Remember the sayings tomboy and girly girl? Classifications for the either feminine little girls or the more 'boy' like little girls. To put it more simply, there were the girls who loved to play dress up and dolls, or the girls who liked to run around with sticks and play in the dirt.
People put girls into one category or the other. But myself, like many others, know that femininity and masculinity are not always black and white. Being a girl that likes both activities that are more male-dominated as well as activities that are mainly female dominated isn't as uncommon as we think. However being a girl that "can do both" can sometimes be a struggle. Here are 20 things all girly tomboys know to be true.
1. People always think you're dating or hooking up with your guy friends.
2. Your guy friends want to hook up/date you.
3. When you deny your guy friend, he gets butt hurt or angry, and it ruins the friendship.
4. Your guy friends' girlfriends hate you.
5. It's harder for you to make girl friends because you may not share as many hobbies or interests as they do.
6. People are confused by you because you're either dressed to the nines or dressed like a boy.
7. The girl friends you do have don't like the more male-dominated activities you enjoy.
8. People assume you're bisexual or gay.
9. Men are turned off or intimidated by you.
10. You get comments like "you're so beautiful why would you do ________ ?"
11. When you slay your makeup in the morning and ruin it doing something like skateboarding shortly after.
12. Wearing sneakers with a skirt or high heels and an oversized T-shirt are your staples.
13. Having to deal with the odd looks you get when you're dressed in guys' clothes.
14. Or the shame you feel when a clerk comes up to you browsing in the men's section asking if you're shopping for your boyfriend.
15. Understanding that men and women are both fully capable of being "the crazy one."
16. When your guy friends ask you to bring lots of girls to the pre-game, and you can only think of about three girl friends you have.
17. You love athletic activities as much as you love doing your makeup.
18. You're not afraid of nature or getting dirty once in a while, but your hygiene is generally up to par.
19. Taking forever to get ready solely because of the internal struggle of whether to wear heels or sneakers.
20. You have been called by your last name frequently.
21. The statement "why not both?" was made for you.
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
