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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Edit: alt-text: Reddit post in r/TrueOffMyChest

Title: my friend just transitioned but I found out she's naming herself Mildred. I wanna be supportive but, fucking Mildred?

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 months ago (5 children)

When I was in school the kids with the weird names were either picked on or they were super cool and popular. Their parents had no idea which one they were going to be when they chose the name.

Your friend has the benefit of knowing who she is already. If she knows she's going rock it, then go Mildred.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

my only criticism is that it isn't old-fashioned enough. if we're reaching back to old names, why not go all the way and pick a name like Ælfgifu

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Too difficult for the clerk to find a keyboard with anglo saxon accomodative keyboard shortcuts.

They'd get Aelfig

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's the meaning. Just looked it up: Mildred means "gentle strength." I'm warming up to it.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago

Mildred sounds like a lot of fun.

  • is the chief wit at her monthly book club, where everyone is a published author
  • serves tea with strange flavors that you'll never taste again (and leave you feeling a little... dizzy)
  • can tell you your future just by talking with you for 5 minutes - with 90% accuracy
  • understands that the 1980 BBC miniseries of Pride & Prejudice is the best Austen adaptation ever
  • knows more about gardening than most horticulturists
  • when she insults you, you don't realize it until weeks later.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Definitely not going to pass, automatic red flag

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Are geriatric names coming back? Are we going to have a generation of Gladyses and Eustices?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I mean I want to name my first son Abe, but that's because it was my grandfather's americanized name (Ibrahim)

I think some geriatric sounding names are still respectable sounding enough to stand as good names for kids today. Dot and Conny I think would be good ones for girls and those are nicknames for Dorothy and Constance.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Eustices

That's it, I'm gettin me mallet!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Is it bad that my first thought was Eustice Kidd from One Piece?

Keep that boy away from magnets and we should all be fine!

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[–] [email protected] 260 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Enough talk about trans rights, it's time to talk about trans wrongs /s

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago

But first, let's discuss the right and wrong trans wrongs.

The right trans wrongs: coming from a place of deep respect for you as a friend, Mildred is not the right name for you

The wrong trans wrongs: how many American conservatives ready trans individuals

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Should have gone with Genevieve, way more modern.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Yes. The way to support your friend is to fuck them. Fucking Mildred is the answer.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you want to get to Millie, start with Camilla. Not fucking Mildred.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's actually short for Maleficent

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