Were you a small boy?

[TGMarla]

I know this doesn't pertain to some of us. I know that some of us lament that we look like linebackers. And I sympathize.

But were you a small boy? I was. I was always undersized. And as a boy, that really stuck pins in my self-esteem. I was uncoordinated, too. So I was never able to dribble a basketball all that well. I couldn't hit a baseball all either. And while I could catch a football, throwing one was difficult because my hands were too small.....and so were my biceps.

I was always picked next-to-last when drawing up teams. I wasn't last, mind you. There was always one puny kid who got that honor. But I was right down there in the dregs when choosing sides. And like many smaller boys, I didn't fill out until later, either. When we were in gym class in junior high, many of the boys had "matured" while I remained pre-pubescent. Sure, it came along when it was supposed to, I guess, but by that time, I was already so lacking in self-esteem, I was sure that no girls would want me when there were so many bigger, stronger guys around to choose from.

I always took my solace in knowing I was smarter than most of my imagined rivals. I did well in school, even if I knew I'd never letter in football. I wasn't good at sports, but I was good at being a student. And I was also good at model railroading, building models, reading, writing, and an assortment of other things that are not benchmarks of manhood.

And then along came crossdressing. Yay! Now here was something I was good at! The clothes almost always fit me. And boy, were they ever cool! Way cooler than the dumb stuff available for boys to wear! Perhaps the many hits to my ego I'd already endured by this time were enough to make me think (or wish) I should have been a girl instead. But I took to crossdressing like a fish to water. After I'd experienced pantyhose for the first time, it couldn't have been more than a month or two before I was dressing completely from the neck on down. And I never quit.

I find myself wondering if my smaller stature when I was a boy had a lot to do with my becomming a crossdresser. Anyone else feel this way?

[Kate Simmons]

Yeah I was a boy and I sucked at everything boys do. I was an under achieving boy until I realized I was really a girl who was a tomboy and that perspective changed everything. So here I am today. On the surface a loving Grandpa but in reality a well accomplished loving Grandma. Works for me Hon.:battingeyelashes::)

[Lady Catherine]

I was very small as a boy. But, I still did all the boy things and loved them. I would just go home sometimes and put on my sisters dresses.

[Angela Campbell]

When I was young I was always the smallest one in the class. I was even smaller than the girls. I was always picked last for any games ...if I was even picked at all. I didn't care much for sports and usually played with the girls when they let me. I developed much slower than the other boys too. In grade school it wasn't much of a problem, but as I got older and found that for Phys ed classes I had to change and even shower in front of the other boys it became a problem. At 16 I looked like I was 10 and faced ridicule.

I do not think this effected my crossdressing because that started before I even went to school. I always knew I should have been a girl and somehow my body did too. I had no body hair until in my 20's, I never grew muscular like the other boys did either. Until adulthood when I got fat, I was always small. (even down there) I have found now that if I wanted to present as a girl all these things are not a curse after all, but a blessing. Less hair to remove, no need to tuck, when I lose weight I will look pretty good as I have a good hip to shoulder ratio.

[kimdl93]

Just the opposite. I was always among the tallest and heavy boned, as they used to say. I grew up in a rural community and was never bullied by anyone. The only teasing I endured was from my older brothers, but that slackened as I learned how to behave like a male. I'm not a giant, but I grew to 6'2" and near 240 my college playing weight.

So, no, it wasn't a matter of size. There's something going on with my wiring.

[BRANDYJ]

When I was in the 7th grade, I remember weighing 134 pounds. I wore what I called "Winchesters" when it came to pants. I had a 30 inch waist and a 30 inch inseam. Thus the 30-30.

I was not picked on. I was always among the first picked in gym class sports I was the second to the lightest boy on the football team. Played Offensive guard.

So far I'm the first one that can't say I was not as athletic as other boys or picked on or in any way having problems due to size or athletic ability. So it's not all of us that CD come from the same boyhood trials.

Kim was posting at the same time, so I'm not the first.

