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you get offered the chance to change your real name legally to your username , would you?

49 replies

CheeseChe · 04/12/2023 00:00

no for me

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MostReveredEmpressOfEverything · 04/12/2023 02:27

My usual one, definitely not 😂 So I made this one especially - I'd give it a go!

Catsmere · 04/12/2023 02:30

Nah, I'd be stuck explaining it as well as spelling it (which I have done for nearly forty years with my surname). Besides, I already changed both my names, and as I say to people who try to shorten my first name, "I paid good money for this, kindly get it right!"

Frazzledandfried · 04/12/2023 02:31

This tickled me while I'm awake in awful pain from an ear infection so thanks 😅
It's a pretty accurate description of me but what would I shorten it to?

CrunchyCarrot · 04/12/2023 02:44

If I did I'd have people asking what do I have against courgettes. Or apples. Or was I a rabbit in a past life. Would it get shortened to Crun or Carro?

StarlightLady · 04/12/2023 05:21

Maybe! It was the name mum used to call me as a young kid, and sister still calls me “Star”.

Devilsmommy · 04/12/2023 05:49

Well it's definitely true so yeah😉

MollyButton · 04/12/2023 06:23

Well it'd be fun just to see the shock on my kids faces.

Makkacakka · 04/12/2023 06:46

No!

Allschoolsareartschools · 04/12/2023 07:11

MrsJimmyPerez · 04/12/2023 01:16

Ooh yes please!

😄

bumtrumpet · 04/12/2023 07:20

Er no.

blackfluffycat · 04/12/2023 07:29

🐈‍⬛ No 😂

Gazelda · 04/12/2023 07:41

Absolutely not. My user name was inspired by the midwife who delivered DD. I get flashbacks to the lack of pain relief and stitches every time I think of her.

AlisonDonut · 04/12/2023 07:53

Now that I live in France the paperwork would be a complete nightmare.

But if I return to the UK, I'm thinking that sounds like a plan.

BriansGotHisWinkyOutAgain · 04/12/2023 07:56

Yep!

NextPrimeMinister · 04/12/2023 08:07

Only if the job came with it.

Goneforaride · 04/12/2023 08:12

Actually, I might consider it as it just about sums up my lifestyle.

StarlightLady · 04/12/2023 09:33

Goneforaride · 04/12/2023 08:12

Actually, I might consider it as it just about sums up my lifestyle.

Better than taken for a ride 😂.

KaiserChefs · 04/12/2023 09:36

FiveShelties · 04/12/2023 01:00

Was there a Star Trek character known as 'Five' or have I imagined that?

It was Seven. Seven of Nine. There probably was also a barely-in-it Borg mook called Five of Something for half a clip somewhere though.

FiveShelties · 04/12/2023 09:42

@KaiserChefs you are right it was Seven of Nine. 😀

Helendegenerate · 04/12/2023 10:17

@FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper

😁

WellWellSaidTheRockingChair · 04/12/2023 10:20

Not under this name, no!

therealcookiemonster · 04/12/2023 12:00

I didn't know I wasn't supposed to use my real name as my username....

StarlightLady · 04/12/2023 12:01

@therealcookiemonster
😂

CuttingMeOpenthenHealingMeFine · 04/12/2023 13:16

Mine is a bit long but as a Swiftie I would happily have it as my real name (which is fucking horrible anyway).

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