Tomboy Transformation?

Will every girl go through the tomboy phase somewhere in their lives? I remembered I did go through that phase myself when I was in Primary school. And it brought much nagging from my mummy and well-meaning relatives. I guess everyone still believes that girls must behave like girls.

It's hilarious how much societies believe in that too. My Secondary School motto was..... listen to this... DEMURE & RESOLUTE. (I shall not mention what school here in order to protect their image, but those of you who were from the same Sec school as me would know for sure.) Who in the right mind would put 'demure' as one of their mottos??? Shouldn't it be things like polite, upright, honest, etc etc? Goes to show that demure-ness has become a virtue instead of a natural trait.

So that day I was having a conversation with Shaun & Bruce in the car when Bruce kindly offered to give us a lift home. I was commenting on how boyish joey looks and how many people have mistaken her for a boy inspite of the pink overalls she's don in. And Shaun told me that babies who look boyish usually grow up to be very pretty ladies. He He.. don't know whether the theory is scientifically proven, but I have decided to believe in it. : ) Of course Shaun used herself as a real life example! hahaha... Then the conversation ended abruptly because Bruce also tried to convince me that he used to look very girly as a baby but look how handsome he is now. I had to tell him the theory only applies to girls. Hahaha..

I guess this is a constant worry in the minds of mothers. For boys, I still think it's not so bad because boys generally will start to display an affection for electronic stuffs, cars etc when they are growing up. For girls, they might like teddy bears & barbie dolls, but they still need to go through the discovery & adventurous stage where they will climb up & down and do many things out of the league of demure ladies.

I shall personally give joey etiquette classes starting from when she is 1 year old. Heee..