[jennifer24]

I was and always have been small too, can fit into a size 8 with no problem and the same with shoes, it has helped me become the woman I always knew I was with sizing etc... the other men in my family were big boned so sometimes I do think I should have been born female with my body type. I do though feel bad for our bigger sisters though.

[I Am Paula]

I was a small, slow developer. I too was the last picked for the team, and hated every second of phys.ed. Too make matters much worse, when I asked the phys.ed. teacher if there was any way out of participating, he said I could be a cheerleader. I didn't know he was being a smart ass, so I said I would like that. He left his office and announced to my whole class that I wanted to be a cheerleader, and did anybody have a skirt I could borrow.(I'm certain that nowadays that would be frowned upon, but not in 1972). To top that off, I was the only body-hairless boy in the showers. Luckily, that was the last semester of junior high. I transfered to a more distant H.S.
Now, I'm thankful of being practically hairless. Except my eyebrows are practically non-existant.-Celeste

[bridget thronton]

Mostly true for me as well (ball sports and me were not a good match)

[Cristi]

When I was very young, I had pretty much the perfect situation for a crossdresser... I was small for my age (until I hit my growth spurt in high school) and, for the longest time, I was the PERFECT size to fit in my sister's old clothes.

As she grew out of skirts, tops, tights, etc my mom would bag them up and put them in the attic. The attic was reached through my bedroom. I had an endless supply of skirts, dresses, tights, leotards and pretty much anything else you can imagine. Until she stopped growing at about 5'7" and I passed her on my way to 6' and beyond.

[Stephanie47]

Growing up I was never a big kid by weight, but, I was always tall. It was not until college that I started putting meat on my bones. I went from 6 foot 2 and 140 pounds to 175 pounds. I stayed at a 30 inch waist and 34 inch in seam for a long time. I always had stamina. As a kid I was always playing sports' baseball, football, roller hockey; basketball; all sorts of street ball; tree climbing. And, the principals of my elementary and junior high school knew me on a first name basis, which, was not a good thing. There were few girls in the neighborhood.

For the life of me I can never figure out why I became a cross dresser.

[SabrinaDubh]

I was short and overweight. I'm still short.

[Taylor186]

I was the tallest boy in my class from 1st through 7th grade in my medium-small rural school system. While not the greatest all-around athlete I was picked for the little league all-star team and hit a home run in our final game. All that, and I had a passion for crossdressing the whole time.

[Kati F]

I was one of the smaller kids in school, I was a skinny little geek :-) I wasn't very athletic and always got picked near the end of the line for gym class teams. I always hated showers at the end of gym class and tried to skip as many as I could. Kids can be so mean sometimes...

[Raychel]

I was just an average boy, Not overly large, or alot smaller then the others, I was fairly strong but not coordinated at all, so sports never fit my very well at all. Although I was active in outside games with the other kids, I never relly felt like I fit in, and alot if time I was last to be picked for teams.

Kinda glad I got thru that stage of my life, Now I have accepted who I am, even if I am wearing a dress.

[Sallee]

I can relate to the last boy picked for a team or not picked at all and it certainly destroyed my self esteem and made growing up hard. I am way over it now and readily admit that I suck a games that use a ball. I do think it help my dressing and probably helped me develop it in my pubescent years.

[Deedee Skyblue]

Not small - I've been 5'8" since I was a senior in high school, and I wrestled at 150 that year. Played 3 sports and excelled at two of them. Never any doubt that I was a guy (although I was a guy who liked wearing girl's clothes).

[Beverley Sims]

I was a 98 pound weakling that loved interaction with girls.
Hated boy sports and liked anything scientific and electronic.
I made my first computer and still have it.
Later in life I made a great part time girl.
I was a chaperone to a group of girls once and to make me blend in I dressed as a girl for a week.
The shortest week I ever spent. :)

[Meghan]

I actually grew with the girls. In 5th and 6th grade I was the tallest kid in my class (I am still friends with the girl I "competed with" to be the tallest in the class photo), but then I stopped growing and everyone else caught up. Because of the rapid growth at a relatively young age, I was pretty uncoordinated and it took me a few years to catch up.

