In thinking dd is attempting to start a fight?

[LaurieFairyCake]

She's been home 20 minutes and has decided to fill in an application form:

Her: "what's preffered first name"

Me: "it's your first name"

Her: "NO, it's what I want to be called and I'm putting down BLUE."

Me:

Sometimes I fucking hate teenagers.

Bastards.
My dd has to go out right now but as usual she is ignoring requests to get her stuff ready, I give up and am just at here mums netting.

When they go to Uni and never phone you you will look back fondly on those conversations but also

I really won't 'look back fondly '

I will be pissed and semi nude in the afternoon

Seriously, why Blue?

Who the feck wants to have their teachers at Sixth Form call them a cunting colour???

You should keep all these little gems.

Then in 20-30 years time when she has her own teenagers you xan helpfully share them with them.

Port sounds lovely. I could do with one now!

I work at a school where many of the students are foreign. You wouldn't believe some of the preferred names they choose for themselves. We've had Lemon, Twinkle, Bob, Trump, Christmas and Easter. Don't ask. Sometimes it's difficult to keep a straight face

I know a child called 'Blue'

Keep a photo log of all these stupid arsed things and present it to her when she's 30.

'Blue' is a lovely name for someone else. Honest.

Tbh I think it's a crap name.

Well Duncan from Blue thinks it's ok.

(Has inappropriate thoughts about Duncan from Blue...again)

I have one more day of dealing with the teenager sober. I have been dry all January and darkest hour comes before dinner

call her bluff and get a deed poll form to change her name permanently to Blue? Then point out Beyonce was not the first person to call her Child Blue, it's been done since the Victorian times (seriously).

When DD was 13 she signed her passport form with a little heart above the 'i'.

'But that's my signature!' she wailed. I had to take her down to the post office to prove they wouldn't allow it and it wasn't just me being a cah.

I've had to go downstairs again.

This time it was "I'm not doing btec performing arts as there's too much writing in it, I'm not taking ANY courses that involve writing"

I attempted to say that she might need to clarify that as it might just be ongoing coursework and no different to what she's doing now.

She then said Im not doing ANY writing

So I left and only thought well, that's all A levels and all college courses out then

Tbh I know I should be saying 'Gosh, I can really hear that you're sick of writing right now' but who can be fucked all the time

She just asked for a lift somewhere and I declined the amazingness of her company and offered her an umbrella.

There was a Chinese girl in my DBro's class at Secondary who had the preferred name of "Really".

The reality will sink in, Laurie, when all that is available to her at college is stuff none of her friends are doing. And as for the umbrella, you're kinder than me.

Maybe she's going to put down 'Black'

And then argue black was blue?

Surely going along with her is the only way to go - maybe you should start calling her Blue and refuse to revert until she changes the application. I believe that's either reverse psychology or 'playing her at her own damn stupid game'!

Just the Eiffel 65 "I'm Blue" song at her non-stop:

Just play obv.

I would tell her that's a great idea. And infact it has inspired you to change your name to something you have always wanted to be called until she uses her given name again.

Explain to her you will no longer me known as "Mum" you will now be Fanny. Inform her friends you now wish to only be known as Fanny. Introduce yourself as Fanny to as many people as possible infront of DD. Make sure you do not under any circumstances respond to anything other that Fanny. I'm sure "Blue" will change her mind pretty quickly.

Maybe her father could also change his name to Mike Hunt also. Obviously these suggestions are purely in aid of you supporting your DD in her right to choose what she wishes to be called

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