Why do people do this? They write their OP with "I have this friend, let's call her Susan... Let's call him Steve..."
And then never once use the name in the rest of the post or any subsequent posts. Why give your "friend" a made up name, tell everyone it's a made up name, and not use it anyway?
It's a small thing, but it really rubs me up the wrong way.
YABU - get over yourself, you ridiculous pedant, who cares if people want to assign unused names
YANBU - Assigning names that are never used is just dumb. (It's a horrible blustery Monday and I am feeling as petty at LenaLamont)