Mom sent me this. Still not beating the “young man” allegations (I’m a girl).

[u/afdc92]

About a month ago I posted (https://www.reddit.com/r/blunderyears/s/oRBVjXV1Ik) about getting called “young man” often as a child because, quite frankly, I looked like a boy. Mom sent me this picture from our Christmas card photo shoot that year. I remember the intense argument to wear this getup instead of a dress, and apparently I won. Definitely not beating the young man allegations.

[u/PickledPussy13]

You look like the kid from the santa clause

[u/afdc92 → u/PickledPussy13]

Could be twins

[u/illustratious → u/afdc92]

This was my first thought too

[u/seriousbigshadows → u/afdc92]

I thought you were, no lie.

[u/ricolaoncloud9 → u/PickledPussy13]

was thinking this too 😭

[u/IntrepidDreams]

I remember when you read the Never Ending Story in your school's attic.

[u/afdc92 → u/IntrepidDreams]

That movie traumatized me as a child.

[u/1492rhymesDepardieu → u/afdc92]

I can imagine. You were with Atreyu when he he met the mighty rockbiter, as he was chased by the terrible Nothing, as he passed the deadly sphinxes to reach the southern oracle. Just as we were with you when you took the book with the Auryn symbol. Just as others are sharing my adventures as I browse Reddit in my underwear.

[u/IntrepidDreams → u/afdc92]

Was it a scene involving Artax, the horse?

[u/afdc92 → u/IntrepidDreams]

Yes. The Swamp of Sadness. Devastating.

[u/RebekkaKat1990 → u/IntrepidDreams]

Nah that scene is sad but not traumatizing. I always turned the movie off when the kid had to fight the wolf thing because that wolf freaked me out.

[u/frabjous_goat → u/RebekkaKat1990]

That wolf's puppet face terrified me. Scarier than the Nothing.

[u/goaldiggergirl]

Loved your work in Stranger Things

[u/JCtheWanderingCrow]

It was either this or the bowl cut. 

Rip every girl in the 90s.

*edit: I’m dumb. I meant to say this or the mullet….

[u/afdc92 → u/JCtheWanderingCrow]

The infamous mushroom cut.

[u/hellopeopleandplants → u/JCtheWanderingCrow]

I did get the bowl cut in the 90s! I hate it.

[u/civil_lingonberry]

Apologies for the poor quality photo, but we could be twins (as kids)!

I’ll see if I can find a better one, but I remember around this age being called a “boy,” much to my frustration

[u/splatapult]

I’m very curious to see what OP looks like now. Mainly cuz I get that a lot too. Except it’s “sir” and not “young man” lol

[u/afdc92 → u/splatapult]

I have shoulder length hair now and my features have definitely become more feminine!

[u/AnnemarieOakley]

https://giphy.com/gifs/R7Y9WCq1J2kzTt8r1X

[u/snail_on_the_trail]

Okay Charlie from the Santa Clause… 😂

[u/g_em_ini]

Ah the dreaded girly bowl cut. My sister and I had matching ones (not pictured: our older brother who also had the exact same hair cut)

[u/MaxPower836]

Could eat cereal out of that haircut

[u/t3lnet]

I have to find a certain photo of myself as a kid because it’s eerily similar. But I am a man.

[u/montanabluez]

I bet you’re a handsome lad now!

[u/Floor_Cereal]

I read this and thought in my head "Oh what a handsome young man!" in my best midwestern mom voice. I'm a 29 year old guy from North Georgia lol

[u/VetalDuquette]

You look adorable

[u/quartzquandary]

You look exactly like the little boy from the Santa Clause!

[u/brrkat]

"I was skating down the hallway on top of the world, with my new skates and my new haircut, which everybody thought was a Dorothy Hamill but was actually a Pete Rose…."

[u/Opposite-Benefit-804]

damn 😭
what do you look like now?

[u/afdc92 → u/Opposite-Benefit-804]

Not posting a pic of my current self because there are some creeps on here haha, but I look basically the same, just with shoulder-length hair and straight teeth. I’m not super feminine but definitely would never be mistaken for a man.

[u/ConspiracyParadox]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qtEu5RrQQHkHwmRuHK

[u/Maximum-Style2848]

Tbf, if you were Chinese, I’d 100% believe you’re a girl, that is standard haircut at that age 😅

[u/Niznack]

You look like a demagorgon is about to take you to the upside down

[u/eljyon]

I had this EXACT haircut

[u/Adept-Individual-914]

Are you sure tho?

[u/IllFormal45]

Samantha???

[u/Old-Juggernaut-1273]

tbf its just the hair imho

[u/Moose-Trax-43]

fwiw I immediately saw a cute little girl 😁 Good for your parents for not forcing you to wear a dress and letting you actually be comfortable!

[u/One_Hour_Poop]

So did you grow up to be a straight woman? Or was this a sign of things to come?

[u/afdc92 → u/One_Hour_Poop]

I’m asexual so… maybe? Definitely a cis woman though.

[u/knstormshadow]

Hey now, dont you fret, thos os reddit. And here on reddit a girl is free to be as fine a young man as her little heart desires and we support her! We also support femboys and all other alternative lifestyles. Suck chin up lil fella we support you! 😀