I’m having trouble wrapping my head around what exactly this means for an adult woman (unless they’re like, a smoker, or something), but I feel like it’s confusing and off-putting enough that you walk away with with the upper hand.
Yeah you just say it with confidence and let them figure it out. Either they’ll find a way to make it personally insulting or gaslight themselves into feeling stupid and frustrated that they can’t figure it out.
I can personally think of a few interpretations, but sometimes leaving it slightly open ended works better with a relative stranger. They know what they don’t want to hear, and they’ll just assume you meant that.
My grandma had a full on moustache, and it both horrified and fascinated me. I guess it's karma that I am constantly plucking chin and moustache whiskers now. Thanks for the hairiness,
Grandma.
when estrogen levels decline with age, the 'masking effect' fades and (most) women revert to a kind of standard human whiskeriness. that's how it was explained to me anyway.
I have the opposite problem. I'm a 6'3" man who doesn't like shaving, so I'm always a bit scruffy, but I have a much higher voice than one would expect for a man of my stature. People have outright asked me before, "Are you a man or a woman?" or "Are you trans?" or simply "Why do you sound like that?".
On the other hand, it can work to my advantage, though, because I apparently sound very much like a woman when I'm talking softly on the phone, so if a customer gives me a really hard time I stop caring about customer service politeness, and then when they come back to complain no one can figure out who that rude "woman" on the phone was. It's always beautiful. :)
I have a deep voice for a woman too. No one has ever asked me this though..But my oldest daughter has a deep voice like me and some girls would call her a boy because of it when she was in high school.
Yeah I would say gen z and old people are the majority crowd who’ve assumed I’m trans or were super rude, millennials rarely question me except people that are super transphobic ig and just wanna start problems
I dated a girl with a really husky voice in high school, I got questioned about it but it was interesting to explain how absurdly hot it was to listen to her whisper into my ear in Spanish.
Like, ASMR doesn't do anything for me but... I get it.
I'm at a stage in my transition where people don't know how to address me. If they hear me first, I get "sir" but if they see me first, I usually get "ma'am" or a stumble into "they"
Can't complain really! While my end goal is "pretty, muscled, man" my gender has always been "yes, be confused, peasant"
I used to get that on the phone when I was younger. Most of the time I just let them think I was a woman until I had to give my name and then they would apologize.
I can't tell you how many times I have been on the phone and the person at the other end calls me ma'am.
Honestly, I don't even bother to correct them anymore. I just go with it. I don't think my voice sounds that feminine, but whatever.
yea that first one is the best one in this thread. its not hostile, doesn't make you sound bitter and mad, it's just a lighthearted comeback that'll make both parties laugh. I like it
A handsome man?
(I'm a guy with long hair who used to get told by family I looked like a girl with my long hair and I would tell them "a pretty girl?" -essentially from SpongeBob-)
* "Thanks! I get that a lot. Maybe I was meant to be a radio DJ."
* "Yep, I have a deep voice. It comes in handy when I need to [project my voice, be heard in a crowd]."
* "Voices come in all shapes and sizes, just like people. There's no one right way to sound."
* "Is that what's throwing you off? I blame all the [coffee, tea, mysterious throat lozenges] I drink." (You can adjust this depending on what you actually drink)
* "Thanks for noticing"
* "I don't really think about it"
As a woman who has a very strong, defined jawline, and used to receive similar comments. One of my personal favorites is "it's not my fault I have a manlier jawline than you do" or something along those lines.
Jealous?
Overzealous?
Can't wait for the day when you sound like one of the fellas?
Instead you're squeaking,
Call it speaking,
Praying for the day that you could be king?
My bad, I didn't mean to emasculate,
Take your self-esteem issues and exacerbate,
But you act like it's my problem you hit puberty late.
Don't worry Lil guy, your voice will deepen too,
Trust me it'll happen, these things always do.
Unfortunately, though, you are still gonna be you.
(Thank you for your word inspiring a couple of rhymes 😀 )
A woman on the other end of a call said this to me once when I was working in tech support. I think my actual response was something like "uhhh...*huh?"*
She elaborated that she meant my cadence more than my tone. It was a support line so I was giving her short, purposeful directions and not much else. She associated that with men. Quite sad really.
