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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems really weird? Is it only women?

I've never heard of using a different name at work v. home -- unless it's a different name in the sense that some groups just call you one thing and some another, or you have a name like... Fifi or Cookie or something at home. [/quote]

I sort of have a different name at home. It’s more about when people met me / how much time they spend with my husband. Say as a kid I went by Debby and in college by Deborah. But my friends quickly shortened that to Deb, so I was Deborah on papers / in class but Deb to my college friends and Debby to my family / childhood friends. But then my husband (who I met in college but spent a lot of time around my family) started calling me Deb or Debby. So I introduce myself (both at work and outside of work) as Deborah, but if we hang out much you’ll hear my husband call me a shortened name. (Same is true if you meet my family, high school friends or college friends). So I don’t intentionally use a different name at work than at home but - because it doesn’t bother me if people choose to call me Deb or Debby - friends outside of work tend to be a mix of full name and nickname whereas at work it’s only my full name. [/quote]

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