According to my girlfriend, I’m 7.
According, boys don’t grow up, they get bigger, hairier, and their toys get more expensive.
So that’s what she says, and I bewieve hew.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
“Are you men and woman or boys and girls?”
Well I’d much rather in the situation of a man and women.
Of course being a smartass may give you a clue as to what others call me…
34, so I guess I would be considered a woman, although to quote Jimmy Buffett “I’m growing older but not up, my metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck . . .”
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I’m in my late 40’s and I still find myself mentally considering myself as a ‘boy’ like when I was in my early 20s. I think the mind ages much slower than the body because no matter what crap gets thrown at it, many people still see others as ‘grown-ups’ and themselves as ‘youngsters’ even if they are 50.
I keep forgetting my age until I look seriously into the mirror and see the thinning hair (where the hell did that go)? Note that it’s time to dye it back to it’s normal brown because the gray is coming through again and noticed that the backs of my hands, once smooth and taut, have become covered with a fine net of wrinkles that ‘old folks’ get. Mentally, I don’t feel as old as I look.
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Hi I’m 41 and must say that a good jumping off point from girl to woman would be maybe… coloring your hair to hide the gray or purchasing expensive but worthless creams and potions to eliminate wrinkles. Seriously I feel like a girl but I look like a woman. I refer to myself as me. But my best girlfriend calls me chick and my boyfriend calls me sexy. (I like that one the best! Especially at my age!)
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The first time someone called me “ma’am” I knew THEY thought I was a woman…but in my heart I’ll always be a “girl”.
Old enough to catch an occasional “sir”, but young enough to be offended by it.
Must be that white streak in the beard…
just call me Silverlock.
I’m 22, and still feel like a boy. But, I prefer to be called a “guy.” I don’t think I’ll feel like a man until I’m married, and have kids.
Adam
I’m almost positive that I will always be a girl. A little one that likes to play in the mud.
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Depends who says it. If a guy calls an adult woman a girl, he is being oppressive. IF an adult woman calls a guy a ‘boy’ she is being oppressive.
If a woman calls another woman a girl, then its okay, etc.
Woman, since I get called ma’am quite often. (And I’m only 24!)
Related note: You know you’re getting old when you’re walking on your old campus, and someone stops you with “Ma’am, can you take our picture here?” I felt SO old. sigh
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I’m definately a woman but at the tender age of 25 I still feel like I’m 17! I’m divorced, I have 2 wonderful kids, a full time job and all the responsibilities of a woman but I’ll always be a kid at heart… and 17 was a good year for me!
Like SwimmingRiddles and Cristi I like the word “chick.” I also like “babe.” I don’t know why but it makes me feel good to be called a babe!
That John Denver’s full of shit man!
I prefer the way my friend’s single male friend purred, “bastarrrrrrrda” at us. He, of course, was just another “bastarrrrrrdo”.
I’ve been using the term “chick” for years, though “chica” is a little more, well, cheeky.
I’ve answered to these names: mother, woman, girl, chick, sister, even dame and wench. Don’t care for “lady”, though.
I don’t have a strong preference either way for “woman” or “girl;” sorta depends on my mood at the time–sometimes I feel like a grownup and sometimes like a kid (I’m 35, FWIW).
I go to a women’s college, and it does irritate me when I say I go to X College and they say, “Oh is that a girls’ school?” That comes across as demeaning, even if the person didn’t intend it to.
I usually refer to others as guys and gals.
Me? I’m just this guy, you know?
Get it right. Call me Dude.
Sheesh!
I have chainmail underwear.
A lot of women seem to get upset over being called ‘ma’am’ because it makes them feel old, but I work in a store and I don’t know how else to address female customers. I don’t want to say ‘lady’, because it sounds rude.
Are there any men here who prefer NOT to be addressed as ‘sir’?
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Well, being called “sir” feels kinda funny.
Especially since in “the industry” in which I work, we all refer to each other by first names. We have these little plastic badges, and so everyone can read your name. (No, it’s not fast food or retail.)
So being “Mr. [Irishman]” is strange - that’s my dad. Being “sir” is odd.
Then there was the time at work where a lady made a comment using “boy” as an exclamation, but it could have been interpreted as if she were calling me a boy. That was fun.
Of course there’s the strange situation that whenever I dress like an adult (shirt, tie, slacks) and go to stores, I’m frequently mistaken for an employee. ??? Happened just the other day. (No wonder I wear jeans a lot.)
Funny event comes to memory, I was dressed up for work and shopping for groceries. This was when in college. Some lady and her kid were there, and I overheard her make some comment to the kid not to bother the man - referring to me. That was one of the first times I recall being identified that way.
Some women who are irritated by ma’am but will stand for “miss.” I began being ma’amed when I was about 15, I think. It bothers me not at all; at least it’s an attempt to be civil.
Woman, for sure, at 37. I never felt particularly girly, actually, even when I was one.
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