Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 14:39     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?

No.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 13:08     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
When I was a teenager, I was good friends with a kid named Sheldon. He was an athlete and not nerdy or anything. I still couldn’t date him because of his name, but I was also a dumb kid!

Wasn’t crazy about DH’s first name (beautiful last name though, was happy to take it!) but it’s not terrible either. Definitely not a showstopper.

My mom has the same name as my dad’s sister which I always thought was weird but he said it was never an issue. Go figure!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 12:05     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would never want any overly ethnic names, whether first or last name. If they were ok with a normal sounding nickname I’d reconsider. If last name is weird though they’d have to be ok with kids taking my name.


If I ever meet a woman who thinks like this imbecile I hope she tells me this nonsense. I'll dump her as fast as I can. You are truly one idiotic woman.


I know - to the point where I almost wish I had named my kids something ethnic as a screener
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 12:05     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:I know a Nimrod. Hungarian.


Me too. Israeli. My kid's age. Common.
Jewish name.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 12:04     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:Some names are pretty bad. I tend not to like dumb woman names. You know. Stripper names.


such as?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 12:04     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would never want any overly ethnic names, whether first or last name. If they were ok with a normal sounding nickname I’d reconsider. If last name is weird though they’d have to be ok with kids taking my name.


It's funny you say that because I went to an international school in Africa and they were a few Americans among us. As easy as you think American names sound we had so much trouble spelling them and found some of the names weird too.


My kids have similar backgrounds and think 2 very common names are hilarious
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 12:02     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:No but I definitely considered last name. I didn't want to be Mrs Butt for example.


Well you could always, you know, not change your last name
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 10:34     Subject: Re:Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
No wonder so many of you are utterly miserable if this is what matters to you.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 10:33     Subject: Re:Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
My friend Nimrod has been single for years. This could be why!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 10:32     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
I do not like my dh’s first name, never have and never will. I called him pet names and til this day do not call him by his actual name.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 10:29     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
I married a POC with a very ethnic name. I love it! So unique and interesting.

Lotta racists outing themselves in the comments here lol.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 10:15     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Yes. I wouldn't marry a Harry Beaver (a real doc in Ffx) or Rusty Nail.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 10:12     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:I had an abusive ex and would struggle to date someone with his name. PTSD is real.

That's legit, imo.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:25     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Back in my single days I had a bit of a flirtation going with a guy named “Sascha”, which is a Russian nickname for Alexander. I’ll admit, it was a bit of a mental roadblock for me. I think things might have progressed further if he had been named “Jon” instead.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2025 09:17     Subject: Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would never want any overly ethnic names, whether first or last name. If they were ok with a normal sounding nickname I’d reconsider. If last name is weird though they’d have to be ok with kids taking my name.


What is “overly ethnic,” OP? Sean Connery? Barack Obama? Dev Patel? Diego Luna?


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