>I've encountered him online and conversed with him, on several
>occasions. Interestingly, his tone on the times he thought I was male
>was discernably different from the times he thought I was female
It's always funny to see how people treat you subtly differently depending
on what gender they think you are. (or not-so-subtly, but that's less funny
than annoying). I imagine I have some funny quirks that way too. I found
a lot of IRC'ers used to get more polite when they knew I was female. In
fact, for the most part I'm happy to designate myself as female -- I just
don't like admitting to my age. Guess that comes from finding that too
many IRC'ers my age were twits, and I didn't want to associate with 'em.
When I was 14, I liked to tell people I was 68 or so -- only the most
desperate 21 year old male (I'm not sure why I encountered so many 21 yr
olds) would hit on someone who says she's a senior! :) (Though they had no
qualms about 14 year olds...)
Terri
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