I tried a bunch of sports, and other than some baseball, I pretty much stuck with competitive speech and debate, what a surprise, right? :)

Meghan

[Kathi Lake]

Ummmm, yeah. Slightly. :)

I remember during my Senior year of High School, I enlisted. At the processing station I wat 70 inches and weighed 109 pounds (I know. I tried to gain! :)). On my enlistment contract they crossed out the "Before reporting, you will lose X pounds" part and wrote in "gain." They wanted me to report at 120 pounds. Well, I reported at 112, but they took me anyway. Now I'm a much more robust 135-140.

Like others, I also was picked last - if at all. I was skinny. I was nerdy (hey, I said was!). I was in a program for the mentally gifted. In other words, I had seventeen strikes against me. You know what? I wouldn't change a thing.


I made my first computer and still have it.Hey, me too! It has 1K of memory. I also have my second - a Heathkit H8.

Kathi

[danielle512]

I was and still am pretty small. I'm about 5'8" 140. In high school I weighed around 115. I was never picked on, but my friends joked about it. I was always pretty good in sports. I don't really play a lot of sports now, except for golf, which I'm pretty good at. I'm holding down a 2 handicap now and played in my first state level tournament this year. I wouldn't mind being a little taller, just not muscular.

[drushin703]

TGmarla: Although not the smallest kid I did hold the honor, all throughout elementary, middle and high school, as being the puny kid that got picked last.
I couldn't see very well and word quickly got around that if the ball was thrown at me (dodgeball)It was almost, always going to hit me in the head and if the ball
was hit in the air (baseball) I wouldn't see it until the last minute and it would drop, harmlessly, about ten feet from me. As I sit here writing this, I can
remember every basketball basket I ever made, all purely by happenstance. So what!

I discovered crossdressing around the time (13) when other boys honed their athletic skills. Other than the birth of my two daughters, it has remained
as my most individual and uplifting accomplishment to date. As K.lake stated before me, I wouldn't change a thing...dana

Damn dana! are you saying that the birth of a child is an individual accomplishment? Well, you know what I mean.........lol

[Sheren Kelly]

I recall being on the small side and very awkward. I wonder if I was drawn to feminity as an alternative to trying to be the boy my parens expected. I hit my growth spurt at puberty and finished 8th grade at 71 inches and 145 lbs. I gained another inch and 20 lbs in high school and that is where I stayed. Interestingly, the kids who used to bully me suddenly found respect for me as I took on a larger size and attitude to match, but I never left my nerdy friends and was always on the outside of the "cool crowd".

[Mistybtm]

I was also a small boy. I also was never any good at sport I was good at mechanical things. I had very few friends, I was pretty much A loner spent most of my time by myself as I do now. I started dressing when I was in my young teens and at this moment have no intention of stopping. I am On Hrt how far I will take it only time will tell.

[AnitaH]

Like many others I was small and completely useless at any sports. Always picked last if at all. Upon occasion the teacher had to insist that someone take me, both sides would try to get out of it. Like others it didn't do a lot for my self-esteem. At some point I learned to play hopscotch, dual ropes jump-rope and jacks. Didn't make me any-more popular with the boys. In 2nd grade I was put in a special class for gifted readers. I loved (still do) to read. I was way better than trying to fit in.

AnitaH

[Julie Denier]

I was always the smart, unathletic fat kid ;)

[LunaDarling]

i dont think they correlate at all, when i used to go to the gym a lot of the huge meatheads would tell stories about being super puny and just wanting to be big so they worked out a ton. in another respect, i was always larger than other boys when i was young. i was one of those "matured" guys that the girls liked. i still turned into a raging drag queen though... i wish i was a little smaller to be honest. my shoulders are super big...

