For good or bad...?

[lynnef]

An interesting thing that I've been thinking about for the past day or so, we often write / post about some good things about being female/feminine (more caring/loving/accepting/etc..) , how about some bad ones?

As an example - the other night wife and I got into a "discussion" (over something...) and she told me (for the 2nd time in as many discussions) that I "argue like a woman!"... very strange... esp since I don't know exactly how a woman argues...

I have noticed that many TG people exhibit several "good" traits, how about some "bad" ones?

[Michelle03]

My SO says Im too emotional and my feelings get hurt too easily.

[Cynthia Anne]

Emotions run high for me! Outside of that I've been told that I can be a real bit#ch!!!!!!!!!

[bimini1]

I've learned to never argue with a woman. It's an argument you'll never win, lol. Women can come at you from so many different angles. And can be devastatingly biting.
Also in general, I think women are a lot more fearless than men.

[Tara D. Rose]

My second wife would say that very same thing to me. She would say, "you're worse than a woman". Like that was a bad thing to be which she was one.

[Stephanie Miller]

I'm taking up more available closet space and our clothing budget has doubled

[Jenni Yumiko]

I scream like a girl - we were on tower of terror for the first time and when it dropped my wife and kids said they never heard me scream like that before, it was high pitched like a girl.
I also won't kill big hairy bugs, I'm afraid of them... Which is dumb considering I hike and woods all a lot.

[Jocelyn Quivers]

The bad, my love of shopping and buying shoes, clothes, etc. Being able to go through sun up to sun down shopping marathons. Do I really need another pair of shoes, more dresses, intimates, make up etc? To bad I did not inherit my male sides habit of buying clothes only when absolutely neccessary.

[Kate Simmons]

The rules are fairly easy when arguing with a woman. She may not always be right but she is never wrong. The wise man will heed that.

[Tracii G]

My ex's said I was hard to argue with because I argued like a woman.
I would be the one that remembered the time and date, what clothes both of us had on when someone said the hurtful thing or whatever it was that caused the problem.
I got told more than once I was too sensitive or too understanding.

[sometimes_miss]

I think it's rather counter productive for us to try to think about all the bad things about being female that we also want to embrace besides the obvious good ones. We suffer enough with the guilt instilled into us without having to think up other reasons why we shouldn't want to be feminine.

[GirlieAmanda]

Being hurt too easily. I do recover easy too but I get hurt feeling very easily. Vulnerability as well.

[BLUE ORCHID]

The bad, my love of shopping and buying shoes, clothes, etc. Being able to go through sun up to sun down shopping marathons. Do I really need another pair of shoes, more dresses, intimates, make up etc? To bad I did not inherit my male sides habit of buying clothes only when absolutely neccessary.

Hi Jocelyn, That's me, I couldn't have said it any better.

[SandraInHose]

I am the more emotional one in my marriage, and when my wife teases me about it I jokingly call her a 'flatliner'. I cry at sad movies ten times more than she does, and I am definitely riding on an emotional rollercoaster that she will ever be on.

I'm still plenty masculine in my mannerisms, but she has accused me of being 'bitchy' a few times since she learned of my CDing 9 yrs ago.

[Beverley Sims]

Years ago when I was on hormones I would become bad tempered, cry and totally unreasonable.
That is why I have said light heartedly sometimes "Blame it on the hormones".

[Leah Lynn]

I totally understand the female point of view that it's not how much you spent for shoes, dresses, etc., but how much you saved by shopping the sales. *** Didn't get it until it was ME buying shoes, dresses, etc.!***
Used to work with a lady that couldn't talk to girls about girl stuff; she had to talk to me. I'm a good listener, evidently. Not really a bad thing, though.
I'm too sensitive; my feelings can be hurt easily. I'll forgive easily, but I'll never forget. And, yes I cried when Old Yeller died.

Leah