For as long as I can remember, I've always been one of the boys. Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Bey Blades, Super Smash Bros. and, most importantly, getting pegged with tennis balls during recess. I wouldn't have ever traded the way I grew up for lip gloss or stereotypical "girly" things. Trust me, having girls be significantly pissed off that you wanted the same Dooney & Bourke purse they wanted was a little over-rated to me.
I'll never forget the time I was the only girl on my baseball team when I was in elementary school and I wore purple underwear under my white baseball pants. You had a lot to put up with, Dad. Let's also recognize that my Dad helped me blow-dry my hair for school until I was almost 13.
Anyway, I've always been a tomboy. To this day at 23 years-old, I'm currently wearing an over-sized men's tank top as a dress as I'm typing this. I'm often guilty of shopping in the men's section and I hate the color pink. I live with three boys who are well into their twenties, so I guess you can call them grown men. I still call them boys. I've given up on trying to keep up with the beer bottles on the coffee table and the dishes piled high in the kitchen sink. Our house has a permanent stench. That's okay though, I would never love them any less. Luckily, we get along and enjoy binge watching Netflix together.
Looking back, I didn't even own a hair straightener or knew such thing was possible until high school. I don't remember the last time I curled my hair or wore a real bra. I gave up on the underwire, the age of push up bras have surpassed me. I'm the queen of t-shirts.
Of course I had girlfriends in high school, but you could always catch me with the guys everyday after hockey practice. They just seemed easier to keep up with and easier to fit in with. College was the same deal, you could always find me and the couple of girl friends I had dressed to the 9's (over-sized hoodies and leggings or t-shirt we stole from the boys.) Lounging around watching TV together or drinking Natty Lights. My personal fave was a 2XL old school wizards basketball hoodie.
Over the years, I've grown to love the ridiculing, the pranks, their foul language and dirty jokes. I can't say that spending most of my free time with the guys has educated me any more on how their brains work though. That'll forever be a mystery, but I'm sure they can say the same for us girls.
Shoutout to all of my guy friends over the years, I like to credit some of my level headed-ness to you guys.
