I've been thinking about this for the past week or so. If I'd been born a genetic boy who identified as a boy, presumably same general personality and family withstanding, I would have:
-Joined both track and baseball during my school years.
-Learned how to hunt deer and consequently make homemade deer jerky. (Sorry, folks. Family tradition.)
-Learned how to fish and hence scale them, bone them, gut them, etc.
-Taken both ballroom and swing lessons.
-Joined the Boy Scouts and attempted to make Eagle.
-Been an outright flirt with the ladies.
-Learned more about car maintenance.
-Learned more about basic carpentry and household Mr.-Fix-It stuff.
These are just some things I'd always or eventually wanted to do, but couldn't or wasn't allowed to due to the body I was born in. Silly, no? But I've since decided I'd try to make up for these losses...or what I can of them. Joining sports teams in high school is pretty much out for obvious reasons, as is deer hunting. (I wasn't desensitized to the matter in my early years. I "want" to hunt deer, but only because that's simply what the men in my family do.) Likewise with the Boy Scouts; maybe one day I could become a scout leader or summat, but I'm sure their "no gays" policy will probably keep me out regardless of its irrelevancy to me.
As for the other stuff, I hope to start learning (cars, fishing, fixing things) what I can. Not quite sure who's supposed to teach me, though. I'm pretty sure most boys learned these things as they grew up from their fathers or other male figures. I don't have that, sadly. If dance lessons are taught in Boston, though, I hope to find a suitable female partner and finally go for it. I'm assuming certain areas of Boston will be fine with such a dance couple. And as for flirting, well, you tell me.
So what about any of you? Ever give the "what-ifs" a playful thought and/or tried to make up for what you missed out on? You ladies are welcome to contribute, too.