What toys did you play with?

[Maggie Kay]

This question was asked "What toys did you play with ?" on the CDers forum. Most of the answers for MTFs was boy toys and also boy toys on the FTM side. I played with a lot of female oriented toys stuffed animals and such. Not a lot of the sports or more masculine toys.

So did you all play with your physical gender appropriate toys or go for the other genders stuff?

[GypsyKaren]

The first toy I remember was a doll, I don't know how I ended up with it. My dad took it away from me when I was still little and took a picture of me crying because of it, and never missed a chance to show it around to embarrass me as I was growing up. They tried giving me "boy" toys but I'd immediately break them, so I had none soon after that started, they gave up. I'd always sneak off for Jacks or Hopscotch with the other girls, that's how I had fun.

Karen Starlene

[Maggie Kay]

I played "Horsey" and later "Dr. Kildare" with the neighborhood girls too. Not in a "you show me yours, I'll show you mine" way, it was more like being cared for in a nurturing sort of way. I had a pretend operating room set up in my basement that we used to pretend with. Never took clothes off or did anything harmful.

[Cheryl T]

my earliest memories are of my "Betsy Wetsy" and "Tiny Tears" dolls...I know this dates me, but you asked...lol.

[Scotty]

Stuffed animals...

Whew when i first read the topic I thought you were talking about adult toys LOL (J/K!!!!)

I played with m y sisters dishes, fake groceries and cash register, and sometiems her dolls too.

But I also played with boy toys...more often than not of course...

[Sarah.]

I had Lincoln Logs, Lego, and Construx. I became an engineer...

[janelle]

I remember playing with dolls until my dad got mad & made my mother put an army suit on me that he had bought. After that it seems like all that happened was i got yelled at until i left them alone. Also remember everyone pushing me to do sports, work on cars & all the main guy things. I could only handle playing some sports with friends as my sister did not want me with her & her friends. I wish that people would have known & understood back then as since i am totally becoming me, i am 10 times happier.
hugs to you all,
Janelle

[Calliope]

I forget a lot of the super early stuff but, certainly, art supplies. I 'got in' with the girls at school through my drawings of birds, as I recall. Then a few years later, my mum thought I should be more 'competitive' so one X-mas I got nothing but games and balls, which was a major bummer. I kept drawing until I was about 20 or so.

[JOEY88]

when i was little i always wished they made boy forms of the girls toys so it would be OK for me to play with them,i did allot of play house drawing and making cards

[sybercom11]

I had two older sisters growing up and I played with dolls and also I could twirl a baton and spin that hula hoop!

I was much better at that than any "boy" sports. Although I was quite good at tennis, which is played by guys and gals.

But I remember doing the baton and hula hoop thing and every once in a while I give a try for old times sake.


stevie

[tori-e]

For me sports were always out. (People would laugh and say I threw like a girl - go figure). I always had this thing for creative stuff, drawing and that kind of thing. Lego was great (1960's lego), I always built houses and towns and stuff. I always wanted to be an architect or some kind of designer. Also, I had a collection of out-of-date Sears catalogues. My parents had no idea it was the first section with all the women's clothes that I was looking at. At school I would play hopscotch with another boy. Hmmm wonder where he is today???


The first toy I remember was a doll, I don't know how I ended up with it. My dad took it away from me when I was still little and took a picture of me crying because of it, and never missed a chance to show it around to embarrass me as I was growing up. They tried giving me "boy" toys but I'd immediately break them, so I had none soon after that started, they gave up. I'd always sneak off for Jacks or Hopscotch with the other girls, that's how I had fun.

Karen Starlene

Karen this stuff with your dad makes me both angry and sad. But I remember what a lot of men where like back then. There was a greater need for conformity for some reason.

lots of love,
Terri

[Mariah]

my little ponies *^_^* and stuff animals, still have my popples :D

hopes
keris

[Maggie Kay]

I do remember Lincoln logs but no legos. My uncle gave me a Micky Mantle baseball glove one Christmas but I never really used it. I think it was almost new ten years later. Never "broke it in". Playing ball held no interest to me and I never watched sports on TV except Figure Skating with Peggy Flemming. In fact, I never watched a baseball game until senior year in college and that was because of the beer.

I had an easy bake oven too.

Anyone remember SOAKIES bubble bath? I just loved that stuff.

[Mezimi]

legos, trolls, nerf stuff that my sister would beat me with lol, crayons, and toys that float in the tub lol. I'd also keep a few choice stuffed animals in my company... and I liked to throw rocks at stuff :/ oh, and climbing trees was a neighborhood sport in my old town :p

[Madeleine]

Toys? We didn't have toys in WW2 in London. We went out with buckets picking up shrapnel from last nights blitz. We got 2 bob a bucket full!

It was OK until the air raid siren went then we had to find an air raid shelter. It was worse when the V1s came over and the engine cut out then we didn't know where it would land and explode.

That's why I had to hide my GID until it was safe to do so and took until about a year ago to admit it to myself and my family. 60 odd bloody years - what a waste of a female lifetime!

Never mind - making up for it now.

Love all (or is that a tennis score?)

[Victoria Anne]

toy's ? , reading some of these posts takes me back,lincoln logs , I had my Bennie doll and stuffed animals and played alot with the nieborhood girls , dolls that is but I did play some boy stuff and sports..not much , I did compete in track.

[nikkicdintraining]

ya,, what is really sad is seeing some of the toys i grew up with at antique stores.. lol.. brings back memories..

[Siobhan Marie]

I played with toy cars, duplo, lego and other male toys such as Action Man but it never ever felt right and was so confusing to me. I just wish I'd known then what I know now.

:hugs: Siobhán x