[Sarah V]

Ms. Marla, you story sounds quite similar to mine. Always did extreamly well in thoughout elementary, middle & high school academically, most of the clubs and organizations I belonged to were the nerdy academic ones. (And loved the time I spent with them!!). In school I always a slight build e.g 5'4" & 110lbs. (and I have you beat, I did not really fill out till my early 30's!!). I was raised by unathletic, academic partents, who saw no need to have their child in sports (this was back in the 70's and early 80's before ones need to participate in individual / competitive recrational sports which has since become a way of life in our nations social fabric today ) so naturally I never did well at all in gym class or at sschool sports in general at all. To this day I am still very uncoordinated with any type of ball sports, except for attempting (and not too well) at chasing that dreaded little white one around manicured lawns.

Thank god the gym teacher's took pity on me and pretty much left me alone as they were more concerned with their sports team jock students who were in my gym classes. It's just individual sports for me now, when I do any at all--bike riding, golf, and of course, dance. I am still of fairly slight build today, and when I see so many high schoolers who are still so much bigger than I am today (and I am 46 yrs old), it just really makes me wonder........

The only great part about it was that I was the envy of a lot of the girls in my high school class b/c of my small stature and being thin......and this was in the early 80's.....I see nothing has changed with women.

I definatly think that being small and thin did contribute to me becomeing a CD/TV. I get complimented a lot on my figure and about how I can wear a lot of clothes well. Being small has probably also contributed to why I have, we'll just say, overcompensated, in my adult life. But it is all good, and my adult life has provided me with a ton of great experiences and a very good income.

[Fiona K]

Always small, always asthmatic (no treatment till my 30s) only any good in the pool- due to technique, not strength. So yeah, I can relate and to this day loath team sports. Sadly grew to nearly 6 foot at 19, but still have small feet :)

[CDfan]

I wish, I was the biggest in my class of 60. I am now 6 4 280

[Jaymees22]

Marla, Hi my story sounds similar to yours, I was one of the smallest boys in class, bad at sports and good at model building. My friend and I were chosen to play Cinderella's ugly sisters in our 2nd grade play. My first experience crossdressing and in front of an audience, wow. I'm still not a big person and wear a size 8 but think my hands and feet are a little large and out of proportion for a women. Hugs Jaymee

[Annie M]

Always the last one picked as I so well remember, in junior high the gym teacher would make me the kid that would even things out... between the jocks and the not so jocks. I got put with the jocks, lots of running up and down the gym floor not knowing what I was there for and scared spitless they would pass me the ball, they hated it and I hated it. As a freshman in high school I weighed 96 lbs and stood 5' 3". I did fit most of my mom's clothes however. Mom always wore high heels, it was a sad day when my feet out grew her shoes. The frustration of being the smallest male in the family, and a non-jock I made up for by dressing when alone. My mother also used me as a dress form... standing on a stool while wearing dresses while she would pin and stitch, I loved watching in the mirror, much more enjoyable then watching a ball hurtle toward my face. My dad... he went to the bar a guys guy, I always felt guilty, that maybe it was my fault and he needed a real son.
Today I'm an artist, I'm 5'11'' about 160# and have my own shoe collection. I don't think being smaller made the difference I sort of blame DES and the times though I have no way of knowing now.

[irene9999]

I was thinking about this the other day and I think you might be right. In high school i was about average height, but very skinny (at time of graduation i might have weighed 120lbs), so i would borrow my younger sister's clothes and they fit me like a glove. Not that i was awkward as a kid or anything, i just find that i gravitated less to participating in sports or doing "manly"things and found it very easy and enjoyable to dress like a girl and look pretty, so size had a lot to do with it

[JamieG]

I was skinny, but not petite. When I graduated from high school, I was 5'9" and 105 lbs. When I was younger I was constantly called a sissy, and in high school I was once accused of sitting like a girl. I hated it at the time, and I was ashamed of being a crossdresser, but could not resist the temptation to dress when an opportunity arose. I don't think my size caused me to dress, and I'm pretty sure the teasing was the result of recognizing effeminate qualities in me, as opposed to the thing that instilled them in me. By the way, time has caused me to put some more weight on my bones, but I am still relatively svelte.

