Am I A Boy Or A Girl? Even My Parents Can't Tell

hi I'm George I know it might sound like a boy's name but I'm actually a girl it all started with my brother Harry back before I was even born sadly he died in a car accident at the age of three then two years after the accident my mom fell pregnant with me both of my parents longed to have a little boy to fill the gap that Harry had left them with so when I was born a girl I imagined my parents must have been distraught they christened me George Harry Hastings thinking back on it now I always had boys toys like action figures and water pistols my parents never put me in pretty dresses or skirts in fact in all the pictures of me as a little kid I'm in Harry's old clothes they also cut my hair short like a boy's I guess friends and family found my parents behavior odd as before I turned 2 we moved far away from everyone I was home-schooled during preschool and primary school my house was my whole world I had pirate-themed wallpaper even though I much preferred mermaids at that point I really thought I was a boy and not even confused about gender differences sometimes the neighbours son would come around for playdates when I showed him my pirate ship collection he told me that his little sister had a baby doll collection and she was so obsessed with it he told me about all the dolls accessories all the clothes that would be changed every 15 minutes all the hairstyles that might take hours to be done he thought girls were gross but I was like hypnotized hearing about that I loved everything she did more than any boring pirate ship that I got but when I told my parents my mom instantly got upset my dad got seriously angry and told me that boys would never be allowed to play with stuff like that from then on whenever that boy came around I had to try my best to act like I thought boys should and told him I thought girls were gross mom overheard me telling him that girls stank she gave me the biggest smile I was pleased that I made her happy one time this boy and I were floating pirate ships in the bathtub when he said he needed to pee the toilet was right beside the bathtub so I could see him well I didn't want to it was just something out of the corner of my eye that made me notice the way he did it was so weird he didn't sit down but he pulled something out of his pants I was so confused so I asked my dad that was when I found out the truth he sat me down and said that's how boys actually do it in that situation you and him are different yes you're a girl so don't ever share a bathroom with anyone he then explained that my mom found it hard to deal with my brother's death especially as when I was born I reminded them of Harry so I'm basically living in the shadow of my dead brother to please their feelings when I was 12 my parents had no choice but to send me to middle school as they didn't approve the home-school application the morning of my first day at school dad dropped me off before I stepped out of the car he said you can't tell anyone you're a girl or else I was already terrified about pretending to be a boy in front of all my new classmates without having dad threaten me to I won't I told him good George he sighed your mom needs this she wouldn't cope with losing her son again on my first day at school I had no idea how my parents could fake this but no one knew I was really a girl even my teacher called me her boy and gave me male school uniforms I made friends with a boy named Aaron and it wasn't long before we became pretty much inseparable being around him made me feel like a boy yeah at times it was tricky especially in the restrooms and changing rooms I obviously couldn't use the urinals and I always got changed in a cubicle so I didn't have to undress in front of the other boys I made up some excuse that I had a skin condition and didn't want the other kids to see it none of the other kids ever said anything bad about this as they knew Darrin would get mad at them my skin condition excuse got me out of swimming too thankfully the years passed and the lie became harder to keep my breasts began to develop and although I'm a small built girl they became noticeable I had to wrap bandages around my chest to hide them it could cause restricted breathing sometimes so my dad told my teacher that I had heart disease and couldn't attend any physical activity at school which made me even sadder now at 13 I know I can't do this anymore I still continued to live the lie but each day was harder than the last I decided that I was going to tell my parents how I felt but then I walked into the kitchen to find mom looking through old photo albums of Harry oh hello Harry you looked lovely in this picture she held up a picture of him surrounded by toys mom I'm not Harry I'm George remember no no no you're my beautiful Harry she hugged me tightly and began to stroke my hair dad walked in and mom continued calling me Harry and telling dad how handsome I was dad looked worried he gently pried her off me and led her upstairs dad told me that I needed to do a better job of being a boy else mom would be so distraught that the shock would kill her I don't think mom's very well and she hasn't been for a long time all I ever wanted to do was make her happy but pretending to be a boy when I'm a girl is making me miserable even worse the more time I spend with Darrin the more I realize that I have the biggest crush on him I think about him all the time and I daydream about what it'd be like if he saw me as a girl and we were a proper couple I really need your help as I don't know what to do I know I can't carry on like this for much longer but I don't want my parents to hate me should I continue with the lie to please my parents or should I break their hearts and confess to them that I can't keep up the lie anymore and that I want everyone to know that I'm actually a girl

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Length: 6min 35sec (395 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 24 2020