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June 23, 2011 2:39 pm at 2:39 pm #597583shlishiMember
Why are 20-something men never called boys but 20-something (and much older) women are called girls?
June 23, 2011 3:12 pm at 3:12 pm #779861yossi z.MemberI call any unmarried male a boy (or more properly a bochur)
😀 Zuberman! 😀
June 23, 2011 3:16 pm at 3:16 pm #779862yentingyentaParticipantaccording to my Mom, any one younger than herself is called a girl 🙂
personally, ALL men are called GUYS married or single. with the girls/ladies/women i get stuck cuz what do u call a 20 year old female whos married?
June 23, 2011 3:29 pm at 3:29 pm #779863wanderingchanaParticipantyoung lady?
June 23, 2011 3:43 pm at 3:43 pm #779864mskMemberLadies always like to feel young, by calling them girls they take it as a compliment 😉
Boys always like to feel older than they really are.
June 23, 2011 3:51 pm at 3:51 pm #779865haifagirlParticipantSometimes we don’t take it as a compliment.
It’s rough to be called a girl when someone 10 years younger is called a married woman. It’s even stranger to be called a girl when someone 30 years younger is called a married woman.
And it’s really difficult when someone 30 years younger is called an older single.
And as you can tell from my handle, sometimes we learn to accept it.
June 23, 2011 3:58 pm at 3:58 pm #779866TheGoqParticipantI am single and in my forties i don’t think i should be considered a boy, sometimes you are made to feel like less than a man if u are not married, u don’t wear a tallis, i rarely get called for aliyahs but rather for lesser honors its ok for a “boy” to do galilah but in many shuls they would never give that to a married man because it is beneath them to do “boys” work.
June 23, 2011 4:00 pm at 4:00 pm #779867shlishiMemberJune 23, 2011 4:46 pm at 4:46 pm #779868haifagirlParticipantWhen friend who is my age became a bubby, I suddenly didn’t mind being a girl.
And it’s my forte (French word meaning strength – literally “strong”) and not my forte (Italian word meaning loud – which, by the way, doesn’t have an acute accent).
June 23, 2011 5:43 pm at 5:43 pm #779869ZeesKiteParticipantBoy, girl, man, woman, Bachur, Mr, Mrs., Miss, Ms.
Too complicated.
Zeeskite – for short!
June 23, 2011 5:58 pm at 5:58 pm #779870yummy cupcakeMemberI agree with yossi z, totally. as for a female, i really don’t know what i would call one. i guess married would be “young married woman/lady/girl” (to shorten, could be ymw/yml/ymg [not as in yaakov mordechai gerstner])
i wonder what ppl say when they refer to me? probably girl. (which is a good description, being that i am a female, so its a good start)
June 23, 2011 7:48 pm at 7:48 pm #779871minyan galMemberWhen my mother A’H’ was in her late 80’s, she would still say that she was having the “girls” over to play MahJongg. She played with the same “girls” for over 35 years.
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