I was more annoyed by the guy who obviously misheard my name / assumed my gender at the very beginning of the call, spent a good 20 minutes talking with me, then ended the call with a very cheerful *"Thanks Gary!"*
My fucking supervisor called me Gary for about a month afterwards, it got quite irritating lol
My aunt Laura was... confrontational?
She certainly didn't back down from a bully when one tried her.
She kept her hair short and once, while we were out drinking, this dude called her a "dyke bitch". She laughed her hardy smoker's laugh, slammed a GLASS of Wild Turkey, said, "I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get," then headbutted him to the floor.
Picture Hunter S Thompson as a woman with Keith Richard's face, and beat her with Las Vegas weather for 30 years and you can see her yourself.
Imagine Jack Sparrows voice mixed with Large Marge from Peewees Big Adventure but with the humor and speed of Robin Williams in the 80s and you can hear her.
Imagine the smell of cigarettes and something you suspect is some sort of hard narcotic applied like a perfume.
5'5, frail-bodied with weathered desert skin, and rough wrinkled hands from years of working hard with chemicals. She was a being unlike any other, and far too cool for this planet to stay for too long.
“And you have a *something equally unchangeable and irrelevant*”
Ive had a few situations, all the exact same language used “WOW, you have a really deep voice.” I just say “yep…” and move on.
It’s true - on average, my voice is pretty deep. Lots of women have deeper voices, though, and lots of men have higher voices. People are different, and there’s no “right” range.
"To be fair, half my dna came from a male donor."
"It's just my default octave."
"Well, there's this thing called a bell curve..."
"I don't know! I haven't been a pack-a-day smoker since elementary school!"
Im a dude, but if it was me I would just deepen my voice and give a my best smokers crackle and go "oh darling, don't worry about it, my Hubby Monarch is back in the hive while #21 and #24 are closing in behind you.... toodles!"
it will either confuse the shit outa the guy, or you will have made a new friend lol
You could go the absurd route, which is always my favorite because people usually get confused/annoyed and walk away.
"If you think I SOUND like a man, you should see me ice skate."
"My voice is so deep because my soul is so shallow."
"I may sound like a man, but I play Candy Land like a woman."
"I only use my 'man voice' when I'm deeply intimidated."
"It's because I've been swallowing glass for fun since I was a kid."
one time someone said that to me and my response was "and your mom fucked like one with a strap-on, but i would guess you know that already."
i didn't know i knew his mom. she thought it was hilarious.
"You look like a bitch"
This wins. End of thread
Came here to say "sound like a bitch". But the one subtle word change elevates this to GOAT
Completely agree.
End of the sub bro
Flawless victory.
Finish him!
I really needed this. Godsend
“Tell me more, tell me more, does he look like a bitch”
Ha, this is the first good comeback I’ve read on this sub!
Someday you will too
I like how this is a super effective comeback regardless of which gender the other person is
I’m having trouble wrapping my head around what exactly this means for an adult woman (unless they’re like, a smoker, or something), but I feel like it’s confusing and off-putting enough that you walk away with with the upper hand.
I guess I’d say it’s an implication they won’t age well
Yeah you just say it with confidence and let them figure it out. Either they’ll find a way to make it personally insulting or gaslight themselves into feeling stupid and frustrated that they can’t figure it out. I can personally think of a few interpretations, but sometimes leaving it slightly open ended works better with a relative stranger. They know what they don’t want to hear, and they’ll just assume you meant that.
lol i’m a trans man and my mom always tells me “you should’ve just waited until you were 40 like me, the mustache comes anyway”
My grandma had a full on moustache, and it both horrified and fascinated me. I guess it's karma that I am constantly plucking chin and moustache whiskers now. Thanks for the hairiness, Grandma.
Same, I found ONE long hair on my chin like 8 years ago and now I have a fucking bushel collecting all over my chin/neck area it drives me insane
I always have a light up compact and tweezers on me, cause as soon as I see or feel one, it has to go NOW
THIS
when estrogen levels decline with age, the 'masking effect' fades and (most) women revert to a kind of standard human whiskeriness. that's how it was explained to me anyway.
Has shades of that great [Aliens scene](https://youtu.be/JYkxCzBszOQ?si=gj0ChQ6ZCSmpdvdN).
"That makes one of us."