[Soriya]

Marla, your description of your childhood is identical to mine. I was a late bloomer as well and even entering 11'th grade, I still looked like a 7th grader. Add in having to wear glasses only made it worse. My growth spurt started as 11th grade ended and I grew 3 inches by the end of of 12th grade. I blended in easily by then and the abuse was far less but the damage was done. I also grew another 2 inches after high school to top out at 5'9'' coupled with the physical labor I was doing for work, by 21 I was 190 pounds of solid muscle but even then, all I saw in the mirror was that little bow wearing those big glasses.

Being small did have an indirect effect on me dressing but it was more from the abuse I took for being that small. It's much deeper then that and feel free to ask me anytime.

Oh and by the way, as bad as it was being a late boomer and being picked on by all those kids who matured faster, I got the last laugh. I am 42 now but get pegged as early 30's. The ones from school that I have seen recent pictures of, well, lets just say age has not been kind to them. ;)

[lingerieLiz]

I had my growth spurt in 8th grade about the same time the girls did. Everyone thought I was going to be well over six feet. Well I quit growing before 9th grade. All I grew in high school were my boobs which caused a lot of teasing. I was about 5' 6" when I graduated. Tall for a girl then, but several girls were taller. I had a smaller waist than hips which worked well for wearing tight skirts. I could easily wear a size 6 skirt.

I also looked much younger than I was. At 26 I looked like a 14 year old. I had fine features for a guy. I also never developed arm mussles so I could wear sleaveless dresses and blouses (still have long slim arms)

I don't think being small had anything to do with CDing. I started young, before I went to school and I was athletic and popular with both sexes.

[Vickie_CDTV]

I had the exact same experience as the OP, I was terrible at sports, picked on, was always picked last etc., except instead of being the smallest I was always the fattest kid (and the shortest kid all the way through high school.)

[Frédérique]

Were you a small boy?

I was never small in stature, but I was never big and strong, either. I was just the proverbial “wimpy kid,” never quite fitting-in anywhere with anyone. As such, I was small amongst other boys…


I was always picked next-to-last when drawing up teams. I wasn't last, mind you. There was always one puny kid who got that honor. But I was right down there in the dregs when choosing sides. And like many smaller boys, I didn't fill out until later, either. When we were in gym class in junior high, many of the boys had "matured" while I remained pre-pubescent. Sure, it came along when it was supposed to, I guess, but by that time, I was already so lacking in self-esteem, I was sure that no girls would want me when there were so many bigger, stronger guys around to choose from.

Yes, this is exactly what I went through – I was most decidedly a late bloomer, but I did “bloom” before it was too late. By then the psychological damage had been done, and I had to find other ways to get some self-esteem. Girls never showed any interest in me at the time. Luckily, I was interested in them, to the point of eventually wearing the same clothes they did! When that happened I was glad that I never became an exemplary manifestation of masculine perfection – it was easy to wear girl’s clothes in my under-developed state, get into a feeling of apart-ness, and skip my way through life. Being picked upon by bullies repeatedly, I came to loathe the “manly” type of male, or the type of male who would take out their frustrations and inadequacies on me, the shy kid...

PS – Needless to say, nobody picked me to be on their team, so, to this day, I dislike any mention of group mentality or team-anything, preferring to champion individuality above all else...
:straightface:

[erickka]

Oh Marla, ..... How on earth were you able to describe my life experiences so well and spot on accurately??? And here I was thinking that i was an oddball all these years.

[Henna]

I was a small boy (still am), baby faced, in teens androgynous looking and generally looked like I was 10 years younger than others. Probably part of the reason I was bullied heavily at high school, always picked last during gym class and generally speaking last to everything that related to men's/boys world.

