Ok, allow me to explain.

One day (last friday it was), I was sat at my computer, surfing the net looking at crap same as always. The phone rings, I answer it.

Me: Hello?
???: Hello, can I speak to Mr. Foers please? (shes asking for my dad)
Me: He's out at the moment, can I take a message?
???: Yes, I'm phoning from (some company I can't remember), what time will he be in tommorrow, madam?

W...T...F?!!! And this isn't the first time its happened. I've been mistaken for my mother a few times! This is crazy! Its also very disturbing. :blink:

Shave your head & take up chain smoking.

I alwys used to get people doing double takes in the men's toilets when I used to have long hair, was amusing. ^_^

I am presented with four options:

1. Talk normally and change my greeting. 'Hello, Gareth speaking?'
2. Speak Solid Snake style so people can tell I am a man
3. Do an impression of a woman (which I can do eerie as it sounds :unsure: )
4. Get angry with them every time they call me a woman

I'd say 1 or 2.

Stating your name at the beginning might very well chang it without you having to get angry. And you probably just have a feminine voice. And there's nothing wrong with that, plenty of people do.

that hasn't happened to me since i was 11 :P. When I answer the phone now they automatically think i'm over 18 (which I am but that's not the case) I just tell them to slow their role, I'm 16 and hang up.

best thing to do is keep drinking the alcohol, warm alcohol, so it burns everything when it goes down :P.

I suggest you inject yourself with testosterone to deepen your voice.

Talking Solid Snake style FTW.

Just don't breath in any helium any time soon.

If you do, expect rather more disconcerting comments such as "do you know when your daddy will be home?"

I have a similar problem with my family, i get confused with my mam when i'm on the phone it's always "Hello?" "Hello Ann." "Nope it's Helen... ill go get her..."
And my mam gets me and my brother mixed up on the phone, dont know how that one works? :wacko:

Then theres a lot of people on here who thought I was a lad! Guess Again!! :P

You just have to use the whole i'm-fed-up-of-you-getting-me-mixed-up tone of voice and occasionally lose your rag with them. they then sometimes get the right person then :D

Heh, it's the opposite for me. I phoned up this chick once, her parents answered, and we talked briefly, then they went to go get her... after a few minutes, she comes on and she's like 'OMG they think you're a 40-year old man!' Fools. My voice is deep/gravelly, but I'm only 17, jeez. :P

Yeah, It's the same for me. I grow facial hair at a ridiculous rate. And I have what everyone quaintly say's is a "black" voice. Really deep and whatnot. I get that type of stuff all the time.


The only thing I hate is when people attribute a deep voice...to stupidity...That is my pet-peeve...fucking pisses me off... <_<

There was this similar thing with my friend, when you see him and talk to him his voice isn't that feminine at all, but on the phone I ALWAYS mistake him for his mom. They just sound completely alike! Here's an example:
Me: Hello?
Friend: Yeah?
Me: Oh,he must have forgotten his mobile phone at home. Sorry to bother you madam.
Friend: Christ dude IT'S ME!

For your situation, I guess nothing can really help. It's all about the genes. Sure you can fake up a voice or drink lots of warm alcohol but all that won't really help. You'll just have to except the way your voice sounds and other people should too as well.
P.S. If the voice is the only problem (if your looks are manly and OK) then you should be fine.

Yeah, I guess it kind of sucks, being mistaken like that. My advice is to go the Gareth route.
Or, if you prefer, Snake style would kick ass.

People often think I'm the owner of the house, as I have a deeper voice than my father.
So yeah, I sometimes get a load of babbling sales crap, and they never listen when I try to tell them I'm not in charge of anything, so I just give the phone to my mum.
I don't really like answering the damn thing at all, especially when playing MGS, if I'm on a good run, the person on the phone isn't getting an answer. :lol:

Oh no... I almost revealed my secret identity! :blink:

LOL, I'm thinking about that funny Simpsons, where Homer impersonates Mr. Burn's mother.

'Son, this is Mrs Burns, I've just called to say I don't love you!'

:P :D :P

Lol you always mention MGS in all your posts one way or another.

YAH SAME 4 ME

I AM GRUFF ND SPEAK LIEK SOLD SNAKER COZ I AM BIG MAN

I R ALSO DRINK BEER, I AM SO MANLY

I R SNEK THE BD FO U SOLID SNAKE LOLOLOLOL

HUHHHHHHHH

LMFAO.

LMFAO.

LMFAO.

Nothing else should be added to this thread, ever.

God almighty....that's sick as fuck man.

Man, those bedsheets suck.

On the I-sound-like-a-mom-thingie, I wouldn't worry too much. It's just a phase...I think.

People think i'm my dad on the phone somtimes... Anyways I would go for the speak like snake option.

Damn, I need to burn my eyes out.

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I'll edit that up then, sorry.

Agreed man, think before you say things. Low blow. Either learn the history of members before you take shots like that or show some fucking respect.

This thread has turned into a complete spam fest. Grow up guys.

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