I wonder how many people have a stigma towards their own name? I fucking hate mine, with a passion. Have since about first grade. Doesn"t help that I"ve met about 2 people in my life with it, doesn"t help that I only know of less than a handful, and doesn"t help that it sounds/rhymes with other more common, less annoying fucking names. It gets more aggravating as I age too, because no matter how clearly you speak it, everyone fucks it up anyway, and by this point, I just don"t give a shit anymore. 15 letters between my first and my last name and I"ve gotta spell them both out for everyone every time I do anything over the phone or order anything or whatever. Just getting fucking old.Zinke said:Umm, Robin Hood would have straight fucked you up, bitch.
In all seriousness, placing any kind of stigma on someone for a name their parent"s chose is a bit short sighted. I mean, short of a girl being named "Dick" I can"t imagine of many names that I"d have a problem with. Plus, if they were actually named Dick, or some other overly masculine name, they"d most likely have developed a complex and become a lesbian anyway.
Oddly enough, when I became a parent, I remembered this, and tried to give my kid a name that was straightforward and easily handled, but everyone fucks that up too...relatives moreso than anyone. Man does that piss you off when your fucking mother and grandmother steadfastly refuse to call the kid the name you fucking gave her and instead insert extra letters to make the name what they think it ought to be.
Holy shit I"m crabby. I need a nap.