Been lately thinking of my life so hard, that my head is about to explode. I've been mainly thinking that could the above result the fact, that I actually feel that I'm a woman, the more I think of it. The fact that I never "fit" in school and the more I looked at girls back then, the more I felt that I should have been in their group.

Also went to basement and dug up all the photo albums from my childhood and while going through the photographs I realized, that from my childhood I've been surrounded by women nearly always. There is very very few photographs showing me and any man with me. My father, whom I lived with, is only in 3 photographs and my grandpa in another 3 photographs. During 20 years of my life! Rest of the photographs show me with my mother, grandmother, nannies, aunts, neighbor women and their children (girls), women school teachers etc etc.

Like a dog becomes attached to it's owner during the first months of it's life, I became attached to women gender due to the above things?

[Jana]

I find myself wondering if my smaller stature when I was a boy had a lot to do with my becomming a crossdresser.

It could be, but I doubt it. I grew up always being one of the tallest boys at school. I played all kinds of sports, and played them relatively well. Yet, I started dressing during childhood. You see, people dress because they feel some measure of gender dysphoria, regardless of the body size they have. Being little probably helps (I'd love to have a smaller frame, would make my femme life much easier), but I don't think it determines whether people will or will not crossdress.

[TeresaL]

Well, I'm 5'6" now, so I musta been shorter at some point in my life.

In the male role, that was a real burden which almost broke my spirit.

[ClosetED]

with so many tall members of the forum, size doesn't seem to be a predictive factor. Most describe themselves as thin (at end of high school I was 6'2" and 135). I personally favor self-esteem as a more important factor, even if you were successful at sports or classes or socially, if you felt lower self-esteem for whatever reason. CDing allows you to move beyond your self image and consider yourself someone who is more deserving of better esteem based on various factors - looks, sensitivity,caring, etc.

[Donna June]

I was always small, smallest boy in class many times, but I was good in sports surprisingly really good in basketball. It was tough growing up always being "the little guy" though. Now that I've embraced being TG /CD I'm glad I am small. Love being a little lady.

[Frédérique]

“It is my advice,” the speaker continued, “that we bear less heavily upon the small men. On the day that they have all been driven out the power of this society will have been broken.”
(from The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

[Rachel Morley]

Hi Marla ... humm ... did my smaller stature when I was a boy have anything to do with my becomming a crossdresser? Gee, I don't know. I'd tend to think not. Not my stature alone that is. I'm 5ft 4ins, 130lbs now so I was always one of the smaller ones but I always did pretty good at sports and I got picked quite early on. Small and fast is what I was. I tend to think it was my personality and my liking of "girls stuff" rather than my physical stature that did it.

[Julogden]

I was never short, always tall for my age, but until I hit high school and foolishly went out for the basketball team and put on muscle, I was quite slender, except for a couple years around age 9 when I was a bit plump. When I started high school, I was already 6'4" but weighed like 165 or 170, had a really slender waist, something like 26" or so. So for me, size had nothing to do with dressing.

Carol

[mikiSJ]

I was a small boy, but always athletic (baseball, gymnastics and water polo).

I started high school at 4'10", was 5'1" my sophomore year, 5'7" beginning my junior year and 5'12" when I joined the Navy in my senior year at 17.

I have pared down to about 5'10" @ 66 yo.

[insearchofme]

I was always one of the biggest guys in our class. As far a sports I excelled in most, participating on the Collegiate level. Goes to show that all kinds of guys CD. Do I wish now I looked more femme? Not really I am pretty comfortable in my male and "female" personas.

[lauren_m]

Ah, those were the days! Yes, I was very undersized as a boy -- less so in height than in build, though sometimes being taller only emphasizes one's scrawniness. Although I'm no longer underweight, my body still far from masculine...though when I'm spending time as Lauren, I realize that my body is far from feminine, too. Sigh. :)

[willnotwill]

I was always the smallest. Back in the day they used to line us up in order of height for the class pictures. I was always in the back of the boys (and many of the girls). I got my revenge by growing to 6'1" while I was in high school. I also realized that the reason I was always shorter than everybody else was I was also younger than everybody else (December birthday when the cut off for the grade level was Jan 1).

