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I Keep Getting Sirred!

Started by Contravene, September 29, 2013, 08:19:33 PM

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Contravene

About a week ago I stopped at the bank and told the lady at the desk that I wanted to cash a check. She had been looking down at her computer even before I walked in and without looking up at me she said "Okay, can I have your account number sir?" I was surprised at first because I still present as female in public so I figured she would have noticed that I didn't particularly look like a guy but I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face, even after the woman finally looked up at me and seemed pretty embarassed at what she thought was a mistake in calling me sir.

Then later in the week I was sirred again twice at one of my jobs. The first time it happened I was on the phone with a lady for about five minutes, talking about a product we offer at the store I work in. When I was finished talking to the woman she replied with "Thank you, sir". That really made my day but it happened again the next morning  :D It was another phone call and the guy thanked me and called me sir when I told him I would transfer him to a different department since I couldn't answer his question.

The last time it happened, I wasn't actually sirred but an older woman said "thank you, young man!" before hanging up.

I'm still pre-T so it feels awesome to have a deeper, masculine voice already. If I had been sirred once or even twice over the phone I would have shrugged it off as a mistake but I've been sirred so many times in just the past week and even in person! In the past when I was on the phone, I used to use a fake phone "tone" to make my voice sound high and more feminine. I got tired of doing that and it always made my voice crack anyway so I just decided to use my normal voice which I guess sounds pretty deep.

Has anyone else been sirred this often while they were pre-T?
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Psycho

Yeah, we had picture day at my school a week ago or so, and when it was my turn the photographer looked at me and said "hows it going sir" and then when he looked at the info on the paper my mom filled out he got all embarrassed. It was awesome lol
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mrs izzy

I Keep Getting Sirred! thats a good thing for you.

Not so for me anymore lol..

Things come as they come and take what you get when you can. There is a day that Sir will be the norm.

Lots of luck going forward.

Izzy
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Contravene

Haha, it's funny how what would normally be an embarassing slip up can actually make someone feel awesome.

And thank you, Izzy! You're right, one day it'll become the norm to be called sir but I'm actually looking forward even more.
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