WARNING (for "how to be a tomboy")

• Don't get so caught up in being a tomboy that you forget to be yourself. You can wear make-up and pretty clothes and still be "one of the guys".
• Don't try too hard. If you constantly say stuff like "Dude, I hate girly girls" and change very quickly, you'll look like a total poser and nobody will want to hang out with you. Change slowly, and just act how you feel. Besides, if you are comfortable being a tomboy, you won't have any problems with people who want to be girly-girls. Everyone should be who they are, and if you don't like someone who is girly, don't point them out and say you hate them because their girly.
• Your parents may get upset, particularly your Mum. If she's really girly and likes hanging out with you, she may be upset you're changing. Don't worry, just explain you're changing but you're still the same person.
• Just because you're a tomboy doesn't mean that you have to forget your personal hygiene but you don't have to spend hours in the Bathroom every morning. Shower at least once a day. Though the boys may smell bad after a game of football, try not to smell that bad. Wear deodorant and keep yourself clean.
• Never wear anymore of those cute little dresses, it will ruin your tomboy rep.
• If you've seen boy's jeans, they're a little ripped up, not hugely ripped.
• This can be a hard lifestyle. You'll have to take girly girls make fun of you. Just ignore it or come up with a witty response.
• Don't be flat out rude to girly girls, it makes you out to be a jerk.
• If you are a girly girl changing to a tomboy, you can still keep your old friends.
• If you are in high school people might assume you are lesbian. Politely correct them if they are wrong. Explain you just like being a tomboy or lead an athletic lifestyle and aren't into girly things.