To just want to call people by their names?

[Geckos48]

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;

1. 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.

1. 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

I'm Columbine Agaricweb. Sounds a bit like an old creepy witch from Harry Potter

This is hilarious. Just woke snoozing 4mo DS giggling.

I'm Meadow Willowdancer

She casts weird dreams. She lives in fields where wild flowers and poppies grow. She can only be seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup. She wears a skirt made of red petals and has delicate green coloured wings like a cicada.

My fairy name is Moth Agaricglow I have a moth phobia so I shan't be adopting it.

I think your friends should lay off the fairy dust!

Hmm. I reckon that 'I am a fairy' stays on her cv precisely because nobody will give her a job because of it [cynical smiley]

Basically when they are working I am happy to call them by their 'stage names' but in the same way I wouldn't call bob the clown mr tickles at 9am on a Monday morning I don't want to call them it.

It's a bit too Disney princess, women dressing as girls for me.

Juniper YewSpider

I have purple wings and you can only see me once a year.

Does this count if I were to attend Pride in London wearing said wings ?

Jeez, I've just had a nosey at their Facebook page and a bit of sick came up into my mouth.

I've met people like this before and they've either been 15, on shit loads of drugs or had a complete irony removal.

It's one thing asking to be called these names whilst 'performing' but full time? Fucking wankwings.

"Fucking wankwings" - lol is that what the fairyname generator came up with?

And I shall forthwith be known as....Petal Starfilter. Awesome.

Bollocks, just changed to my fairy name but now I want to change again to FuckingWankwings . Would you let me, Queen?

I am Heather Winddancer. She brings gentle breezes to change the weather. She lives close to ancient monuments and stone circles. She can only be seen when the bees swarm and the crickets chirrup. She wears pale blue like the sky and has silvery lilac butterfly wings.

Could be worse, at least no spiders in mine!

I don't mind having a spider! I live where almond trees and roses grow, which makes up for it.

Sound like a bunch of hippies if you ask me. I find bunches of hippies are usually very nice people. They tend to be kind and caring and friendly. You just have to ignore the fairy bollocks.

I have known of people who played 'Fae' in online RPGS, and who were all about fairy wings and sort of steampunk gossamer frocks, being known in RL by their 'faerie' names, and apparently genuinely believing they have otherworldly heritage.

In their defence, they were about eighteen.

My name came out as Rain Goldfly, which I think is a bit crap. I'd rather be Fairy Princess Fifi Rainbowlove.

(Tiggy is still single)

North Rainbowtree

Bet kanye and Kim are wejel.

What I really don't get is the running about pretending to be a woodsprite while wearing plastic fairy wings.

A bit of Eco conscious might make me take it seriously but I just can't otherwise.

I think the kids entertaining thing is marvellous but pretending you are actually a fairy all the time? It makes the feminist in me react...

I shall graciously bestow Fucking Wankwings on anyone who would like it
I'm rather partial to Sparklecunt Gobshite. Has a certain mystical sophistication to it.

Thanks Queen! Like it?

Hee hee, I'm chanter Windtree - I can't even manage an attractive fairy name, I'm nabbing QueenArseClangers!

I love my new name. It makes me feel very fairylike.

Sparklecunt Gobshite
lololololol stop it ! you are stopping me from working!

Is it this lot? www.mysticalfairies.co.uk/section.php/74/1/parties-our-venue-london

Sorry www.mysticalfairies.co.uk/section.php/74/1/parties-our-venue-london

I've forgotten mine already and closed the link. My last name was Agaricfrost and it was all to do with hallucinations and poisonous toadstools. Meh.