I always assumed that all guys felt awkward changing in front of each other.  I also remember thinking that girls didn't feel awkward because I felt that I wouldn't feel awkward changing in the girl's locker room if I were a girl.

Yep, seems a common theme Rhonda...

I hated undressing in the locker room, and tried to find ways of doing it when no one was around. And I never showered with the boys after gym class.

I didn't mind the gym activities themselves so much, but I hated the *competition*. If I lose, I feel like a failure. If I win, I feel like I hurt someone's feelings. I'd rather just do something together like play catch or frisbee. But I otherwise can run and throw like a boy

Funny thing though: although I was fully aware of my GID at the time, it never occurred to me that it was all related.

~Kate~

When I was in kindergarten I ran out of PE and hid in the bathroom untill my teacher found me... Pretty much my entire school career I hated PE, the thought of changing with people was really bothersome and quite embarrassing, I still do to some degree and I am 22... I even failed PE because I refused to change... its funny too because my parents never really asked why... 

This is sooo weird that you bring this up Rhonda. When I was at my parents house this weekend I found my old middle school yearbooks. I was reading through all of the comments people made in my yearbook which I haven't seen in 20 years. There were two comments from guys that said "Hope you have a great year. Maybe next year you'll actually get changed in gym class" and "To the guy who never changed for gym class." I swear I don't remember not changing for gym class in the 7th and 8th grade. For other people to notice that, I must have not done it very often. I think I used to wear my gym shorts on underneath my pants. I keep thinking "wow, did I suppress it THAT much that I don't even remember it?" I know once I got in high school I just wore the shorts that I wore to school in gym. NO WAY was I taking a shower and no way was anyone going to see any more of my body than I had to show. It's just funny timing that you just brought this up Rhonda and I just questioned it the day before you posted this.

Quote from: MeghanAndrews on June 19, 2007, 10:52:41 AM
This is sooo weird that you bring this up Rhonda. When I was at my parents house this weekend I found my old middle school yearbooks. I was reading through all of the comments people made in my yearbook which I haven't seen in 20 years. There were two comments from guys that said "Hope you have a great year. Maybe next year you'll actually get changed in gym class" and "To the guy who never changed for gym class." I swear I don't remember not changing for gym class in the 7th and 8th grade. For other people to notice that, I must have not done it very often. I think I used to wear my gym shorts on underneath my pants. I keep thinking "wow, did I suppress it THAT much that I don't even remember it?" I know once I got in high school I just wore the shorts that I wore to school in gym. NO WAY was I taking a shower and no way was anyone going to see any more of my body than I had to show. It's just funny timing that you just brought this up Rhonda and I just questioned it the day before you posted this.

I absolutely loathed and feared PE - and I hated my body.

Why? I had no idea.

I never understood it until now.

yep, me too, hated it.  strangely the thing that most disturbed me was the smell of teenage boys...
I can still remember that smell (yuck!)

MVER XXX

I got out of gym for a full year because I went to a doc at age 13 and convinced him that my knees weren't growing right! He wrote a note dismissing me from gym participation for a full year, saying I had some bone-growth-thingy problem, and had to be careful walking up and down stairs!

There was absolutely nothing wrong with my knees, and he darn well knew it. If I could meet him now, all these years later, I would kiss him.

Actually I just remembered that the punishment for the naughty boys was to do sport in a netball skirt; sadly I was a goody-two-shoes so never got the chance to wear the skirt, but didn't half envy those that did!!  ;p

MVER XXX

Quote from: Danyelle on June 19, 2007, 02:38:35 AM
When I was in kindergarten I ran out of PE and hid in the bathroom untill my teacher found me...

I did that too, only I was in Junior High at the time.

Quote from: mavieenrose on June 23, 2007, 01:55:49 PM
Actually I just remembered that the punishment for the naughty boys was to do sport in a netball skirt; sadly I was a goody-two-shoes so never got the chance to wear the skirt, but didn't half envy those that did!!  ;p

In my school, the boys brought their own gymn clothes but the girls where provided with blue one-piece gymn outfits.  The punishment for foregetting your gymn clothes was to wear one of them.  "Sally suits" the boys called them.  The teasing you got was worse than any desire I had to wear one.