GET DOWN FROM THAT TREE.
We'd love to believe that we all grew up perfect little princesses, but the truth is many of us, particularly those who grew up with a pack of brothers, remember the good old days of being a grubby tomboy, and it certainly had it's charm.
Here's a few things you'll ONLY remember if you grew up a tomboy:
1. Wanting to play with just boys - not that there's anything wrong with playing with those weird fake kitchens or ironing boards, but the boy games were just more fun! Yes, there was a greater risk of getting injured...but that was the fun of it.
2. Only wearing old tracksuits that belonged to one or all of your brothers/cousins - dresses just would not do (much to the dismay of your mother).
3. Developing serious crushes on the boys but being firmly friend-zoned - this is probably due to the aforementioned fashion issue.
4. Knowing every WWE wrestling move - yes you were usually the one that the brothers practiced on, but you could still deliver a mean Clothesline manoeuvre.
5. Your mother screaming at you constantly - the boys were roughhousing and you were in constant danger up just STOP IT.
6. Being confused for a boy - hang on a second, we didn't want to BE boys (not that there's anything wrong with that) we just liked mucking about with them, there was that unfortunate haircut when we were 8 which caused a ton of confusion but we moved past it.
7. People questioning your obsession with sport - this was particularly tough during that drop-off zone period, being a 15 or 16-year-old girl and explaining you had a tournament or a match and couldn't go to the party was ALWAYS met with confusion. That still stands to this day.
8. Still wanting to be pretty - just because you were/are a tomboy doesn't mean you don't like nice traditionally 'girly' things, our best friends are girls, we love makeup and traditional 'girly' things. We could probably just kick your a** in a fake wrestling match (couch cushions as ropes).
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