mylotters mistake me for a girl
By iluvusabado
@iluvusabado (2560)
Philippines
April 12, 2013 2:08am CST
i started a topic a few days ago about circumcision and i shared my personal experience about it. then someone who replied to my topic said that she always have thought i'm a girl.
i wonder what's feminine about my username? or maybe because of my avatar? or maybe it's just an honest mistake?
do you have the same experience as me.
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19 responses
@Hopefull90 (921)
• United States
12 Apr 13
My husband did but I have never had that problem. You diffidently look like a guy to me.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
15 Apr 13
my avatar is a guy but i'm no that person. he's an actor.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
17 Apr 13
well i'm not the one in my avatar. it's david giuntoli of grimm. i don't know if you're familiar with the show.
@Hopefull90 (921)
• United States
15 Apr 13
I wondered why you didn't look like a Philippine native but then I guess there are people who live in the Philippines who are not native to the island.
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
12 Apr 13
Oh i go the first 3 words , but dont know what was sabado ,but then i thought it was only one word in your language. okay so you love saturday.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
12 Apr 13
okay. i will explain my username.
"iluvu" means "i love you" while "sabado" is "saturday in our language. that's it. no deep meaning whatsoever.
@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
12 Apr 13
having iluvu in your username makes it a bit more feminine because guys dont usually use that word as username.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
really? i just wanted to use a username that would be unique enough so i won't have duplicates.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
15 Apr 13
well,i'd take it as a compliment. i think t's a cute name.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
12 Apr 13
I also used to think of you as a woman, but after reading several of your posts, i figured that you were a guy. I just didn't ask you, I was shy.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
12 Apr 13
thanks sishy7 for checking my profile.
jenny, no need to ask me. you can check my profile.
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@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
17 Apr 13
well i guess you're lucky, jricky1. anyways, you're avatar shows you're a guy.
@Aja103654 (5646)
• Philippines
12 Apr 13
I don't often see you but I thought you were a guy because of your avatar. But maybe you construct words and sentences in a very careful manner, maybe that's why people mistake you for a girl? Guys are often more direct with their opinions and they leave short responses sometimes.
@Aja103654 (5646)
• Philippines
14 Apr 13
well that's good. Often people mistake me for a guy too, for some reason.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
well i guess i am very cautious with whatever i'm posting here. i don't want to offend other people so reluctantly.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
13 Apr 13
Maybe an honest mistake. I'm not seeing anything particularly female about your avatar or name. Unless only girls are allowed to love Saturday?
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
15 Apr 13
really? TGIF us a restaurant here which means "thank god it's friday". i just changed it to saturday.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
15 Apr 13
Ha ha.. It should be mistake for sure.
I am saying this because in past I have made it one time too. WEll, here users are coming from all over the world. So naming is little confusing. I mean not all of us can guess the gender from name of other country people. So this can happen. Once I did the same thing and state one female user as he. But then I came to know about it and I said simple sorry. Well, it can happen to anyone. But since then I am confirming user's gender from his/her profile or from the discussion previous held. So i can get little idea about with whom I am discussing.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
17 Apr 13
that's what i usually do. if i think the gender of the person is ambiguous, i just check their profile.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
12 Apr 13
I too mistook you for a boy, early on. It's because of your avatar actually.
@jadoixa (1166)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
me too, i thought u were a girl..i don't know..even if i saw your pic and your username and read your topics, i just thought it..now when i read this post...i realized you were not a girl...
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
15 Apr 13
i really don't understand what's feminine with my username? just because i used "iluvu"?
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
do you not disclose it in your profile?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
15 Apr 13
some women are mistaken for gays, some guys are mistaken for gays also. some get offended, some laugh it off.
offline, i still get mistaken for a guy because i'm tall, always have short hair, and have a "big" voice so i always tone it down, but they end up not hearing me. oh well.
here, i guess it's hard to tell from my username, but my gender is indicated in my profile. i do take the time to check people's profile depending on the topic being discussed and i also mention it depending on the topic.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
15 Apr 13
well usernames can be really deceiving. we don't know how people chose that username so i guess just check the profile to avoid mistakes.
@Laurenlynn (715)
• Canada
13 Apr 13
Well for heaven's sake make no mistake if you do not mind me saying so, you are a very handsome young man any woman can see that. You sort of look like my handsome son lol and oh my goodness you were talking about circumcision I have only known men to get this operation. Oh well that is why I love mylot there is always some humour here and I love to have a laugh.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
17 Apr 13
of course only men get circumcised. i guess that's enough clue i'm a man. hehehe.
@Zer0Stats (1147)
• India
12 Apr 13
It maybe your username it's way too complex,hard to understand just like most women out there.
@cttolledo (5454)
• Legaspi, Philippines
12 Apr 13
Are you referring to simplyD? LOL.. I read her comments.. Mistake of identity...LOL but well I think it is normal here in mylot since we are all using fake names.. hehehehe...
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
well, is that in other topics i started? maybe i started this topic because of her.
@DHADHU128 (85)
• India
12 Apr 13
ya sometimes I also face the same problem because my half name resembles of a woman but full name resembles male. when people don't know my full name they think i'm a female unless I tell them full name or show them my photo
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
well your avatar now is a picture of a man so i would really assume you're a man. unless it's like a celebrity. girls often use the photo of the celebrity crushes in forums like this.
@gelomon (286)
• Philippines
12 Apr 13
hello dude, Truth to be told, me too i just thought that you are a girl. Lol and i can say that, that was because of your name 'iluvusabado' having a feminine approach to those who will read, even the picture was a guy, it would be mistaken, sorry for thinking that you are a girl. Have a good day!!
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
12 Apr 13
I too faced the same situation. Once one of mylot friend mentioned that he thought me as a lady based on my user name. After that i cleared his doubt, some times mylotters misunderstood us in this ways.
@iluvusabado (2560)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
well your username really looks feminine. the same with your avatar. an honest mistake indeed.