Anyone Have Any Girly Hobbies?

[Guest Neuro]

LOL I may be a man, but I love womens cable shows. Tyra, Dr.Phil, Discovery heath, Chelsea lately... th-they're funny! ;A; and eating goldfish crackers or potato chips with it =w= mmmmmm

[Guest Sophie H]

I have lot's of girly hobbies, but I don't get much chance, far far to much grief from the Parents if I do. Sheesh' that sounds so stupid - im 26 bout time I took control and got a grip really.

Note to self: Sort yourself out.

[Guest Melanieshaman]

Gotcha on that one. I've actually been commented on by my roommate and another tranzchic. They agree, I'm always gonna be tomboy no matter my physical exterior.

lol, ya she said it's time to put away the table top war games, and the comic books, and the star wars legos, and do something girly, and i told her i'd not be being myself if i did that, just as not persuing transition would not be being my self. She's cool with it lol

[Guest shimmeringkristal]

I love to draw and paint. I have to date filled 50 or more notebooks with drawings and have done 17 oils on canvas. Other hobbies include but are not limmited to knitting, crocheting, sewing, writing poems and books, and collecting ceramic dolls as well as stuffed bears ( about 40 to date) as well as unicorns and dolphins. It is all about what catches your eyes and or ears. Good luck hun.

[Guest Flora]

I have always loved shopping, and I have recently been sewing with a sewing machine, attempting to make my own dresses. I have never been much of a hand sewer though.

I have also always wanted to do fashion design and come up with the most gorgeous formal dresses. Eventually I hope to start making my own designs once I get better at sewing

I am starting to cook and find it enjoyable but not so much as I do sewing or shopping

I like some romantic comedies, both movies and TV series' although I don't get a lot of a chance to watch them.

Flora

[Guest angie]

It helps in passing if you do, but that's not why I started.

I crochet. I have a working knowledge of 7 stitches and have made - to date - 4 queen sized blankets, a dozen or so scarves and more coasters and scrubbies than I can count.

I just woke up one day and had an intense desire to start. So, my wife got me a crochet starting kit for our anniversary. She refers to it as my "yarn habit".

I really love it! I get lost for hours....sitting on the couch, watching TV and just crocheting.

Next to sitting around doing my nails(fingers and toes),I love to cook and decorate my home to where anyone entering,(knows)this is a woman's house.That and a girls best friend,shopping.

Angie

[Guest jaymie]

While none of these are purely "girly" i do love to cook, practice yoga and shop ! I also LOVE "chick flicks".

Jaymie

[Guest nymphblossom]

I like to write fiction. It has been the outlet for my inner woman for about ten years. It was a way to express feelings and emotions that I just couldn't show in guy mode.

Blossom

[Guest Emily Violet]

i like to shop hehe if i dont control my self ill spend a hundred in one day hehe i love to bake to its fun i usually eat most of it after words i can sew idk if its girly or not but i like to draw and write its so much fun

[Guest Kymmie Lorain]

I have been embroidering for years even before I realized I was a CD. I also sew, all by hand. When I was younger I did hook rugs, a little knitting and crocheting.

Kymmie

[Guest Marrion]

well I can stich things pretty decently, I enjoy cooking and know how to do it fairly well, and I enjoy care giving to my fiancee (like rubbing her back when she's not feeling well and painting her nails, lol). I however am not without masculine hobbies. I enjoy videogames, exploring, and paintball. Swiming is the only real Gender neutral hobby I got. I LOVE to swim.

[Guest Ripley82]

I Love to go shopping when the money is around

I do play video games but it is getting less and less every day. I also love to COOK... it is so much fun and i want to stat taking cooking lessons so i can get better. It is a good way of expressing oneself...

But on the other had i loth cleaning. I grew up in a Very strict house so I think I got my share of cleaning in... Not fun.

Always,

Samantha

[Guest Sandra]

Definitely into shopping...while waking through a mall, I have to struggle not to let my male friends catch on that I'm drooling at all the cute and sexy women's clothing/shoes/accessories (that I'd love to try on). I haven't transitioned yet so I couldn't even dream of purchasing such items in public if I wanted.

I used to like reading poetry, romance novels (and of course imagined I was the heroine), kept a diary for a little while, done a little sewing, occasionally like to cook and play hostess (unbeknownst to my guests).

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

I've always loved the beauties of nature

Most of my hobbies reflect this..

I was born with a talent for drawing things, I have always adored butterflies and flowers, which I love drawing in combination with coloured pencils

I used to walk down our street regularly, picking flowers and coming home with big bunches of them lol

When I also lived out bush years ago I used to love collecting amethyst crystals (a deep purple gem stone) which were commonly found in my area, they make beautiful Jewellery when cut and polished and even in their natural state they where absolutely gorgeous!

I cook, bake (when I can get a recipe that works at 4000+ feet), do photography and generaly enjoy clothes and shoe shopping

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

I still just talk on the phone for hours with my BFF.

Does makeup shopping count as a hobby?

How about sleeping?

[Guest AllisonD]

I've always loved the beauties of nature

Most of my hobbies reflect this..