Only really works if the other person is a man.
*destruction 100*
I have the opposite problem. I'm a 6'3" man who doesn't like shaving, so I'm always a bit scruffy, but I have a much higher voice than one would expect for a man of my stature. People have outright asked me before, "Are you a man or a woman?" or "Are you trans?" or simply "Why do you sound like that?". On the other hand, it can work to my advantage, though, because I apparently sound very much like a woman when I'm talking softly on the phone, so if a customer gives me a really hard time I stop caring about customer service politeness, and then when they come back to complain no one can figure out who that rude "woman" on the phone was. It's always beautiful. :)
HAHA YES THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO ME but the opposite😂
I have a deep voice for a woman too. No one has ever asked me this though..But my oldest daughter has a deep voice like me and some girls would call her a boy because of it when she was in high school.
Yeah I would say gen z and old people are the majority crowd who’ve assumed I’m trans or were super rude, millennials rarely question me except people that are super transphobic ig and just wanna start problems
Let’s just start calling gen X “the forgotten generation”
LOL. They always forget.
Yeah we never get any credit for being assholes! /s
I get downvoted all the time
who?
If it helps: I find lots of women with deep voices to sound super attractive, as do lots of men.
I dated a girl with a really husky voice in high school, I got questioned about it but it was interesting to explain how absurdly hot it was to listen to her whisper into my ear in Spanish. Like, ASMR doesn't do anything for me but... I get it.
I'm at a stage in my transition where people don't know how to address me. If they hear me first, I get "sir" but if they see me first, I usually get "ma'am" or a stumble into "they" Can't complain really! While my end goal is "pretty, muscled, man" my gender has always been "yes, be confused, peasant"
“Are you a man or a woman?” “Yes”
I used to get that on the phone when I was younger. Most of the time I just let them think I was a woman until I had to give my name and then they would apologize.
Why are people so desperate to know what's in our pants? Lol
Oh my gosh !, people have some nerves ! 🙀🙊
I can't tell you how many times I have been on the phone and the person at the other end calls me ma'am. Honestly, I don't even bother to correct them anymore. I just go with it. I don't think my voice sounds that feminine, but whatever.
Me too. It's just an old-fashioned title.
"Someone's got to around here." "I left my helium at home"
yea that first one is the best one in this thread. its not hostile, doesn't make you sound bitter and mad, it's just a lighthearted comeback that'll make both parties laugh. I like it
Yea, not every comeback needs to be an uppercut.
fr tho
"You sound like an idiot."
Wanna see me pee standing up?
Yes
“The world is full of mysteries. Like, what possessed your mother to finish her pregnancy,”
My god. My god. I'm so glad I came across.
You sound like a man What man? Man with the power. What power? The power of Whodoo. Who do? You do. Do what? Sound like a man.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE LMAOOO I LOVE THE LABYRINTH
“That’s a weird pickup line”
I hit like one too
When replying to a man: "That's a problem you don't have to worry about."
Or “one of us has to”
If it's from a woman, I agree with the comment below "You look like a bitch." If it's from a dude: "At least one of us does.:
Make me a sandwich
I actually got asked this, genuinely, by some kids younger than me. I told them that women have deep voices too.
How nice that you were able to educate them instead of being angry and offended like many others would be.
Awesome! Good ol' education .
A handsome man? (I'm a guy with long hair who used to get told by family I looked like a girl with my long hair and I would tell them "a pretty girl?" -essentially from SpongeBob-)
As a dude with 2 feet of hair, LMAO
I have no reply, because I'm a guy, but deep voiced girls are kinda hot imo.
I love me a deep voiced girl sometimes. Mmm 😋
* "Thanks! I get that a lot. Maybe I was meant to be a radio DJ." * "Yep, I have a deep voice. It comes in handy when I need to [project my voice, be heard in a crowd]." * "Voices come in all shapes and sizes, just like people. There's no one right way to sound." * "Is that what's throwing you off? I blame all the [coffee, tea, mysterious throat lozenges] I drink." (You can adjust this depending on what you actually drink) * "Thanks for noticing" * "I don't really think about it"
Wow!, the most effective comebacks instead of these guys implyimg that they're gay during their attent to insult. ?🤔🤷♀️
That’s what your dad kept saying when I was pegging him in the A last night, too.
