When I initial things, I use all three. But my signature doesn't have my middle name in it. (Technically, my signature doesn't have any letters in it at all. It's very scribbly.)

(Technically, my signature doesn't have any letters in it at all. It's very scribbly.)

the S and the T are clear, but then it's just a kind of wiggly line. If I'm feeling precise, I might throw in a J.

I left out my middle initial in initialing things as well, both because I had decided not to use it anyway and because I think SMM is unbalanced.

Don't give into the peer pressure, bon!

My initials have a ... I dunno, a form. It's all cursive. In fact, sometimes the pen doesn't break with the paper at all, including the dot over the i. I never use my middle name there.

Now that I think about it, the pen doesn't have to leave the paper for me signing my first name alone either.

I'm not big on legibility. Form, form, form. Fuck function.

I initial with three letters. When I feel like using my middle initial in a signature, I go back and add it after I've signed my first and last names. My signature is pretty much T(scribble) S(scribble)ff, sometimes with an M in the middle. Which is nice, since my husband's last name is also S(scribble)ff, so it's easy for me to fudge my signature if someone expects us to have the same last name.

we had to initial things a lot

I don't initial things; I just write my first name in all caps. This is a benefit to having a first name with only 4 letters, which can be written in caps without lifting the pen.

(Technically, my signature doesn't have any letters in it at all. It's very scribbly.)

I used to tease my dad about him slowly shortening his signature over the years. It started Lastna___ Then Last___ etc. These days it is a barely recognizable-as-such (pretty much half formed) first letter and a line.

You know what? I've started to do the same. I usually get the first 4 or 5 letters and it turns into a sometimes wavy line.

Don't give into the peer pressure, bon!

To tie the conversations together, it was years before I realized that my decision not to use my middle name had unintentionally made it harder for people to guess my sex. Oh well. You assume at your peril, junk mailers.

Form, form, form. Fuck function.

Man, no wonder this board sucks!

ION, I am doing school work after all. I was thinking I'd need to use a program I don't have to work with this data I have, but no! I can fake it just fine in Excel. Word. Charts = fun.