I have a secret to share

@allknowing (136601)
India
November 8, 2015 11:43pm CST
I am interacting with a whole lot of lovely people here but most of the time I do not know whether they are a girl or a boy. Someone thought I was a boy. Never mind!!! I do not have any thoughts about anyone. I just interact. What about you? .
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
9 Nov 15
Yes, on the old myLot and especially when I was a new user with very few posts (mostly in general nature) most would think I'm a young male of which I've never bothered to correct them either. They'd addressed me with "man" or "dude"...
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
I also thought you were a boy but that did not change my thinking while responding!
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@much2say (55674)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Nov 15
@sishy7 Hey "dude" - ha ha! I wonder if they assumed you were a young male because of the Doraemon avatar?
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
9 Nov 15
@much2say Could be... And I held up talking about my family for as long as I could on here. I think it was not until I became a bubbler that people started to get a clearer idea...
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@jstory07 (139725)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Nov 15
i have figured out what most people are. But boy or girl it does not matter.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Nov 15
I find the majority of members, at least the ones that I know, tend to have names that infer a gender. I do remember a time many years ago when several members here used female usernames despite being male, although I never did understand why. I suppose that my username qualifies as one of those that does not signify my gender, although it would not be difficult for people to realise that I am an old male fool after reading my posts.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Nov 15
@allknowing Oh of course. In my case the avatar does give my gender away even though it is not a photograph of me.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
There are a few one can recognise from the avatars.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
@Asylum Hello Barry how are you!!
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
9 Nov 15
i shrug it off, too, and it depends on the topic being discussed also.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
@sishy7 So this is binggaling? Wow!!
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
9 Nov 15
You have got to be kidding @allknowing ! Did you really not know before? I'm shocked! You're supposed to be allknowing...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
9 Nov 15
Did you remember I thought binggaling was a male before I knew it was you?
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
9 Nov 15
I'm often confused, until they mention their wife or some other telling detail. Many names are not obvious. It doesn't really matter, other than getting to know the person a little better.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Nov 15
Even the reference to a wife does not constitute a guarantee that they are male.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
I have noticed that too. i just interact but would be more comfortable knowing who I am interacting with
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Nov 15
It's all part of the mystique...
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• Philippines
9 Nov 15
Well, whenever I interact with people on myLot who don't have a gender-based profile picture, I don't actually judge them whether they are boys or girls. Interaction is what's important regardless of the genders anyway. He he. Kudos~
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@GardenGerty (160713)
• United States
9 Nov 15
Mostly it should not matter. I have been fooled by some but not often. I go look at profiles if it has any relevance I try to find out from other discussions.
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• Pamplona, Spain
9 Nov 15
Sometimes I do that if I have enought time like say about half an hour to do as I wish. Its what they write that counts for me too.
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• Philippines
9 Nov 15
Back in the day, they were people that actually pretended to be a girl, and then posting naughty but not to the point of violating the rules. From them on, I just chose to interact and be more careful with how I answer the questions. .
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
I just answer. It is their problem not mine!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Nov 15
I do like to know a person's gender, and I've had a couple of people just these last couple of days think I was male.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
What prompted me to put up this post was someone thought I was a boy!!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Nov 15
@pgntwo Only you and I will know what you are referring to.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Nov 15
@jaboUK People are strange...
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@rakski (123498)
• Philippines
9 Nov 15
It is just okay, most of the time they think I am one too.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
9 Nov 15
I don't know about a lot of people and it doesn't matter to me.
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• Israel
9 Nov 15
It's not a big deal because in English if you write to someone "you" it goes both for male and female. In Hebrew the second--person personal pronoun (singular) "you" splits for f. And m. For a male you say in Hebrew "Ata" and for a female "at".
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
@EllaSpringtimeWe learn about that when we are doing our abc. Even in Hindi we have that kind of a pronoun that is used for both genders.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
It only shows men and women could think alike if we cannot identify who it is.
• Israel
9 Nov 15
@allknowing and when you say "you" you approach the soul of the person and not his/her gender. That is one of the wonderful things in English.
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• St. Petersburg, Florida
9 Nov 15
Sometimes, after a long time I am shocked to find out that someone I thought was a male is a female, or the other way around!
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
Same here. So I am not the only one
@JudyEv (340278)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Nov 15
There are a few whose gender I don't know but mostly it doesn't matter anyway.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
9 Nov 15
I am one of those who thought that you are a boy . I have mistook some myLotters too as a boy but it turned out they were girls.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
9 Nov 15
Be careful in future in calling a woman as a boy?
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
9 Nov 15
@SIMPLYD - Needless to say - you are very wise.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
9 Nov 15
@dpk262006 I don't call a person in her gender here . Playing safe .
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
9 Nov 15
Whether that little yellow head rasp is a girl or a boy I would like to rip that red flippin thing out of its mouth.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
Glad I clarified with you through a message else I would have thought you were trying to rip out my tongue
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
@Bluedoll Has to be a girl. A boy would not do such silly things.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
9 Nov 15
@allknowing nope just that stupid little rasp I don't like Is rasp a girl or a boy?
@delyaj30 (613)
• Quezon City, Philippines
9 Nov 15
so, can you reveal us your gender?
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
@delyaj30 I am kidding too (lol)
@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
Think whatever but do respond as you would a good post.
@delyaj30 (613)
• Quezon City, Philippines
9 Nov 15
@allknowing it's, ok, i'm just kidding
• United States
9 Nov 15
only drawback to not knowin' what one's gender is'd be callin' a 'sir' a 'ma'am' :)
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
I avoid that to save me from making a fool of myself. With your interest in horses I am sure you must be mistaken for a boy.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
9 Nov 15
@allknowing Lady is clearly shown as part of her username...
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
9 Nov 15
@sishy7 Sometimes even usernames can mislead you although as you say (which I now see) lady is mentioned in there
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
9 Nov 15
What do you think...?
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
10 Nov 15
I have not interacted with you much and so.....................
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
10 Nov 15
ssst... I was wrong when I first came across you on the other site.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
10 Nov 15
That is funny. I just respond back to people and go on. I don't really give it a lot of thought when their images or name is not one gender or the other so it makes it like a surprise when you do interact with them.
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@allknowing (136601)
• India
10 Nov 15
i have been getting pleasant surprises galore
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
10 Nov 15