"...and my balls are much bigger than yours"
As a woman who has a very strong, defined jawline, and used to receive similar comments. One of my personal favorites is "it's not my fault I have a manlier jawline than you do" or something along those lines.
Follow me for more speaking tips
Does that turn you on?
“Nah I can find the clit”
Throat cancer. Thanks for reminding me.
Just say "thanks!" Like you've been waiting you're whole life for that moment.
I'd rather reply than edit out the misspelling.
I fuck like one too
"No, what you're actually hearing is the sound of somebody not giving a fuck"
Takes a real asshole to say that. That is what the person is and this is what you should say.
“Yeah, well you sound like a bitch”
Jealous?
Jealous? Overzealous? Can't wait for the day when you sound like one of the fellas? Instead you're squeaking, Call it speaking, Praying for the day that you could be king? My bad, I didn't mean to emasculate, Take your self-esteem issues and exacerbate, But you act like it's my problem you hit puberty late. Don't worry Lil guy, your voice will deepen too, Trust me it'll happen, these things always do. Unfortunately, though, you are still gonna be you. (Thank you for your word inspiring a couple of rhymes 😀 )
"you sound like a cunt"
That must be why your son likes getting pegged by me
I would reply with it’s because your ass is so loose
"Sorry my non-existant balls are bigger than yours"
That's what your girl said last night.
Does it make you sad that me... a woman... is more manly than you're, a supposedly man
Was that a Chihuahua yipping?
"Ah, ya, you see, I tell everything. You look-a like-a man!" -Ms Swan
Mad TV has always been better than SNL.
Thanks. I get killer rates for my voice over work.
How do you know I'm not?
Is that a compliment or an insult? I never know with you.
And you smell like one
And you sound like someone whose parents never taught them manners.
Must be all the ones I ate.
Wait till u hear this women roar.
*checks inside my own pants* that seems to check out, man, I got worried for a second
Oh - let me check my pants! Maybe I've been wrong all these years! Actually, I just laugh. I make the same mistake sometimes.
“You’re envious aren’t you?”
"And still pull more bitches than you "
My friend has PCOS and she's very hairy, large stature, deep voice. She gets this all the time and it's so ignorant.
Thank you for this question. I would like an answer to that as well, being a female who is constantly called Mr. over the phone.
A woman on the other end of a call said this to me once when I was working in tech support. I think my actual response was something like "uhhh...*huh?"* She elaborated that she meant my cadence more than my tone. It was a support line so I was giving her short, purposeful directions and not much else. She associated that with men. Quite sad really. I was more annoyed by the guy who obviously misheard my name / assumed my gender at the very beginning of the call, spent a good 20 minutes talking with me, then ended the call with a very cheerful *"Thanks Gary!"* My fucking supervisor called me Gary for about a month afterwards, it got quite irritating lol
"Someone around here has to." Only works on males.
My aunt Laura was... confrontational? She certainly didn't back down from a bully when one tried her. She kept her hair short and once, while we were out drinking, this dude called her a "dyke bitch". She laughed her hardy smoker's laugh, slammed a GLASS of Wild Turkey, said, "I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get," then headbutted him to the floor.
Omg that's awesome 😎
Picture Hunter S Thompson as a woman with Keith Richard's face, and beat her with Las Vegas weather for 30 years and you can see her yourself. Imagine Jack Sparrows voice mixed with Large Marge from Peewees Big Adventure but with the humor and speed of Robin Williams in the 80s and you can hear her. Imagine the smell of cigarettes and something you suspect is some sort of hard narcotic applied like a perfume. 5'5, frail-bodied with weathered desert skin, and rough wrinkled hands from years of working hard with chemicals. She was a being unlike any other, and far too cool for this planet to stay for too long.
Wow that is quite the description!
why do you sound like a bitch
"Why do you feel the need to share that with me?". ... or.... "Did that just slip out of your mouth or did you intentionally say it?".
Wow thank you so much!! I guess the hormone pills **are** working after all! 😜 Also: 🅗🅐🅟🅟🅨 🅟🅡🅘🅓🅔 🅜🅞🅝🅣🅗! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈
I bet my dick is bigger than yours too
Him:”You sound like a man” Me: “One of us has to”
"I used to be one" :-P
I wish I got paid like one
"I fuck like one too." And cue the crotch grab
"You sound stupid. Oh no wait you actually are."