Similarly, being younger made me not as good at games/sports where physical development was the key and of course, not being good at it made me less inclined to participate.

[ronda]

i was never the small kid most of the time kids wanted to fight me because i was the biggest kid you know take down the big guy everbody else falls in line. i guess i was wired this way at birth because i remember dressing as young as 3 and always having the desire to dress and sometime thinking i would like to lose my male part and become a female Hugs Ronda:)

[LilSissyStevie]

I wasn't small for my age but I was always the youngest kid in my classes. So I felt small. I don't think it had anything to do with my CDing because I already wanted to be a girl before I ever started school. The reason I got picked near last in sports wasn't because I was small, it was because I was "emotionally disturbed." Put me in left field and I sat down and made dandelion chains. I hated sports and wasn't a "team player."

[NicoleScott]

I was small but not a wimpy weakling. Pretty good in sports for my size, and sometimes speed makes up for size. To the question: no, size has no bearing on whether one becomes a crossdresser, in my opinion. But, it certainly is a factor in pulling it off. Many crossdressers here on the forum lament their size, shape, hair, masculine features, etc.

[Richelle423]

I was so frail and skinny. In my teenage years I was around a size 7/8 now I'm a 14 :-(

[Brittany CD]

Nope, I was never the small boy

[Darla]

Always small, always skinny, the youngest in class by far, no good at sports, and picked on pretty regularly. And on more than one occasion I was called pretty by my best friends Mom. I remember saying what the heck, and trying on that tutu or heels. If you can't compete in one arena, maybe you'd be better accepted in the girls club. To this day I'm still small but not as pretty! Still - its nice to fit a size 8. And wear a women's 9 shoe. So many more options!

[Jennifer in CO]

always the tallest but dang near also the lightest. Like Kathi, I was 6' and pushing 125 pounds or so at graduation. I had a girlfriend in high school tell me I had the perfect figure for a girl (36-24-36) just in the wrong places - 36" arms, 24" waist and 36" inseam...(not quite but the idea was present). ALWAYS the last picked as I was scrawny, uncoordinated, and since I was sick most of the time weak. My saving grace was "Coach". He coached the JV teams and while rough and gruff on the outside he understood me and was patent when I didn't want to do something or in some cases did want to try. See, he also had an asthmatic son who was many years older than I so he knew exactly what I could and couldn't do. To avoid the "bullies" that are ever present, I was his assistant most of the time hence didn't have to do the "PE" part of class. Two things I was good at in highschool...crossdressing and one "sport"...ping-pong. I (with Coach's help) started a ping-pong club and then our Senior year we actually competed in national competitions. THAT was a blast and my best memory from high school. (OBTW...I picked the team...!)

Jenn

[joanna4]

I have always been short and skinny. As a boy, I am now a young adult, I learned that I have some talents in martial arts and music. I haven't always been good at sports. I think I score a few points but I'n not the best. In school, I'm get B's and C's and never any honors classes. High school is long gone and I have my life to focus on now and being so short and small always hurts. I am confident to say that after long classes and practices that I can defend myself and becoming closer to a blackbelt. I've always tried to look attractive and clean.

I'm most happy when it comes to crossdressing for the same reasons as OP.

[Melora]

I was smaller and the last picked for a team as well! I was not a wimp however.
However I excelled in matters of intelligence. I always have, like you Marla..
And You certainly are a master of cross dressing for sure!

[NathalieX66]

I was smaller than most boys my age.

"Mouse" was the dirty nickname I got in my neighborhood from all the other kids when I was around 7 nor 8.

I'm 5'6". Both my grand dads were 5'2" and 5'3"....so family genes definitely played a role. My dad is 5'8".

[Sophia Frances]

I guess I went the other way. Very athletic, played 3 sports in High School, one semi professionally. Broad shoulders. Probably an attempt to repress this side of me as I didn't really enjoy it all that much