Do you like your first name?

[Lindaelaine]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

I like my name. By the way it's not Tom!

My Wife never ever uses her first name and we have been together since 1981 and I have never used her first name either.
The name she refers to herself as and I use is nothing like her proper name at all

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Spill the beans Tom 😀

[Silvercat]

I love my first name, Carolyn, although most folk are totally incapable of pronouncing it correctly even though I introduce myself with the correct pronunciation - Ca-ro-LYN - I am frequently called Caroline. I tend to do my fruit a bit and correct them quite pointedly. Even family members get it wrong, which so irritates me!

My mum always used to tell me I was named after a famous film star from the 1950s, although she then couldn't remember which one …….. But I love the story, anyway!

And with a quite long and double barrelled surname, it can be a challenge that some people who have to call me forward for an appointment or something fail to meet successfully …..

Anyway, contrastingly I really loathe my middle name. What were my parents thinking?

[JudgeJ26]

Originally Posted by Silvercat

I love my first name, Carolyn, although most folk are totally incapable of pronouncing it correctly even though I introduce myself with the correct pronunciation - Ca-ro-LYN - I am frequently called Caroline. I tend to do my fruit a bit and correct them quite pointedly. Even family members get it wrong, which so irritates me!

My mum always used to tell me I was named after a famous film star from the 1950s, although she then couldn't remember which one …….. But I love the story, anyway!

And with a quite long and double barrelled surname, it can be a challenge that some people who have to call me forward for an appointment or something fail to meet successfully …..

Anyway, contrastingly I really loathe my middle name. What were my parents thinking?

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I'm a Carolyn too😃. I always tell people I'm a Lynny and not a Liney. The actress you mention could be Carolyn Jones. I think she appeared in the Addams Family tv series. My mother was going to call me Caroline after Caroline Kennedy but opted for the more American Carolyn.

[Vanillapod]

I hate mine. It’s was a very odd choice for the era I think.
And apparently it’s the name of my father’s ex girlfriend whom my grandmother waxed lyrical about for the entirety of my parents marriage.
So weird 🤦🏼

[Colette-S]

Originally Posted by Vanillapod

I hate mine. It’s was a very odd choice for the era I think.
And apparently it’s the name of my father’s ex girlfriend whom my grandmother waxed lyrical about for the entirety of my parents marriage.
So weird 🤦🏼

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I actually love your name!

[Vanillapod]

Originally Posted by Colette-S

I actually love your name!

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Do you? I feel like I should be much older with my name.

*The real one or Vanillapod?! Vanillapod would be fairly unique 😆

My husband just calls me Julie!
DS had a lovely Russian childminder who used to open the door to me each night, sort of pull me inside and say
‘Julie, you come!’
I never felt I could correct her so I stuck with it 😆

[Colette-S]

Originally Posted by Vanillapod

Do you? I feel like I should be much older with my name.

*The real one or Vanillapod?! Vanillapod would be fairly unique 😆

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The real one - it’s quite glamorous
I wondered if it was a shortened version of something else though

[mitch84]

Originally Posted by Vanillapod

Do you? I feel like I should be much older with my name.

*The real one or Vanillapod?! Vanillapod would be fairly unique 😆

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Can we know what it is?

[JudgeJ26]

I'm curious too now🤔😂

[Vanillapod]

Originally Posted by Colette-S

The real one - it’s quite glamorous
I wondered if it was a shortened version of something else though

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Glamorous?!
I just think of the drunk wine critic! 😆

There’s the clue!
*No offence to anyone of the same name btw!
I bet you never found any personalised notepads and rubbers in gift shops either!

Ooh, I feel I could reinvent myself now with something much more exciting on the Dibb!