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Nileyears 71F

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6/17/2023 9:14 am

I Wished I was a Boy

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Nileyears 71F

4208 posts
6/17/2023 9:17 am

I was a tomboy though.

Hawkslayer 88M

13328 posts
6/17/2023 9:36 am

I really enjoyed reading this, I had to try kissing my elbow after reading it. It is really difficult, isn't it?

It only takes a drop of ink to make a million people think. There are many stories.

Nileyears replies on 6/18/2023 9:11 am:
LOL, I can picture you trying to kiss your elbow. I know how silly I must have looked to my grandpa!

Abelle2 83F

31227 posts
6/17/2023 9:42 am

I thought you were having spaz attacks. You interrupted my short nap on the couch behind us.

Nileyears replies on 6/18/2023 9:13 am:
I hope he had you laughing!

CRAZYHORSE230 78M

1693 posts
6/17/2023 10:00 am

Nileyears

NILE, thank you for a good laff and lots of wisdom from your grandpa. i was an only child. i would not wish that on anyone. I grew up with guys that had brothers sisters and dated girls with large families. even today. i suffer the loneliness of no siblings or close relatives. . SEEMS OUR LORD ADN SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST has a perfect plan for me. i know in time it will be revealed.

keep in touch, and stay safe. The weather last night was I guess bad. i slept thru it. my yard shows the effects.

THE DAYS WILL END ... TIME WILL BE ETERNAL

Nileyears replies on 6/18/2023 9:18 am:
Glad you got a good chuckle! Both of my parents were only children, maybe that's why they had seven of us. We were really never alone, it was hard to spend quiet time just to read a book.

StarCandy1 69F

1798 posts
6/17/2023 1:08 pm

Great story ! I didn't compete with my brothers and sister. Too many years difference in us all. But I get the left behind feeling. My sister is 10 years older than me. She was pretty and had nice clothes and bf's. My older brother, went here and there, and when my Mom told him to watch my little brother .. he would promise me something if I watched him and I got nothing ! (payback for him though was my Mom made me watch him that he actually went into the school and didn't ditch school). My younger brother was the baby, he had heart problems and was allowed to do what he wanted. So I was a little jealous that they were better than me. But, I was the one who helped do things, so I was the angel (good one).
As for running...I was fast, I was either first or second in races. And loved playing baseball. Heals and a dress never stopped me, but it did help me to get to bases (real baseball bases) ! LOL

Nileyears replies on 6/18/2023 9:30 am:
Similar life StarCandy, I did have two sisters, my older sister died when I was two. My other sister was only a couple years older than me, but she was the one who liked to dress up and flirt with the boys. I also dressed up every great once in awhile when I got older, but still, blue jeans and boots will always be my choice.

Archer62 83F

7088 posts
6/18/2023 2:42 am

HOW INTERESTING. I LIVED IN A CHICAGO SUBURB BUT FELT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. MY BROTHER, 8 YEARS OLDER THAN ME, WAS ABLE TO DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND GO PLACES I WASN'T. BUT WITH THE YEARS, I HAVE MANAGED TO DO MANY THINGS GIRLS DID NOT DO THEN AND HAVE BEEN MANY PLACES AND KNOW ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE. BEING A WOMAN HASN'T BEEN ALL THAT BAD.

Nileyears replies on 6/18/2023 9:37 am:
Could it have been that in our youth girls were protected more? Meaning we were more sheltered.

Yes, it did seem like brothers got to do whatever they wanted.

I'm with you Archer, being a woman has been great!!

Robyn363 83F

3474 posts
6/20/2023 4:41 am

I cant kiss my elbow either, but at my age its not even easy to move at all

I never really wanted to be a boy but I have no brothers, just 2 sisters.

TwilightSpirit 56F

1243 posts
7/6/2023 12:02 am

I think we all have had a time or two in life where the opposite gender seemed to have it better. As a girl, I can dress in torn jeans and flannel shirts and no one blinks. As a boy, I would get some odd stares (in my area at least) in a set of thigh highs and a pretty dress. I think I have more freedom as who I am.
There were times though, that this would not have been so. Our world is always changing.