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My Sins against Gender-Stereotypes

IHM has tagged me to list at least ten things you have ever wanted or done which your gender is not supposed to.  WOW, another tag and this is a brilliant one. Just didn’t wait for another day…jumped into it at once !!! 🙂

First of all, IHM, I love blue pants !!!! So, I would love to skip this tag and continue wearing blue pants for the next 12 years !!!! :mrgreen:

But the blogger in me is trying to hit the real me and daring to go ahead with this tag !!!

So, here I am, listing all the things, considered un-womanly by the people of the world !!!

– Being the engineer in the house, I am responsible for the gadgets and Oh, I love them. Even things like wiring, repairing the TV cable socket, plumbing repairs, changing tube lights / starter problems – are all done by me.

– I love dogs and love to roll and get dirty with them !!!

– I like to wear chunky shoes than delicate sandals – suited perfectly for mountaineering !!!  Actually I want to do river rafting, bungee jumping, para sailing – before I say bye to this earth !!!

– Are chocolates considered womanly ???? Anyway, I surely don’t like them !!!

– I love the Black color and I feel its suits me better !!! I run away from pink….

– I’ve worked, managed my money, been to all parts of the city alone and never been scared.

– Always have come home from work, well past the time allowed for girls and have traveled alone.

– Never been scared of the insects – actually I am the one who hunt them at home. U get the drift ??? 😉

– I love my cell phone and my camera – actually am addicted to it. Waiting to get the latest one, soon and probably a SLR !!! 😉

– And of course, I love books more than tailoring, embroidery and crochet !!! 😉

And of course, I love wine, flowers, home shopping, pani puri, cooking, baking, lip sticks, nail colors, mehendi, lovely kurtis, mangoes…..its an endless list, I think.

Now to tag my friends, here they go…

Smita

Smitha

Maverickshree

Priya

Chatterbox

Kanagu

Meira

Ash (PNA)

Nu

Sagarika

Pixie

LostWorld

Come on, ladies ahem… and gentleman, decide for yourself,  whether you want to be cursed to wear blue pants (women) and pink shirt (men) for the next 12 years !!!  Have fun, attack the tag !!!

79 Replies to “My Sins against Gender-Stereotypes”

  2. Sigh. Now I can comment in peace 😆

    I am so impressed and so amazed to meet this engineer in the house!! Your family is soooo lucky! I can fix a bulb too, but not sure how much more I can do!!!

    I love comfortable foot wear, I like being able to move easily and fast. And I love rolling and playing and getting dirty with my dogs too! It’s so wonderful to learn all this new things about you!!
    Camera and books are my passion too…

    And now you are breaking some gender rules Uma! How can you not like chocolate but still like flowers, shopping, cooking, baking, shopping and pani puri!!! That is blasphemy Uma :mrgreen:

    Loved your tag and all the very interesting and amazing things you can do!! You are actually quite a multi tasker! But multitasking is for women , so according to the stereotypes, you must like pink and chocolates too? 😆

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    1. I think that was the first thing, that made me stand out – wanting to be an engineer !!! And I studied to be a Television Engr – Can u believe it ??? Of course, later my love changed course towards the comp !!! 😉 All the things I do, are part of the course, which I loved and learnt !!! 🙂

      Its all new becos no tag has been brilliant enuf like this – all they ask is what u wear !!! 🙄

      Don’t know – after I crossed 30 (precisely the time, I started counting my age backwards 😉 ), the urge to eat sweets is not there, esp chocolates !!! I can manage a slice of black forest, with great difficulty !!! Thats all. 😉

      Noooo….pink is certainly not for me…..

      This tag is certainly fun…waiting to read other’s tags now !!! 🙂

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      1. Me too Uma 🙂 I hope to read more of these amazing revelations!!
        Television Engineer!!! Do we have a smiley to show a jaw dropping? 😉 And it’s so true that if we like what we study it truly adds to our personality and quality of life. Let me go find if there is an appropriate smiley for being in awe 🙂

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      2. Now, I am totally embarrassed, but happy !!! 🙂

        Yes, it does make a difference, when we love what we study !!! It makes it more of a search towards the passion !!!

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      2. Second, my dear Swaru !!! Hey, IHM has tagged you na…isiliye…..no hard feelings…you were the first to come to my mind.

        And starsinmeyes has tagged you !!! How many times you’ll do it ????

        Insect hunter – Give me 5 !!! 🙂

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  5. “- Being the engineer in the house, I am responsible for the gadgets and Oh, I love them. Even things like wiring, repairing the TV cable socket, plumbing repairs, changing tube lights / starter problems – are all done by me.”

