I know someone here that changed her first name completely. She hated it (and has issues with her mother, her childhood and her entire family). It was her way of liberating herself from her past. I can't even remember what her first name was, I've been calling her by new name ever since I've known her.

Her mother forgets and calls her by her old name--which she ignores.

...I think of myself as Fay more than I think of myself by my birthname.

Good, because I think that goes for most of us.

Mostly I think of Cash as Cash. Any of Plei's names work for me.

...I think of myself as Fay more than I think of myself by my birthname.

I didn't know Fay wasn't your birthname!

I think of Cash as Cash, Plei as Plei, Cass as Cass, meara as both meara and her real name, and think of Hec as both David and Hec, and tend to interchange them depending on what is transpiring in the conversation.

I never go by my board name in real life.

That must make things awkward.

I didn't know Fay wasn't your birthname!

It's my middle name. Or one of them - I have four names in total. So Fay is my name, but it's not the one I normally go by in everyday life. Um.

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That must make things awkward.

Yeah, in real life, he goes by The Eutectic, which is hard to say.

Oh, and Fay is most definitely and completely Fay.

That must make things awkward.

It's rare that I need to be that specific.

Cindy, apparently they took out my on-the-uptake piece today, too. I totally didn't even recognize that Xander quote. I hang my head in shame!

in real life, he goes by The Eutectic

Okay, I had to go look up eutectic, and while I'm still kind of trying to wrap my brain around just exactly what that word means, I still think that's a wicked cool nickname.