Lounge people: for those not defined by your gender

[VelmaD]

Just saw the other two threads about girly girls and manly men (we won't get into how those phrases bother me) and decided we needed a space for those of us who are neither or both.

I love to go over to my female best friend's house to watch football and bake cookies. She and I can explain the infield fly rule, the difference between a 4-3 and a 3-4 defense, and icing the puck. We also can tell the difference between the jumps in figure skating and make really good homemade biscuits. I paint my toenails pink and then go play basketball. I know all the lines to every Star Wars movie and Steel Magnolias.

How about you?"

[XemaSab]

1. I'm less girly than most guys I know

I can build things out of wood, sleep by the side of the road, and I really don't spend time fussing with clothes at all.

The only girly things I do are quilting and shopping for things for the house. But I haven't quilted in almost a year. :shrug:

[VelmaD]

2. ooooohhh...quilting

I love cutting out quilt squares...especially while watching football. :)

[ForrestGump]

3. I am initiator of the Manly Man thread, and in my most thunderous voice I

declare that I sew my own jumpsuits. Got my own sewing machine and everything. :D

And I have zero interest in most televised sports and basically little interest in watching sports of any kind, even in person. Doing them's another thing, but I'm not at heart a team player and prefer solo (or, at best, buddy-team) pursuits.

[VelmaD]

5. men who can sew are...

VERY SEXY :)

[ForrestGump]

7. I can cook, too

And I don't leave the toilet seat up.

Am I a catch, or what? :D

[VelmaD]

8. You don't leave the toilet seat up?!?!?!

Truly you are a god among men. ;)

[ForrestGump]

9. No, I don't

Unfortunately, this creates quite a mess whenever I use it... :o

[VelmaD]

10. Yes...but if you actually clean up the mess...

yourself...I might ask you to marry me. ;)

[ForrestGump]

13. Fighting...the...impulse...to type..."but that's women's work!" here, 'cos

even in jest, them're spanking words. :D

Yes, I clean up after myself pretty well. Just don't make me wear an apron. Unless we're playing our special games, of course...

[VelmaD]

15. And since when...

did you object to a good spanking? *snort*

You can skip the apron...as long as you leave on the pearls and the high heels. ;)

[ForrestGump]

19. You raise a good point

(honestly, no innuendo intended with that)

But I think you've got your cleavage <--- (sorry...Freudian slip) Cleavers mixed up...guess it's okay, as long as it's clear that I'm still the one who's s'posed to be hard on the Beaver (honestly, no innuendo intended with...ahhhh...who am I kidding?)

[VelmaD]

22. Ahhh...Leave it to Beaver...

the source for middle-America's fucked up view of human sexuality...and taste in dress up sex fantasies.

[ForrestGump]

24. Thank goodness for the latter

Though I can just as easily see Carol and Mike Brady heading downstairs to the basement dungeon after the kids have all gone to school.

"You've been very disobediant lately, mikey..." :o

[VelmaD]

25. Can you imagine...

a dungeon as designed by Mike Brady? *shudder* It would definitely be split-level. *snort*

[ForrestGump]

26. :D

With shag carpet on the walls.

Actually, that'd be pretty cool.

I bet Carol would really be rough on him, though. She's just aching to bust out of all that repressed TV mom stuff.

[VelmaD]

27. I dunno...at least...

the Brady's slept in the same bed. Can you imagine the frustration of Ward and June from having twin beds?

[ForrestGump]

28. That's true.

But at least they weren't bunk beds. I'm not sure '50s TV could have handled arguments over who gets to be on top.

[VelmaD]

29. Let's see...

all those men in stuffy suits all day having to live up to a ridiculous notion of masculinity. All those women shoehorned into girdles and heels and pearls to vaccuum having to live down to a ridiculous notion of femininity. I think we all know who was on top after the bedroom door was locked and lights went out. You just know Harriett was beating Ozzie black and bloody with a cat-o-nine-tails before the kids were even asleep.

[ForrestGump]

30. And the really sad thing is that that's NOT the kind of cat Ozzie was

referring to when he said what he wanted when he got home from work.

Then again, perhaps he misread her, too, when she said what kind of necklace she wanted.

[VelmaD]

31. Who knew 50s sitcoms...

were so chock full of thinly veiled innuendo. *snort*

[ForrestGump]

32. They were a seething Babylon of barely-restrained savage, primal lust!

I tell you. Phew!


And don't get me started on The Banana Splits.

