I can't get over the fact that he's called Bruce

[BenMichellsGlasses]

Met a nice guy, been out a couple of times but he's called Bruce and it angers me! It makes me cringe and I can't seem to get over it. AIBU to just give up on him over it?

No one called "Bruce" at the Australian University of Woolloomooloo

whata he actually flies commercial planes so he could be your pilot on your next trip abroad. He does this for fun at weekends.....
When the band tour they have their own 747 which Bruce flies from country to country with all crew and equipment on board. Made me laugh on the flight 666 documentary as he was in the cockpit in full pilot gear with an Eddie bobble head on the dash.

Bruce Robinson - wrote Withnail & I. Can't really get much cooler!

I don't really like my wife's name, I mainly call her by her first initial, but most of her family do the same. A friend of mine said he would categorically never go out with a girl called Olive, no matter what she looked like, the name would put him off so much. He's called Kevin, incidentally, which has gotten a few mentions on this thread - I never realised it was that unpopular.

If you want your son to have a strong name which will be taken seriously when he gets older, name him after Kings or Popes; John, Paul, Francis, William, Charles, James etc. Seriously, have you ever heard of a "King Derek III" or "Pope Wayne IV"?

YABU. Bruce Willis is the evidence.

When I emigrated to Oz, after three flights totalling thirty hours, we dumped our bags and decided, as dawn was breaking, to walk to the nearby beach. We were semi delirious with exhaustion, yet completely wired with excitement. Sitting on the beautiful beach watching the sun rise, we spotted a strapping chap striding down the beach with his paddle board, and decided to say G'day to him. He stopped for a chat, no doubt wondering who these demented looking pale people were. We introduced ourselves explaining we were fresh off the plane. He responded to say his name was Bruce, and I'm sorry to say we just fell about laughing, a combination of exhaustion, excitement and over exposure to Monty Python and the University of Woolloomooloo! Poor Bruce thought we'd lost the plot! . I'm used to it now though, its true there are Bruces everywhere in Oz!

Nigel is the worse name ever. Closely followed by Malcolm, Derek, Trev and Kev, Bruce is further down the list I'd say, after Simon, Wayne and Gary. I think the problem is that they all sound like middle aged blokes with non ironic beards from the 70s. So they just need to have a lot of sex appeal to overcome the name.

@ Pope Wayne IV

YANBU.

I would struggle to get past Bruce, tbh.

Well OP, you could just shorten it to Bru and pretend you are South African.

Because that is the name that guys calls each other, here blokes arent standing around the braai (bbq) saying 'Hey Nigel, would you mind passing over the marinade so that I could baste the meat before I place it on the braai"

Its more like, "Hey Bru, gooi die sous ou maat"

hey Brother, chuck me the sauce, as a translation

Ok, I do realize that only South Africans will get the above, but you could shorten it, get over it, or dump him....

I've dated a Malcolm and a Maurice (don't know how - I'm only in my 30s - I'm sure they're old men names). Both awful, awful names but lovely men. I think if you like him enough you'll get over it (or think of a nickname)

Lweji , thanks for the clarification, I didn't read all of that thread.

Bruce Bana could really get angry and green. Maybe she is thinking subconciously of that Bruce, or having a laugh probably

I had a huge crush on my Godmother's son when I was in my early teens. He was a Bruce.

wtf is wrong with Bruce??

I know what you mean; I used to hate the name but I got over it when I met and became friends with a dear man called Bruce (lost touch when he moved abroad, sadly).

If you like him enough you'll get over it too, OP!

Oh yes the hulk!

How about instead of thinking Bruce, think Brute?

As in, 'take me, you brute...'

As Juliet once said: 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.'

Failing that...

DickDewy
Embrace the awfulness - call him Brucie.

Bruce isn't the greatest of names.... Forsyth for one and one of my mum's dodgy mates was called Bruce.

But Bruce Dickinson, yeah he seems ok....

Just don't use it or find a compromisable nickname.

I don't know anyone called Bruce in RL, but it wouldn't put me off.

I had a 'sex on tap' thing with a guy called Trevor, he was a lot of fun.

We nicknamed him 'Clever Trevor'

I dated a man called Gideon once. He was 18 at the time, now 28. That is worse than Bruce imo.

Nothing wrong with a Bruce

YANBU. I once felt this way about a Sean.

Mine was a Derek. Never again!