Odd Reincarnation

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Horrid thread title, really.

While I'm in the poll mood. I was talking to Bill Bixler (Scooter on CD) and he mentioned the subject of..."If you could be reincarnated as a boy or a girl, what would you choose?" Well...wow. What a hard decision. So he left and told me to start it for him. So on behalf of Scooter, If you could be reincarnated as a girl or guy, what would you choose, and why? (That rhymed!)

I'd say I'd wanna be a girl, cause if I got reincarnated as a guy, I wouldn't want to figure out women. Then there's the question of if you had knowledge from your past life (hypothetically). However, guys seem to have so much less to worry about.

[Bridgette]

I agree with Genia. I'm pretty comfortable being a girl, and I don't think I'd want to be reincarnated as a guy. I hope I would be reincarnated as a girl who's very different from who I am, though.

[Billfred]

I'm going to go for girl. I think I have guydom figured out--most of it, anyway. So being a gal would be an interesting experience, to say the least.

On the other hand, it would require knowing where I was gonna be born. There are some spots in the world where I would hate being born a girl. So I guess if you're playing the reincarnation game, you're rolling the dice and taking your chances.

[Scooter]

I am gonna have to agree with Billfred's reasoning. I'd be interested to see what it is like from the "other side."

[Astronouth7303]

Me too. Variety is the spice of life. But then again, I would probably freak everyone out (more than I already am ). Of course, I could try guy again and have it figured out.

Do you keep your memories in recarnation?

[Dorienne]

I don't think I really want to know what it's like to be a guy. Not to be insulting or anything, that's not my intention by that statement. I'm happy being a girl and I really wouldn't care to know what guys think. *shrug* I like being a girl, as I said. =) Wouldn't change a thang! =D
--d0ri

[Max Lobovsky]

it would be interesting if you had 4 options:

1. currently male, want to be male
2. currently male, want to be female
3. currently female, want to be female
4. currently female, want to be male

That way one could say wether boys or girls are more satisfied with themselves, in general.

[Amanda Morrison]

so far, it seems that all the guys would like to try being a girl, and the girls want nothing to do with being a guy...

personally, I don't know what I'd do.

[miketwalker]

I personally would rather be a girl. The great majority of guys are just plain rude, and I mean... most of my friends are girls because of that. I think I already asssociate much more with girls emotionally, because it's much harder to have a conversation about your emotions with a guy because so many have to be "manly" and act like they don't have emotion. I think girls can be much more expressive with how they feel, and I like that. There's my reasoning. I do agree with Billfred though, I would not want to be a girl in cultures that still push them down and don't give them freedoms.

[Franchesca]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I'm going to go for girl. I think I have guydom figured out--most of it, anyway. So being a gal would be an interesting experience, to say the least.

WOW!! This is a very interesting thread!! Very funny!!

Anyway, Billfred ... being a doll (early 50s word for girl) would ABSOLUTELY be interesting for ya!

Personally, I've been refered to in many more times than what I'd like to admit as 'one of the guys' most likely because I'm ALWAYS with them and almost all of my friends are guys! I do everything with them, go every where with them ... it is like I am one of them!
And I love my guys .. they are awsome ... much cooler than hanging out with girls! They are silly and funny and smart (not all of them), but what i guess I want to say is that I couldn't picture having to go through high school without them!

Although, I already know the interworkings of the male mind. I wouldn't mind being one myself ... that is if I'm like one of the guys that I know!

[shyra1353]

i think that with society today, there are so many double standards between males and females, but in the end they pretty much balance each other out ... so even though i complain at least 3 or 4 times a week to at least one of my girlfriends about being a girl, it really isnt that bad ..

on the other hand, i think i would like to try being a guy because it **SEEMS** (key word being seems there) that they have it easier .. less thinking about the superficial things such as clothes, shoes, makeup, (id say hair, but we all know how much time Karthik spends on his hair .. so i think i will leave that one out .. ) .. also, i would like to see what is going through a guys mind ... especially from a relationship standpoint ...
plus .. being born male would result in more freedom with my parents ...

Originally Posted by Franchesca

Personally, I've been refered to in many more times than what I'd like to admit as 'one of the guys' most likely because I'm ALWAYS with them and almost all of my friends are guys! I do everything with them, go every where with them ... it is like I am one of them!
And I love my guys .. they are awsome ... much cooler than hanging out with girls! They are silly and funny and smart (not all of them), but what i guess I want to say is that I couldn't picture having to go through high school without them!

i second this ... i think guys make MUCH better friends than girls .. which is the reason why most of my friends arent girls ... guys are so much more fun, are a lot more easy-going, judge you a lot less when you say or do something, easier to talk to, more random, less gossipy, and even though they seem like they dont care half the time .. you know that they do and you love them for it ...

[Elgin Clock]

Oh heck ya.. I would be a girl in my next life defiantely.. lol

Just for the heck of it.

Billfred hit the nail on the head.. Got this guydom thing figured out, want to see how I would make out as the other sex..

Do I still get to keep all the knowledge I have now though?
That would put me one step closer to ruling the world...

As I just typed that last sentence, I realised that If I did retain my knowledge but was a girl, then hey.. maybe I wouldn't want to rule the world...
On to bigger and better things.. RULER OF THE UNIVERSE!!
Muwhahahahahaha!

Wow.. this I think is my scariest post ever..
Thanks for bringing this idea forward Eugenia..

Morbid, and weird.. But I LIKE IT....

[Astronouth7303]

Originally Posted by miketwalker

... I think I already asssociate much more with girls emotionally, because it's much harder to have a conversation about your emotions with a guy because so many have to be "manly" and act like they don't have emotion. I think girls can be much more expressive with how they feel, and I like that.

Originally Posted by shyra1353

... guys are so much more fun, are a lot more easy-going, judge you a lot less when you say or do something, easier to talk to, more random, less gossipy, and even though they seem like they dont care half the time .. you know that they do and you love them for it ...

I'm glad somebody's figured this out. There are very few places where both guys and gals can be open with their emotions, especially to the other. (For me, a good tip off of such a place is that people don't look at you funny if you hug total strangers)

(ps- If it seems as though I'm being a little obsesive about the free hugs, there's a reason for that: ChallengeDay.)

[MissInformation]

I would prefer to stay female, even with all of the unpleasantries, like cramps, and what not. I thoroughly enjoy being female. But, I have often wished I could be male for a day or two, just to see what it is like. I was always a tomboy, out playing tackle football while the other girls my age were home mooning over Menudo and Duran Duran... But don't be fooled, guys do not have it easier, they just have it different, just ask any guy who's been picked last in gym class...

Of course, my big fear would be that I would come back as a girly-girl...

Heidi

[Ashley Weed]

Flat out.. no second thoughts... I would want to come back as a guy. So much less to worry about, so many less struggles, just so many less problems. Heh, less genetically to worry about as a guy (except male patterened baldness ). No thought... I'd choose to switch to a guy.....