[VelmaD]

33. I always wondered...

about that lion swinging his tail around.

[ForrestGump]

35. He was thrown off the set of "HR Puf 'n' Stuf"

They didn't mind all of their chracters using drugs, but they drew the line at swinging.

[VelmaD]

37. The really scary part...

is back in college I knew a guy who looked JUST LIKE that lion. It was freaked out and weird.

[ForrestGump]

38. I think I went to school with him, too

[VelmaD]

39. What does it say about me...

that I remember his name was Drooper. *embarrassed grin*

[ForrestGump]

40. Well, to be fair, that was just his

porn name.

:hi:

[jpgray]

4. I've been defined by both genders

Which... makes me a hermaphrodite by definition...? That doesn't seem right.

:shrug:

[VelmaD]

6. I know what you mean...

but I don't think I have all the right equipment for that *checks in pants*...nope.

[benburch]

11. I'm great with Bonsai trees...

...and cooking.

I used to play football, but cannot stand watching it.

I have no trouble with wearing pink.

[VelmaD]

14. Some men look really good...

in pink. My little brother used to wear a bright pink brushpopper out when he was younger...looked good with his dark hair and eyes...the chicks seriously dug him in it. :)

I've never actually met anyone who did bonsai...I bet it's a great conversation starter.

[dolo amber]

12. Well, lessee...

I too understand and can explain many sports rules, can do nearly anything technology-related if shown how once, ditto with mechanical... I also adore shoes, watch America's Next Top Model religiously, and find nothing on earth more relaxing than getting my eyebrows waxed. :shrug:

[VelmaD]

16. owie owie owie

Getting your eyebrows waxed may be the most macho thing ANYONE posts about doing tonight...way more macho than the stuff on the manly man thread.

[dolo amber]

17. Must be the endorphines

The last few times I've had it done they nearly had to wake me up by the end. :D

[VelmaD]

18. I just can't fathom...

letting someone put hot wax that close to my eyeballs. *shudder*

[benburch]

20. I just pluck mine. nt

[nytemare]

21. Well, I played football.

And, I like to decorate.

[VelmaD]

23. I love your pic in your sig line

You should check out some of these:
http://www.ravenswing.com/EVILTWINS/bumperstick/page1.html

[nytemare]

42. LOL. Those are good.

I love the WWSD one.

:D

[ChoralScholar]

34. I'm a choir director and I'm straight.

That alone, in this part of the country, is a paradox.

People that pigeonhole other people irritate me.

[VelmaD]

36. Wow...I'm sorry...

must be tough. :hug:

And people...suck. And not in the good way. ;)

[BlueIris]

41. I...don't like labels, unless they're DKNY, Ann Klein or Ralph Lauren.

Pro sports bore me to tears unless we're talking tennis or golf. I also like ice dancing. That's dancing, and yes, I do know the difference between one Olympic event and another. I don't have any sports-loving friends, so I sit at home on my own and watch the ones I like. I can cook for myself, but hate cooking for others. Same goes for cleaning up domestic clutter, dirt and mess. In general, I dislike anything trendy or popular in the commercial markets, but I do have a not-so-secret love for Eminem. (Save the flames, he's progressive, creative, unique and fun to listen to.) I won't give anything more to anyone else than I would to myself--unless it's John Kerry. I hate everyone everywhere who won't learn to DRIVE SAFELY whether the driver is male, female, transgendered or a Bush voter and don't you dare to try to drive me anywhere (not to mention hold doors open for me or pay for my meals--unless you're one of my parents in which case, pay up, asshole). The next time I can afford to buy a car, I'm going to have a real hard time choosing between the nicest BMW I can find and a respectable hybrid. Not to mention the internal struggle I will have over which color to pick--should I go with my typical "safety first" white, or should I try to find it in a sleek red, black or navy blue? I like cats, especially kittens, as well as other cuddly things, but am not so good at appreciating the human babies. Which doesn't mean I don't think people should have babies. Just please...don't bring them to my house unless you absolutely have to. It's not likely to be child-safe for a real long time.

[Radical Activist]

43. I have been called a metrosexual.

Whatever. Its only because I live in a hick farm town where a man is considered fancy and sophisticated if he wears something other than jeans and a feed cap.

[jobycom]

44. I carry a purse, cook, work on my car, and haven't worried about gender

and whether what I do fights any category of it in years. I'm an active opponent of any gender stereotype, and am so detached from gender roles that I don't even rebel against them. I just do whatever I do, and let other people label it how they wish.