Anything that should have been you? But you missed out because of your gender?

[Emily Ann Brown]

At 10 I saw my dream car. I knew it was true love. At 23 I saw another woman making "love" to my dream vehicle. At 40 I finally acquired my true love, and made her mine...but it should have been me who was in the 1974 JAGUAR ads.

So what did you miss out on? What should have been your right?


Em
E-Type Girl

YES, I am silly..but I am a silly goose by nature:battingeyelashes:

[Cynthia Anne]

E mily that is cute! I guess I should of been my other sister! You know the one! The one I never had! Hugs!

[Persephone]

Love the car! And you definitely pass the pretty test, Emily!

Let's see -- things missed -- the girl's side of the playground in Kindergarden through third grade (I tried so hard, but they wouldn't let me). Being a part of girl world in middle and high school. Dates. the Senior Prom . . .

Hugs,
Persephone.

[NV Susan]

I should of been Miss Kitty, running the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City. Guess I missed that by 250 yrars!! :drink:

[Emily Ann Brown]

Hey Susan,

I live on a farm, with my landlord's horses all around me. You are welcome to come pour me a drink, and I would left the swinging doors open so you can smell the horses.

Em

[sometimes_miss]

I wanted to be a cheerleader. When I was in high school, I knew most of the girls on the squad, and unlike how the media presents cheerleaders, they were all very nice to each other, and everyone else. It would have been nice to have friends like that when I was in school. Maybe those years wouldn't have been such a nightmare.

[Diane Lynn]

Picking out first dress, first time looking for a bra, swimsuit, ect. Things Mothers do with thier daughter. I am considering inviting my Mom to look at wedding dresses with me. She knows I dress, but has never met Diane. I guess what I missed is mother daughter bonding time.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Emily, I guess that there a lot of things but I think about all the things that I would've
missed like they say the grass is aways greener on the other side of the fence.

[TGMarla]

Easter Sundays as a little girl, first school dance, senior prom, wedding day......you name it. I wanted all those things. And even though men do many of the same things, let's face it....it's different. I wanted to wear the beautiful dresses, do my hair up, and wear all the pretty jewelry.

[Cheryl T]

I missed my calling....
176741 That's me...back row third from the left....lol.

[Kate Simmons]

Basically a husband and children Emily. Otherwise, I ended up being exactly who I was supposed to be and doing exactly what I was supposed to do.:)

[barbie lanai]

I remember the old ads for Maidenform bras. The idea was a girl shown wearing the bra and saying some crazy thing she dreamed she was doing in her Maidenform bra. One had a girl leaping out of an airplane with the caption 'I dreamed I skydived in my Maidenform bra'. Never wanted to skydive, but the bra sure sounded nice. I couldn't find a copy of that ad but here's a sample I did find.

More at this site:

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/10/i-dreamed-i-was-x-in-my-maidenform-bra-ads-1944-1966/

[Karren H]

Just being more open about my feelings....

[docrobbysherry]

I always wanted an XK120, Em! :daydreaming: Heard the E types had lots of problems!:sad:
176744

And, your thread reminds me: I haven't yet done a "Pretty girl with/on a classic car" session yet!:D

Ah! Yet another task for poor, overworked Sherry!:devil:

[Marleena]

I always wanted an XK120, Em! :daydreaming: Heard the E types had lots of problems!:sad:
176744

And, your thread reminds me: I haven't yet done a "Pretty girl with/on a classic car" session yet!:D

Ah! Yet another task for poor, overworked Sherry!:devil:

But Sherry you need to do that photoshoot! Nothing better than a hot chick and a hot car!

As a matter of fact I need to do it too! I only have pics of my muscle car with me in guy mode ughhh..

[Sarah V]

Having my mom enroll me in ballet class when she first enrolled my younger sister.

[Debglam]

Well, here is a recent picture of me and my car.

176846

Seriously though. Looking at my life - I'm pretty damn lucky! I'm sure I've missed out on a lot and there certainly is a lot that I want, but not much that I need.

Namaste.

[Tina B.]

When I was 5, I wanted to be a brownie, When I got old enough, they let me join the cub scout, it just wasn't the same. When I was 9 I wanted to join my sister in Rainbow girls, I loved their formals, but that didn't work out either, but I did a chance to try on a few of those formals!
Tina B.

[Jessica_M]

Being that "pretty girl" that gets the admiring stares.....
Wearing the pretty outfits and participating in "retail therapy"
Finding "the man of my dreams" (without a beautiful wife!! - ala Alanis Morrisette)
It would be nice to not be conflicted about who I am... and how I see myself.

[NatalieGirl]

And I have also wished I were born a woman. Missed out on all these things and more.

But I finally said to myself "STOP IT". You can drive yourself crazy by wishing what could have been.

Yes, your parents could have had a baby girl instead of you. But it WOULD'NT BE YOU. You would not exist.

Like it or not, that Y-chromosone that lurks in every cell in our bodies is an integral part of what we are.

[Jonianne]

Just being more open about my feelings....

Wow, Karren, a genuine moment of serious contemplation.

You have pegged what I also missed the most during my childhood. I was never macho or a jock to cover my femininity, but not allowing myself to be expressive was how I over-compensated against my true inner feelings. I was "a man of few words". In my Senior HS yearbook, under my pic, I wrote "It's better to be quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and prove it".

That was totally wrong for me. Now, I would say, "It's far better to be just who you are, than to lock your heart away, thinking you are keeping it safe". I wish I could go back and allow myself to be expressive, to laugh, to cry, to dance, to risk being open with my heart, to be happy without caring what others thought.

I can't change the past, but I am letting my heart guide me now.