Posted by gardenergirl on January 26, 2005, at 14:10:32
In reply to Re: I like it too. But it's not my IRL name., posted by Susan47 on January 26, 2005, at 12:10:00
I hated my given name growing up. I also hated the other name my parents considered: Emily. But now I've grown into my given name, and I think it suits me. And I've grown to love the name Emily, too.
One thing that was nice about my given name is that it was not popular at the time. I wasn't a Karen or Lisa or Jennifer. There were tons of girls with those names in my school. But there was always one other with my name, and she was in all my classes. Even in college...one other Xxxx. But that's okay.
When I got married, I dropped my given middle name (Marie, which I liked) in order to make my maiden name my middle name. I didn't want to hyphenate. But you'd be surprised how confusing this is for people since I sign my whole name now. And some people (hee hee, typed poople first!) still try to use Marie.
Ack! Changing names can be a complicated thing. How do you let people know?
gg
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