'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Once in a while they HAVE NO PREFERENCE.
...I don't care if you call me (realname), meara, or Indy (drag name). I answer to all three. I like all three (well, OK, I like Indy and meara better, but I answer to realname a little easier because it's so uncommon...)
You don't care if you are called David or Dave? WTF? WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
Seriously! You're Deb, Debbie, Deborah? Can I call you Suzie? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?? WHERE DOES IT STOP??
I have carefully called my BFF's husband and brother (2 different people) Billy and Philip, which is what she calls them. Turns out Billy goes by Bill and Philip "has no preference". I now work with Philip and everyone except me calls him Phil.
I call my sister Al or Ali, but I don't think people who know her outside of family get to call her that. Anyhow, as she saddled me with MY name, she can suck it if she doesn't like it.
my BFF's husband and brother (2 different people)
Good.
You know, it's probably a, "but this is the name on the credits!" thing.
but this is the name on the credits!
That's entirely legally driven, though.
I'm with you guys on the name thing. I HATE when people call me "Nan" and I don't answer. I try to take it in the spirit that they're trying to call me something endearing or to show affection. But I am not nor have a I ever been a "Nan". To family and long time close friends who knew me as a tot in Hawaii, I am "Nani" (pronounced "NONNY") but not to anyone else.
Cashmere, I am sorry about your brother. You're right, it's not safe for him to continue living with your parents.
Amyth, I am so hopeful that those horrendous seizures remain only in your past.
And that's what I hope for Perkin's c, too.
I came across someone whose real name is Meara ... brightened up my day, although it wasn't meara.
And Cash, I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this. But I'm glad your parents have someone who can deal with it. Living with someone who's willing to attack you is scary.
amyth, that is exciting news that you totally did not mention just now! I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Cash, I'm sorry about the situation with your brother, and I hope he's able to get into subsidized housing soon.
Every now and then at work, someone who doesn't know me (usually a publicist) sends me an email addressed to "Katie." I just don't respond. It's not my name, and it's not that hard to find that out. (OK, my mom and a few cousins get to call me Katie, and very occasionally my husband. That's about it.)