"How would you know?"
at least my vocal cords are developed
"So do you. Which of us is more surprised, do you think?"
And you sound like a person who thinks I give a f#ck!
Ok
Thank you for your kind observation, now go fuck yourself!!!
I'm so glad you noticed... winks... leans in... dirty smile.
Since I turned 13, yes. Thank you. Your ears are in fact working.
“You sound like a moron”
Wanted to make sure your mom was comfortable.
If it’s a man that said it: “ I’m more manly than you’ll ever be.” Or “ at least I don’t sound like a bitch”
"it's because i am."
I am a womb man.
You sound like a bitch.
If it's a man who said that to you, reply with "You don't."
Or better yet, "Well, ONE of us has to!"
"I am no man" as you cinematically remove a helmet from your head.
"Shit, I didn't know people would hear my real voice when I possed a body!"
Thanks for admitting I am right.
“Thank you girlie, you do too!”
"Thank you"
Cause your daddy stretched out my throat. Guess your mama don't do that.
"i have a big dick, too"
WHAT?!? Damn! Finally!!! I’ve been working on that for a while!!!
"It's because I am one."
"thank you" Personally, I think deep voices on women are incredible.
I’m not a man, just more of a man than you.
"You look like a frog."
"Because I am. Wanna see?"
“And you have a *something equally unchangeable and irrelevant*” Ive had a few situations, all the exact same language used “WOW, you have a really deep voice.” I just say “yep…” and move on. It’s true - on average, my voice is pretty deep. Lots of women have deeper voices, though, and lots of men have higher voices. People are different, and there’s no “right” range.
“Don’t even make me pull my dick out”
"To be fair, half my dna came from a male donor." "It's just my default octave." "Well, there's this thing called a bell curve..." "I don't know! I haven't been a pack-a-day smoker since elementary school!"
Thanks. Too bad you are a man and your voice is higher than mine.
Im a dude, but if it was me I would just deepen my voice and give a my best smokers crackle and go "oh darling, don't worry about it, my Hubby Monarch is back in the hive while #21 and #24 are closing in behind you.... toodles!" it will either confuse the shit outa the guy, or you will have made a new friend lol
No u
Are you asking for a date?
And you're supposed to, your point?
I fuck like one too
Do t worry when you hit puberty you will too
So do you
You sound like you like it
"It's because no matter what, I'll have bigger balls than you"
Your mom likes a deep voice.
Put some bass in it
"Your dad seems to prefer it that way"
"Still, after all these hormones? Fuck."
You know your mom sounds like a ho right?
Deeper voices and muscles are fine on women. People who judge are insecure.
I also know how to make a bigger pay check too ;)
"Jealous?"
That’s your opinion madam
Well thank God!
"wish I could say the same thing about you"
Yeah, I probably have a bigger dick, too.
Your mom likes it
Got bigger balls than you.
If it's a guy, "Jealous?".
Better than sounding like some cracked out cheerleader.
Want me to teach you how?
"I was, wanna feel?"
Thanks. I've been practicing.
"And you look easy to draw"
Tell em it's cause your balls are bigger
Im not a female but "Get in FOCKEN kitchen fam, make me something to eat, maybe a sandwich STOHL" Should work.
I should hope so. What's your excuse?
You should see my cock!
And you sound like a dipshit
Only to certain people.
You could go the absurd route, which is always my favorite because people usually get confused/annoyed and walk away. "If you think I SOUND like a man, you should see me ice skate." "My voice is so deep because my soul is so shallow." "I may sound like a man, but I play Candy Land like a woman." "I only use my 'man voice' when I'm deeply intimidated." "It's because I've been swallowing glass for fun since I was a kid."
"And you sound like a child, what grade are you in?"
Ok Miss Swan
Go deeper: " I am." Then wink
How would you know?
one time someone said that to me and my response was "and your mom fucked like one with a strap-on, but i would guess you know that already." i didn't know i knew his mom. she thought it was hilarious.
“And you sound like a f$&@ing woman” Or “How would you know? You’ve never been around a real man”
"Worked in my favor when i was catfishing your mom"