One of the most tomboy women I knew, our high school tennis couch, was a Barb.

I very much prefer to be called Barbie over Barbara. It’s no worse than Cathy for Catherine.

My mom is in her 70s and she belongs to a book club where there are three women named Barbara. So they go by Barbara, Barb, and Barbie. I don't think that if you named your daughter that today she Would ever find herself in a class with three other barbaras.
And I mention the feminine thing because my mom is not particularly girly and that is why she dislikes being called Barbie

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Anonymous wrote:It is my mothers name and she hates to be called Barbie. The problem with Barbie is it such an ultra feminine name. I'm not sure what they would call you if you turned out to be a tomboy.

In all of my life I have never heard someone called ‘Barbie’ and I’ve known many Barbs. Where does your mom live exactly & why do they call her something that she doesn’t like?

I don’t like people to call me by my full name - I am called a shortened nickname - and so no one does. Simple.

I have. But she went by Barbie. Barbie is what she wanted to be called.

Anonymous wrote:It is my mothers name and she hates to be called Barbie. The problem with Barbie is it such an ultra feminine name. I'm not sure what they would call you if you turned out to be a tomboy.

In all of my life I have never heard someone called ‘Barbie’ and I’ve known many Barbs. Where does your mom live exactly & why do they call her something that she doesn’t like?

I don’t like people to call me by my full name - I am called a shortened nickname - and so no one does. Simple.

This was the thread-

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/626351.page#10528967

And FWIW a tomboy Barbara would be Bobbie!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is my mothers name and she hates to be called Barbie. The problem with Barbie is it such an ultra feminine name. I'm not sure what they would call you if you turned out to be a tomboy.

How about "Barbara"?

Barb?

You people should be called ‘anxious’.

Anonymous wrote:It is my mothers name and she hates to be called Barbie. The problem with Barbie is it such an ultra feminine name. I'm not sure what they would call you if you turned out to be a tomboy.

How about "Barbara"?

Anonymous wrote:Think it’s a great name OP. And think the PP posters need to stop being the DCUM language police. I mean the idea that people who use frequently use the terms DH, DS DD openly ridicule people for anything other than something that stands for Dear is absurd.

I don't use those terms, either, for the same reason. Barf.

And Barbara, not Barbra.

It is my mothers name and she hates to be called Barbie. The problem with Barbie is it such an ultra feminine name. I'm not sure what they would call you if you turned out to be a tomboy.