"Are you Barb?"

[Karren H]

Huh? I never thought I looked that feminine in drab and don't get Ma'amed like so mamy others seem to so was I surprised when the woman teller at the bank drive through window asked me if I was Barb?

I drove up to the window and threw my check in the tray and looked at the teller and smiled... We were like 3 feet apart.. Face to face separated by the glass.. And after a few minutes she says "are you Barb?". I said "excue me?". Again "are you Barb" and she held up this check that was signed by Barb... It wasn't my check. It was the lady in the other lane... "Uhhh that's not my check". "Oh".

Ok so what just happened here? She was as serious as could be and thought I could have been "Barb". Guess being called a female name is equal to 5 or 10 Ma'ams?? I'm catching up!! Lol. Ever been mistaken for a female.. In drab?

[Lissa Stevens]

I went through the drive window, under the golden arches, and got ma'amed when I paid. I was totally endrab. It was great. I didn't correct the girl.

[tiffanyjo89]

If it weren't that they'd have you on video and have your information in their computer, I'd have taken the money...

[ReineD]

Karren, if you have plucked eyebrows, long fingernails and hairless arms, you are sending off mixed gender cues. How do you keep you hair in guy mode?

[DonnaT]

Maybe she was just trying to figure out why a guy had a girls name?

[Persephone]

I don't know if the exchange rate is at 5 or 10 Ma'm's but the "rate of return" for you had to be enormous! Way to go girl!

[Tomara]

Hi Karren
Well at least she didn't say ...Hun is this your check ?
We all know what a mistake that would have been !
:brolleyes: LOL !!!!

Have a great weekend.
Tomara

[pamela_a]

Before I started transitioning and my wife was still alive, there were a number of times I'd be doing something for my wife and the person with whom I was interacting thought/believed/treated me like I was her. That was a wonderful feeling and worth at least 10 ma'ams. For the record, I never corrected them.

[kimdl93]

my given name is "Kim" so I get questions like that all the time.

[Tina Dixon]

I could think of other names for Penguin fan hon:heehee:

[sissystephanie]

Karren, you really do get the action!! The only time that I have been called Ma'am, or anything feminine, was when my late wife got me ready to go out in public. I am a man, and certainly look it. Since I no longer wear makeup or a wig, I doubt if I will ever be taken for a female again!!

[Fab Karen]

Just remember "ma'am" is young person code for old lady.:)

[Karren H]

Just remember "ma'am" is young person code for old lady.:)

That's a good subject for my next rant! Ha!

It just caught me by surprise.. Not like I was acting uber fem at the time mater of fact I was getting perturbed because I had waited in line so long and just wanted my money! I can't remember a time I was ma'amed when I was out enfemme let alone in drab.. And then right after that I went to the post office and some guy held the door for me!! Wtf is going on? Hello!! I'm wearing a brown male business suit with a Pittsburgh Penguins tie.. Maybe that's the connection.. Did feel so good afterward I went and got a cheese burger.. Now I just feel fat and ugly. God I hate these mood swings


And Tina.. The other name for Penguins fans are "the greatest fans on the planet". (Tgfotp). :D

[bredalee25]

Karen next time try using the atm no threat of mistaken identity there. Most of the time there is no line at least around here.

BTW the greatest fans on earth aren't even hockey fans they're nascar fans more specifically Dale Jr fans.:devil::D

[Debb]

I've been mistaken for a woman from behind, when I had long hair. Felt good.

[SuzanneBender]

Barb is Swahilli for "man in brown suit with a penguins tie".:battingeyelashes:

[SherriePall]

Karren (or is it really Barb?) -- Well, hun, we all have wondered all along if you belong on a crossdressers forum. Now, we have proof that you are, indeed, an impostor! All this talk about playing hockey and being a Penguins fan is nothing more than a smokescreen to hide your true identity!

[msniki48]

Maybe she was just trying to figure out why a guy had a girls name?


Donna i'm with you on this one.

I think she was just confirming that the person cashing the check was the person who signed...

[linnea]

I was asked once if I was "Susan" because of an order mix-up at a take-out restaurant. I looked at the server and said, "No, I'm not Susan" (in a calm voice. Then the person, still trying to find Susan, looked at the order and asked me if it was my order (saying to you get a "this and a that").

[Teri Jean]

No Karren, although she may have called you Barb you are still our Karren and sweet as hell. Crazy............................................. .. maybe but sweet non-the-less.
Hugs

[Karren H]

After spending 15 minutes plucking this morning I don't know how anyone could have mistaken me for Barb yesterday. Lol

[AriannaVillota]

I could think of other names for Penguin fan hon:heehee:

LOL That made me giggle!

[suit]

Again "are you Barb" and you did not say " no Hun, I'm Karren" ?

[Stacy L]

After spending 15 minutes plucking this morning I don't know how anyone could have mistaken me for Barb yesterday. Lol


Karren,
It takes me longer to pluck now too..... :we:

But 15 minutes.:)


Andy Rooney eyebrows :yucky:






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[Billijo49504]

Karren, Watched hockey the other night and saw Red Wings and some other team. Not some tuxedoed bird that can't fly :drink::tongueoutBJ

[Sarah Doepner]

Mistaken for a woman while in drab? Not likely, I'm rarely mistaken for a woman when I'd totally femmed out!

[joyce483]

karren at least she didnt call you HON!!!

[MsJanessa]

Maybe she was just trying to figure out why a guy had a girls name?

Ditto--teller was looking at the name on the check and trying to match it to the person at the drive up window

[ErikaLeigh]

Only mistaken once in drab, but it did feel good. :D I was sitting in a restaurant with my wife, and the server walks up from behind and says are you ladies having a good day so far? (keep in mind I have hair down to the middle of my back) and then he walks around and sees that im not what he thought. :o and starts appologizing, so I said no worries, I have been called much worse. :)

[Lexine]

Nope, but I keep having recurring dreams that my mom and I stumbled upon each other at Ross or Marshall's and she mistook Lexi for Alex. </off-topic> EEP!!! \(>o<)/

[Karren H]

Or maybe she saw the first four letters of my new " I :<3: Bar-B-Que" tee shirt I had setting on the passengers seat?? lol

[Kerrie Sifton]

Now what would have you said .. if the other womans name was Karren too? Now that would have been a wake up call.
Too bad they don't sell other types of ties in Philly.
I used to think you had fabulous taste in clothes. Now I am not sure!
Ciao

[Kayla Shadows]

Not that i know of..*wonders if the guys who whistled thought i was*...but the lady at the jewelry counter saturday said I was " a very sweet girl" right before I left :heehee: No indication that she realized what she said and didnt try and correct it.I just smiled :)

[sherri52]

I worked as the body shop manager in a car dealership and the owner came in asking if I had a Nancy working for me and of course I didn't. He kept trying to get this woman into the dealership that wrote a letter thanking him for having Nancy there to help her out. The customer eventually made it in and when brought into the shop pointed to me and said "There's Nancy". She was old, but I did get the pat-on-the-back. At that time I was still in the closet so I had no one to tell. Thanks Karren; now my story has been told.