I was born with a talent for drawing things, I have always adored butterflies and flowers, which I love drawing in combination with coloured pencils

I used to walk down our street regularly, picking flowers and coming home with big bunches of them lol

When I also lived out bush years ago I used to love collecting amethyst crystals (a deep purple gem stone) which were commonly found in my area, they make beautiful Jewellery when cut and polished and even in their natural state they where absolutely gorgeous!

You found native amethysts? I am sooo jealous. I used to live in New Mexico and I joined the local Rock Hound club. We found agates by the ton in the Jemez and Sangre de Christo mountains near Santa Fe. Not very girly perhaps, but at least a third of the club were women.

My mom taught me to crochet when I was very little (first came out as Allison, maybe 2nd grade?) and for years I helped her layout and alter McCalls patterns and sew her clothes. She was hard to fit and I was good at arithmetic so we worked out pattern alterations together. When I first started professional work (software engineer) I made my own suits. They came out better than store-bought and fit me perfectly. Now I can't be bothered. Everyone here (men and women) dress cheap and casual unless they have a pitch for the DoD, FAA, Boeing, ... Dressing up just doesn't fit in our cubical maze.

I have one hobby that is likely not very girly, although there are phenominal women practitioners: I build models of napoleonic warships out of wood, brass, linen, silk, ... They're big (4') and extremely detailed. I go painfully slow, but then the objective is not to complete one but rather to hone skills while draining off tension and stress. I find planking a deck one board at a time or tying off sheets to the pinrails peaceful.

We have a sunroom that Donna likes to grow tropicals in. I participate in that on occasion. I like dry (artificial) flower arranging better myself. And I still sew.

About two years ago I started on (yet another) lifelong dream and took up piano lessons. At the moment I am on hiatus, distracted by other pressing pursuits, but I made good progress and absolutely will get back to it. I have no talent, but I do enjoy it so.

Allison

[Guest AllisonD]

well I can stich things pretty decently, I enjoy cooking and know how to do it fairly well, and I enjoy care giving to my fiancee (like rubbing her back when she's not feeling well and painting her nails, lol). I however am not without masculine hobbies. I enjoy videogames, exploring, and paintball. Swiming is the only real Gender neutral hobby I got. I LOVE to swim.

Me too. I have weight to lose and swimming is the single exercise that I will actually commit to and do. I leave work early every day (I can do that) to hit the pool before the rush and do 90 minutes of sidestroke. It has helped me with my weight and is improving other health factors as well. I like swimming 'cause I never get too hot, bugs don't bite in the pool, and it's peaceful to have that time with my own thoughts without phones, email, or a queue forming up at my office door.

Allison

[Guest Rachel Collins]

Shopping is like my life. Couldnt live without it. Usually go with a couple of friends. Really i dont do anything sterotypical, im a huge advocate on being yourself and not following womanly sterotypes. Just be yourself. Thats why your transitioning, dont push anything. I play the flute too

[Guest Kymmie Lorain]

Well another thing is my hobbies are not gender specific. I work on cars, build models, ride my Harley, and Four wheel. I don't go for traditional guy sports I hate football, don't like hockey, base or basketball.

Kymmie

[Guest Kailey]

Kymmie I build models too Though less now then before... I prefer making dioramas now

I intend to be an electronics engineer though Oh and I absolutely despise football, hockey, etc and all things sports

I would post more of my hobbies but they would immediately identify me... as me.

~Kailey

[Guest cjnoble71]

It's a stereotype, I know, but shoe shopping. Is there really anything better?

[Guest Danilynne]

never associated it, but I always cooked, baked, and loved gardening. Also, my wife and I have scrapbooked together while I was dressed, was something girly as you put it to share!

[Guest Natalie92]

Plenty of guys do this so I'm not quite sure it's that feminine but I LOVE to cook! I love making my own variations on stuff especially. I am independant and a rebel to the core (but I am a loving rebel, which makes me rebellious of the rebel culture too )!

Natalie

[Cyndee]

It helps in passing if you do, but that's not why I started.

I crochet. I have a working knowledge of 7 stitches and have made - to date - 4 queen sized blankets, a dozen or so scarves and more coasters and scrubbies than I can count.

I just woke up one day and had an intense desire to start. So, my wife got me a crochet starting kit for our anniversary. She refers to it as my "yarn habit".

I really love it! I get lost for hours....sitting on the couch, watching TV and just crocheting.

I just found this post, I see it was started a while back.

I enjoy sewing. My Mom taught me some things when I was young. Lately however I have a renewed interest in sewing, since coming out. I have moved our sewing machine into the family room, and have made 2 skirts since the weather turned gloomy here. It's so much fun to make things, and wear them ! I am becoming a regular girl at the fabric store now. I am looking over dress patterns now, thinking about my next project. I just love floral patterned material, so pleasing to my eyes !

Hugs

Cindy -

[Guest Temmy]

I embroider, and hope to learn to knit and/or crochet pretty soon, I bake and cook and such, but I also have a lot of typically masculine hobbies such as video games and anime.