Ralph

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What do you think of when you hear the name Ralph? Was chatting with my partner today and i said that women of around my age (50) would probably answer with the name of a book. Just wondered if i was right!

Yep, I thought Forever as soon as I saw the thread title.

I re-read it on Kindle recently btw. It totally stands up (fnar!) but it's really funny the different perspective you get of the relationships as an adult.

Lord of the Flies and Forever equally

Forever! I am 41 and aged 11 I stole my elder sister’s book.

A few years ago she named her new dog Ralph and I couldn’t stop laughing. She was totally confused as to what I found so funny then it dawned on her. Seeing the dots connecting in her head was wonderful! He’s a lovely dog to be fair 😊

I think of Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid!

No idea of the book. I think of Ralph Fiennes first.

FOREVER!

I'm 49

Yes, definitely 'Forever' by Judy Blume.

I can't remember much of the story/detail but there was a bit about having sex on a multicoloured rug that for some reason has always stuck with me.

Another one who saw the title and clicked for some juicy Judy Blume chat about naming a penis 🤣

Age 51 🙋🏼‍♀️

yup, Judy Blume (45). Alice Bentham in my class had a copy with the relevant page numbers for all the saucy bits pencilled inside the front cover, so no one I know actually read more than about half a dozen paragraphs of it.

So glad it's not just me. Though of course Ralph from Lord of the flies comes a v close second, just not the same impact on a teenage mind! We also passed a battered copy of Forever around at school. I think Tiger Eyes might have been my favourite Judy Blume though, might have to give some of them a re-read now.

Forever. I’m 48

My daughter is in middle school and there are at least two Ralph's. Here in the Northeast of England, it's pronounced Rarf.

The one who went up with her from first school goes by Rah.

This!!

Ralph always makes me think of Judy Blume, I'm 49! I watched "Are you there God, its me Margaret" with my youngest daughter earlier in the year and kept giggling thinking of swapping Forever in school. That and reading the dirty bits in the Thorn Birds and Lace filled many a sneaky minute in school.

I think of Ralph Fiennes in his English Patient era.

Ralph Wiggum from the Simpsons.

My dog is a Ralph too! The breeders use actors’ names so we were able to chose Ralph Fiennes. So he’s Raif on a Sunday…

I’ve been asked if he’s named after
Wreck-it Ralph (kids)
The big grey puppet (that’s Alf!)
Happy Days
Karate Kid

Nobody has made the connection with LOTF or “Raif” Richardson. Or AFAIK with your book OP.

Definitely Forever (I also read it again recently and I thought Kathryn was a right bitch!).

Can we not edit out irrelevant photos? Sorry about that.

Forever (50). My dad found the book, was shocked then read out some of the rude bits (angrily) to my mum while my sister and I were in the room.

I am still mortified.

It depends on the pronunciation.

My earliest association with the name is that is the name of a boy I was at school with (pronounced Ralf). Probably for that reason I think of the Ralph in Lord of the Flies being pronounced the same way.

When pronounced Rafe, I think of Vaughan Williams and Fiennes.

Yes! Forever! I'm 46.

I took.it to read on a really dull afternoon at my parents' friends' house. I had a secondhand copy and of course it fell open at Ralph's page when my dad's friend picked it up to look at what I was reading. The adults then passed it around the room reading all about Ralph whilst I died in the corner.

I have never heard of this before! My son is called Ralph 😵‍💫

Spewing, and I’m 57