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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:03 PM
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Are there DU'ers whose gender you're unsure of?
I'm regularly mistaken for a guy, even though my profile lists me as female. I guess I must write like a guy. :rofl:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:05 PM
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1. It has happened. Even to me, amazingly enough.
Redstone
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:06 PM
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2. I've gotten that in the past
that I tend to sound like a guy in writing, I suppose. But hey. :rofl:
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:07 PM
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5. You're not a guy?!
j/k :rofl:

I'm not sure how one sounds like a guy or a girl but I don't care. I'm just happy to get responses to my posts!
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TheFriendlyAnarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:06 PM
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3. It's the Pink Floyd avatar that throws me off with you
:P I just don't think of women as Pink Floyd fans
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:09 PM
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7. Hmmmm - that's interesting
I also enjoy the Three Stooges and I love working on engines and using power tools. And running heavy equipment.

Hmmm, maybe I am a guy after all....
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 11:02 PM
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38. Are not
I've seen your



















lack of facial hair.

:P

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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:06 PM
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4. Not too many people mistake me here.
In real life, people think that because I am tall I am a man.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:07 PM
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6. So am I.
:shrug:
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:10 PM
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8. you bet! and that happens to me pretty often as well.
I like when it happens.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:11 PM
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9. If there are, I don't remember who they are.
I saw myself referred to as a "him" on GD once. That was weird.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:24 PM
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15. Were they blind?
:P
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:30 PM
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16. Well, we weren't actually speaking face-to-face.
:P
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:31 PM
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17. Surely they must have seen a picture thread at some point.
:P
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:32 PM
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18. I don't know...some of those GDers never venture into the Lounge.
I think we are scary.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:38 PM
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19. Well, GD is a laugh-free zone.
That explains it.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:58 PM
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27. I know - isn't that weird?
They think WE'RE scary! :rofl:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:12 PM
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10. Everyone thought I was a guy for the first year or so.
I never corrected anyone. Then one day I posted a pic. Hahahahaha.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:13 PM
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11. I just assumed all posters here are women who post while naked...
are you telling me that's not true?! Talk about shattered illusions! :cry:
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:13 PM
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12. Yes, even after repeated correction.
I don't *think* I write like a woman, but who knows?
:shrug:
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:22 PM
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32. You write like a woman, I write like a guy, we're both fucked.
Damn, that didn't come out right.

:crazy:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:55 AM
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47. I must admit...
I thought you were a woman for awhile.

:rofl:

At least you've probably never had anyone argue with you that you're not. I've had posters insist that I'm lying when I've said I'm female. Like it's a vast conspiracy or something.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:14 PM
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13. Quite a few, actually. nt
Edited on Mon Mar-05-07 07:14 PM by mycritters2
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:23 PM
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14. I'd worry about anybody who thought I was a guy.
But nothing surprises me here anymore.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:41 PM
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21. Oh, come on! We all know that in real life you're Buck 'Bearkiller' McGee,
president of the Cattleman's Association and a staunch proponent of the "No Kids Allowed" movement...

:silly:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:18 PM
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29. Damn it, you're on to me, now I have to go back into hiding.
:hide:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:40 PM
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20. No, it's never really been an issue with me...
Besides, gender alone is a poor stereotype in the Lounge, anyway.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:41 PM
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22. Whoisalhedges - he CLAIMS to be a man
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:42 AM
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42. but really he's a muffin
:7
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:57 AM
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48. I thought Skittles was a guy until she KICKED MY ASS
:7
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 04:32 AM
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50. lotta guys make THAT mistake
ONLINE ONLY of course :D :hi:
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:46 PM
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23. I thought HypnoToad was a girl and newyorker99 was a man :)
:)
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:47 PM
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24. I'm not sure of my own gender, does that count?
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:51 PM
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25. i have that same predicament all the time.
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UncleSepp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:41 AM
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41. Can we be not sure about each other?
:-P
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:56 PM
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26. I am guy-ish at times.
Edited on Mon Mar-05-07 07:56 PM by Shell Beau
Guys like to hang with me because I drink beer, watch sports, and play video games. Sometimes my friends say I am a guy in a girly girls body. But I am also VERY girly! I love fashion! :shrug:

I think I was mistaken as a guy once on here long ago!
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:05 PM
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28. I've been mistaken for a guy...
don't know how...don't know why...it's happened, though.

:shrug:
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:15 PM
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30. Sometimes, even though I finally added
"female" to the profile. However, it's only since I've been on discussion boards that I tell people I'm female. Having a non-gender screenname helped a lot in the early years, though, when being online was a lot different. It didn't help, though, when spam became a phenomenon--I've gotten more Viagra and other penis enhancements than I've gotten breat enhancement spam.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:23 PM
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33. Yeah, every day my inbox has all sorts of "Get it 3 inches bigger!11!1!" spam.
:silly:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 11:05 PM
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40. Ewwww!
That would just be... :puke:









:hide:

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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:46 AM
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43. I do, too...
Even though my e-mail addresses are, for the most part (at least the ones that get the most spam) definitely female.

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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:20 PM
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31. If anybody thinks I am a guy....
they need to attend remedial reading classes.

;)
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:55 PM
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34. There are DUers
whose species I am unsure of !!!
:rofl:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:57 PM
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35. I've never thought about it
An interesting mind is not gender specific.
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TOhioLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:57 PM
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36. I ain't sure about TOhioLiberal...
...:rofl::silly:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 10:59 PM
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37. I Wonder About Kitchen Witch...
well I always wonder about her...

not really about her gender, just wonder about her...

I don't ever mistake you for a guy d00d!

:rofl:

you're the skygazer hot babe type poster eh? :shrug:

:hug: that's what I always thought

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 04:33 AM
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51. her broomstick often mistaken for a penis
Edited on Tue Mar-06-07 04:34 AM by Skittles
:rofl:
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 11:04 PM
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39. Davsand is NOT "Dave and some last name beginning with Sand."
I'm female. Davsand is a combo of my maiden (and now middle) name of Davis and my married name which begins with Sand. More than one DUer has commented that they thought I was a man named Dave until I started signing my posts.

Yep, I'm a woman and I guess that has surprised a few folks over the years.


Laura
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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:53 AM
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44. I revealed my first name on a thread about a No-on-85 Planned Parenthood party I went to
Edited on Tue Mar-06-07 02:54 AM by Pushed To The Left
and some other posters were surprised to learn that I was male! In a thread several years ago, I reacted to a poster who I felt insulted by as if the poster was male. I found out later when I looked at the profile that the poster was female! (This led to my only DU flamewar against about half of DU!)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:53 AM
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45. lots
I'm often mistaken for a gender.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 02:54 AM
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46. No-one's ever called me a woman, but
many people have thought I was gay. :shrug:
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Evoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 03:00 AM
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49. Evoman....nope, no one mistakes me for a woman.
And yes, there have been some DUers who I've had to guess at their genders...and at least once, I screwed up. Just recently I told Doriangray that she was....lol.."a gentleman and a scholar".

"Thank you, but I'm a lady"

....whoops.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-06-07 04:56 AM
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52. GoPsUx
:wtf: is he?
One minute he's a pervert flirting with all the females.
And the next minute he's a freaken drama queen :shrug:
:rofl:
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