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I'm named Jesus after my dad, it suits him better because he was actually born on christmas. It's a very common name here where I live, and in hispanic culture in general, so for a while I really didn't like it. However, I've learned to love it and I am partial to the "Chuy" nickname that comes along with it!
Jun 8, 2024
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My name is Carlos and for years I could not stand my name. I had the “Carlos Santana“ years where everyone would sing Maria Maria after announcing my name. The constant “that’s not your name” and strange looks (still get those looks whenever I hand over my license from time to time). I guess obtaining the nickname Los from friends and family made it easier. I didn’t truly appreciate my name until my Dad explained to how I got my name. Story goes, my Dad was talking to my grandmother about kid names and she pretty much scolded my Dad for having zero children with Mexican names. He asked her what name would be best and she chose Carlos. Idk I just think it’s kinda cute that my grandmother named me. She was the wild and brutally honest and I always respected her for that. Wouldn’t change my name, I think it’s pretty cool to look the way I do and have a somewhat unique name for someone with my skin color.
Jun 9, 2024
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My parents picked Aidan instead bc they believed in nominal determination. That is, name driven outcomes and the hypothesis that names influences outcomes.
My name began with A as did my siblings because my parents thought: names beginning in A are kindergarten line leaders -> at the top of lists for classroom attendance -> at the top of the class as far as success and high achieving when we graduate.
This mindset put a lot of undue stress on me and my siblings but I do love my name and don't think I’d have anything different, Aidan suits me well
Jun 7, 2024
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Is not my real name.
My dad always loved the name Jake though. When he and his sister were kids he inexplicably called her Jake (grandma hated this). When he eventually got the chance to name a boy (I was preceded by a bunch of sisters), he wanted it to be Jake.
But I was named something else, which my mom says was because my dad’s mom wanted me to have a Catholic name, and my dad says it was to name me after an uncle (on mom’s side) who had just passed away.
Either way, they have always called me Jake. And so I am sort of named after my uncle, sort of after my aunt.
I feel good about it.
If I was a woman I’d want my name to be Nora.
Jun 9, 2024
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maybe that sounds a little annoying, but i used to wait around for a surge of manic energy to hit me in order to find the motivation to get out of bed and do things. these days, i try to remind myself that i matter, and if i care about myself then i should do things for my mind and body that are fulfilling. this isn’t perfect, and there are definitely still bad days. but you owe it to yourself to try, i hope things get easier :)
May 6, 2024
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the scenery is so beautiful, and it reaffirms my fear of living in a small rural town
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