    Me too! Me too! Me too! 😀 Oh. i really look forward to doing this tag 😀

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    1. Thanks Shail…yeah me too waiting for a good time, to start the talk abt it…but by reading my blogs and comments, my husband would have got the hint, I suppose. 😉

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    1. Hey thanks Meira…that was long time back…but still I am expert with the tools…I know the nuts and the bolts, the correct spanner size for things….actually love to do them…

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  14. Loved your list of ‘sins’ too Ums! Oh I want to river rafting and bungee jumping too. I’ve done para sailing though and it was an out-of-the-world experience 🙂

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    1. Come on, lets do it together…during our girls time out….oh, what fun we can have… 🙂

      Para sailing – Is it wonderful ??? OMG, I want to go for some adventure mixed holiday now….

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  17. I just love this tag, Uma! Thanks so much for tagging me 🙂 Will do this as soon as posisble.! Infact, can’t wait 🙂

    It is such a cool tag 🙂

    And insect hunter – me too. I am the official insect slayer 😦 And the lawn mower, and the handy(wo)man 🙂

    Loved reading your answers! Television engineer! Wow! That sounds really cool!

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    1. Thank you, Corinne !!! And so nice of you to think of my Dad – I know, he supported all that I did. 🙂

      Khakhi – WOW, I too had one. Maybe my next one will be of that color !!! 🙂

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  19. I love this tag. You fix appliances @ home Uma? :-O I’m an engineer who can fix bulbs on her lucky day..! That’s just the beginning.. the rest of your tag makes me feel totally girly.

    oh my. I need to think of some way I can impress U when I do this tag 😀

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    1. Of course, basic repair work will be done !! And I know to catch them, when they do it wrong !!!

      U a total girl – Come on, u football freak – there’s more in hiding there – out with it !!! 🙂

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  24. engineer of the house 😀
    We say, we’ll proclaim MJ as the Saint for the Antiinstect squad, she’s always behind them with a whip, or that bat 😀

    Oh yes, Ma’m I did it… 🙂

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  26. Ah.. so i m mtng an engineer of the house and not the lady of the house 😀 cool! I am so so impressed with this list! And more than that soooooooo proud of u Ums… allll **hugs***! u deserve it!

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  27. I often joke with my hubby that though he’s the B.E., it’s me the M.Sc. who often comes up with solutions to ‘engg’ problems in the house and car. Hope you get that SLR and the adventure sports soon! 🙂

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    1. Thanks…waiting for that SLR… 🙂 And that adventure sports – shld start planning now, I guess – now that its out of the secret box…. 😉

      We do things abt which we are passionate enuf, I guess !!! 🙂

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  28. 😀 What a funny tag….
    Am the same as you on all these
    – I’ve worked, managed my money, been to all parts of the city alone and never been scared.

    – Always have come home from work, well past the time allowed for girls and have traveled alone.

    – Never been scared of the insects – actually I am the one who hunt them at home. U get the drift ??? — In my biology lab class, I very valiantly handed over dead specimens of toad to all my classmates… as they couldn’t put in their hand inside the bucket of dead toads 😀 😀

    But chocolate and embroidery … I love them… although I don’t do embroidery…would love to learn one day….

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    1. U love it, now u do it…OK ????

      Hi 5 on all the similar ones !!! 🙂 We are buddies..we need to be like this… 🙂

      I’ve done lots of embroidery, but prefer books over that !!! 🙂

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  33. Here you are! 😀
    No chocolates ? 😦 I envy you!
    And what is with all you women being lizard/insect hunters? Ugh!
    And so many engineers too!
    Oh i should have added. I have travelled alone like crazy, in sleeper class for 26 hours, right from when I was 17! And now all this travel abroad for work too! Hmm, more points!
    Lovely, good you pointed me to this 😀

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    1. I had to self-promote my page becos many of you came straight to the tag, which I did for S – hey, pl read my version too…. 😉

      Actually, I am happy to meet all the sinners, thru my blog pages…. loved ur list too !!! 🙂

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  34. Well written…

    I love comfortable shoes too and have never owned a pair of heels…I’ve lived my entire life in sneakers, boat shoes and sandals…

    Black is cool – it makes you look slimmer and chic…I hate pink too but unfortunately, it’s my daughter’s favourite colour…

    I don’t wear makeup and don’t have any at home – my daughter can’t understand this…She’s a girlie girl…

    I love reading too and am going to buy myself a digital SLR soon…

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    1. See, the advantages of choosing Black are many…. 🙂

      Looks like the comfortable footwear wins over the heels, for us sinners !!! 😉

      May be when we buy, we can exchange notes on brand, usage and all…

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  35. 1. Wow… thats great… 🙂 🙂
    2. Is loving dogs is a manly thing? 🙄 🙄
    4. 😯 😯
    5. Surely thats a sin 😀 😀

    This is one nice tag 🙂 🙂 loved it 🙂 🙂

    and thanks for tagging me.. will do soon 🙂 🙂

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