageHair
I too have been mistaken for a woman a few times - it usually happens if I've got my hair down. Probably because I am quite thin. The best is when I turn around though and people suddenly see my facial hair!
That's a great photo you've put in your message. Your hair looks really cool but the actual composition of the photo is pretty good too.
RM
Thanks for the compliment. I did do some modeling recently, and I had a falling out with my agent. At any rate, who knows? I may find myself another agent! :)
Well, you certainly have the photogenic looks. The black and white motif looks very good. But, I sympathize with your plight. Why, I've had to fire dozens of agents. *Ahem* :)
I have to add myself to the line-up, too. I for one think women have better hair than men, no offense guys. They've got the experience and they know how to make it look great. So in that case it's a compliment. Now if they realize your a man and still stare... run for your life.
I have only been mistaken once, at least thats all i know of. I was at the hospital with my mom and sister to see one of my moms friends who just had twins. I was turned around reading something and my sister was out there with me and the nurse said ok girls you can go back in. I turned around and she saw my face and she looked embarrassed and just walked away.
I've been mistaken for one about 8 times, two of which were in the men's toilets. It's stopped ever since I grew a beard in January
It's happened to me several times. I find their embarrassment and confusion mildly amusing.
So do I, Mark! I really like your website, BTW.
Thankyou - feel free to visit anytime.
