Okay I know a group of women who, though I speak to very few of them, wish to be called by their 'fairy' names
One of them who I am stil in contact with, is insisting that I call her by (an obviously made up) name that she has chosen for herself.
I find this hard for a number of reasons;
- I don't think of her as a 'pixie' or a 'fairy' or whatever so when I am talking to her it is natural to call her by the name I have know her by for around 10 years.
- I don't know that that this perpetual childlike image these women are portraying is necessarily something I want to support either directly or indirectly
3 I just think it's a bit weird (if I'm honest)
I had a conversation with her last night, which felt a bit tense to be honest and it came up that she wants me to call her bluebell or whatever the hell it is.
AIBU to just not do this? Knowing it will likely end whatever friendship we still have? We are very different people now, she gets her political views from Russell Brand and 'doesn't appreciate debate' so I've already had to hide her posts in Facebook just because I can't stand to see her writing about stuff she doesn't quite get and being unable to justify it in any way.
Also, we are all hurtling towards our thirties now, is rather disparaging at the dreams and ideas we have regarding buying our own property and instead focusing (still) on travelling and living in the moment