Things you were told as a young girl

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there is a column in the Herald Sun which people can write into about various things
this topic has been coming up lately
here are some examples of things women were told when they were kids (this was like in the 1960s maybe)

"don't wear patent black leather shoes at dances because the men dancing with you will use them to look up your dress"
"the school told us not to wear low cut dresses when sitting on the lawn infront of the school because the men of the school next door will look down your dress"
"don't go into a public toliet in the city by yourself or you will be put in a wicker basket and sold into the slave trade"

weird huh?

and to the men out there the topic of things you were told as a young boy has come up too

this was one example

"5 minutes of fun can equal a lifetime of misery."

anyway do you remember things you were told as a young boy or girl?

"Don't ever get married or have children because marriage is slavery and children will ruin your life"...... (I was actually told this...repeatedly...)


I actually am not married nor do I have children, but not because I was told not to...though maybe it sunk in subconsciously...

people actually told you that? it might have actually sunk in.


another example that showed up in the paper
"don't cross your arms because it makes you look like a fishwife".

"Sit up straight and don't slouch. Then you'll have a nice flat belly when you grow up."

It worked!

Special.....little did I know the true meaning of special before getting diagnosed with....

Oh and tomatoes make your cheeks rosey so eat em' while they're good and fresh and all god's children go to bed.....

"You can remember how to spell friend because friends always end - friend ends in end." (3rd grade teacher).

"A woman never stands and drinks. One should always be sitting down when drinking a beverage or smoking"
"Your jacket should be closed or folded over your arm"

"Eat your crusts; they'll make your hair curly" - This had the opposite effect on me, as I already had wavy hair and hated it!

On a long car journey to Scotland- told to keep a lookout for wild haggis, which according to my Dad was a three legged bird that ran alongside the motorway......

Also, that I saw the same seagull everywhere we went, and his name was Peter...

And somewhat redundantly in my case "Children should be seen and not heard"...Although that may have been a hint that I should not shut myself in the kitchen cupboard when relatives visited

my mom said to marry a rich guy or dont bother getting married at all LOL!! !! !! !! !! !! !!

My ASish mom...repeatedly..

but I can't have kids as I am naturally infertile....can't exactly marry because I have more than one boyfriend...neither of them are interested in marrying me.

That is so cute!

My dad would always say that the snapping turtle we set loose in the bayou was waving at us every time we crossed over the bridge.

ok.

I was told i was special quite a bit as a kid

My mom told me that too!

Also, when I was little my parents did the "Oh! You're so pretty! We'll have to worry about boys chasing you when you're a teenager!"
I'm 20 and now realize what BS that was.

In my highschool, if you vaguely resembled a girl, there would be at least one horny a$$ chasing you, and if you're lucky, a guy who is legitimatly worth while.

As for me... Being what I am, I was constantly blasted with "No, you're not a girl, stop trying to be one" which in my teen years was replaced by "Obviously you need help figuring yourself out"... I did not want help with that, and I didn't know how to cope at the time, so I bottled it up inside till this year, and just tried to seem like a guy around other people. Of course this backfired and brought out my autistic tendancies even more. And now that I have gotten past the confusion of what people expect of me vs what I am, I am on my way to being able to live as the female I am. Of course this is the highly condensed version of that story.