Re: An Intriguing Snippet

Spuddie wrote:

I had a friend whose given name was Lori. Nothing wrong with that, she
liked it okay when she was younger, but found that when she was a
35-year-old struggling up the corporate ladder, she wanted something
with a bit more "punch" to it, so she had her named legally changed to
Laura. I often wonder if people who put names like Katie or Jimmy or
Bambi on a kid's birth certificate ever think of them as 40-year-olds?
LOL

Yes. I wonder what the parents of my friend Misty were thinking. She's a year older than I am and catches flack all the time: "What's your REAL name?" will earn you a glare fit to ignite the hydrogen from ice cubes.


My kids all have longer, "formal" names and then I figure they can
make whatever nickname they want out of it or use the more "dignified"
given name when and if they want.

I'm in favor of names that have flexibility and don't form inadvertant jokes or puns. My acquaintance Harold Richard Foss is careful to go by the name "Rick" and not "Harry Dick" as he was nicknamed in High School. Alas for my High School buddy Barbara Dahl (I do wish I was making that up) who was shortsightedly doomed to be "Barbie Doll" unless she threatened to break legs. There's not a lot to do short of getting married or making a legal change--so we called her Babs, but it still sounded funny.


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Kat Richardson
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