Can we talk about names for a second? Like, how much weight do you put on a name?
Can you be friends with someone or date someone with the same name as someone with whom you’ve had a bad experience? Can you date someone with the same name as your mom or dad? Sadly, I have gone out with guys that had the same name as my parents. o_o
I know it might seem weird, but I put a lot of weight on a name. There is one particular female name that I avoid like the plague. I’ve never had a good experience with a woman with this name.
Oh, and the name Pat? Yeah, never had a good working relationship with a Pat. Ever.
As for men, I can’t date someone with my daddy’s name. Just seems weird. I also don’t date men with “old man” names. Like, I can’t date a Cletus or a Bert, for example. I also don’t like to date men with the same name as ex boyfriends or husbands.
Recently, I met a guy at the airport. He was nice enough, so when he asked for my phone number, I obliged. When he told me his name I cringed, but I tried to shake it off. When he called me two days later, I got pissed when I saw his name in my phone. Then I realized it was the other guy. I put off calling him back cause I just wasn’t feeling his name. A coworker said I should just give him a nickname, but I took it as a sign. I never called him back.
Yes, I’ve got issues. Nothing new here.
What about you? Do you have any weird issues with people’s names?
Oh, how I am so glad I’m not the only one.
I once met a guy named Larry. I couldn’t do the name. He was great, but I couldn’t see myself saying “Ohh Larry!” for the rest of my life.
So yes. I get it. Superficial as it may be, I get it.
Ohh, Larrrry!
I don’t put too much weight on names. My dad has a very unusual family name as his first so if I ever met a guy with the same I’d think it was some kind of sign that he was supposed to be in my life. I’d probably give him a nickname though, lol.
I am queen of giving people nicknames. I would have given airport guy a nickname so fast and looked past it. Weren’t you just talking about wanting to start dating a couple of posts ago. Call him, get to talking and find a nickname for him.
I get it but right now I can’t think of a single name that does that to me. Now there are certain things I won’t name my children because of bad experiences with a name. I never liked grown men who introduced themselves to me with a nickname. Not like Joe or Mike. I mean like Boonkie or “My name is L.” L??? Is that on your birth certificate? You want me to call you by a letter of the alphabet?? I can’t do it. Every dude who insisted on a nickname when I met him was an absolute clown.
Nope, no issues with names. However, I have dated guys with unusual first names and I told them that there would be no ‘Juniors’ if we had gotten married and had sons.
No name issues with me. It would be weird to date someone with my dad’s name but mainly because it’s so close to my name.
Hi Babs – completely off topic – I’m in Decatur, and I just “saw you at Walmart” a few minutes ago. *smile* I was like omg, I read her blog. Your hair was looking fab!
I have been reading your blog for awhile… I so just saw you on the Walmart savings commercial!!!! You and you hair looked great!!! Just imagine how many other people that know you saw your cameo. (The commercial was shown during the preseason Falcons game)
A friend of mine was in a relationship with a guy- a horrible relationship in which he gave her an std #tmi but I’m just giving an example of how ratched it was. And she ended up marrying a different guy with the same name. They even attended the same college but different years and didn’t know each other. The names didn’t make her no nevermind.
interesting, people always treated me differently when I was going by my other name, Forrest. Maybe it was an old man name and I didn’t know it.
I actually never heard the name Forrest until Forrest Gump. Now I hear it all the time.
BTW- I’m totally going to be in your town next month. We should meet up for a cocktail or ice cold bottle of water.
Girl this blog is hilarious. I feel the same way! My sister got divorced from a guy named Mike and then her next long term boyfriend was ALSO named Mike. I’m like “Really?” How can you stand to even say the name again when you can’t stand your ex? Weird.
I can’t date someone with this same name as an ex that ended badly. The last guy I dated had a name similar (one letter extra) to an ex but I talked to him anyway, dumb mistake, I should have avoided him like the plague!!
When I was on Match, I initially avoided a guy named Mike. Because ugh, Michael? Most boring, common name in America. How could this guy possibly be interesting? I ended up dating him though, and then we got married. His last name is equally boring and common, but fortunately I didn’t use it for myself (for unrelated reasons). But apparently I judge a person’s “interesting” factor by the interestingness of their name!