I got clocked by a little girl today. Oof that hurts.
I think it was my voice (hopefully). I’ve done several months of professional voice training but I’m lazy at training and not very good at it.
I was out on a walking trail and I had crossed paths with her and her mom as they walked their dog. The girl (about 4 years old or so) wanted me to stop so I bent down and started petting the dog and said she was so soft and pretty. The girl said they had just given her a bath but she went and rolled in the dirt. And I said yeah they do that in a nice tone.
Then the girl hits me with “are you a girl or a boy?” Her mom is MORTIFIED and was like “Addison we don’t ask people that!” I was still bending over and so the girl like bent down too and came under neath me with a scrunchy confused look studying my face, which was honestly really cute and adorable. I stuck my tongue out at her playfully and left with her mom apologizing. I should have engaged more but I was just taken aback by it all.
This lil girl had ZERO chill and only asked after I talked so I think I read as a woman physically but my voice confused her. That’s my hopeful read. If she was confused by my face or body, I think she would have blurted it out immediately before I had pet the dog, given she had no chill.
I’ve never been outwardly clocked by an adult before so big oof.