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Is there a first name that you can never get along with?

Sep 7, 2012 3:45 PM

Yes, it seems strange but through my life there are people who have specific first names that I just never seem to get along with. It's either a strange coincidence or I'm just supposed to avoid those people

I have never been able to get along with anyone named "Peggy" or "Keith".

Peggy is the biggest culprit, I've known roughly 5 in my life and each has just rubbed me the wrong way. Case in point, the house next door is a rental and a family moved in - the mother's name was Peggy. I told my wife as soon as I learned her name she was trouble.

Sure enough, 2 weeks after she moved in she's complaining about my flood light brightness, about my kids making too much noise in the pool on labor day along with too many people parking on the street on labor day. Just a total nightmare and she doesn't even own the property.

Am I the only one cursed with this, or do others have first names they don't get a long with?

ryanwb ryanwb

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Barbara. No rational reason. IIRC, I've met 3 in my life - didn't get along w/them. At all. (Now all the Barbara's here will identify themselves & I'll be in trouble.) :-/

gmwhit gmwhit
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Adolf.. We never see eye to eye.

coondogg97 coondogg97
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Darth and Jar-Jar

mkentosh mkentosh
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@coondogg97: maybe the best response ever....

mkentosh mkentosh
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I almost did not answer because I do not want to offend anyone either, but the question is really spot on for me. The Gail's of the world and I just have never been on the same page!

klozitshoper klozitshoper
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I've had issues with Candaces over the years.

Interesting that all of the names mentioned so far (that weren't just to be funny) are women.

gt0163c gt0163c
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I'm not big on the name "Christian." I've never met anyone named "Jew" or "Muslim" so it just seems conceited to me.

elforman elforman
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Scientific fact: all Peggys* are jerks. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy: they're named Peggy so they have to be a jerk. Now, I don't know any Keiths so I can't vouch for their jerkiness.

*Now, there may be one or two Peggys that aren't jerks but they secretly yearn to be a Marge or Margie.

zuiquan zuiquan
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No. I get along with everyone

triplebud triplebud
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"ryan"

//shakes fist

no1 no1
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@no1: awwww. :(

ryanpblyth ryanpblyth
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ETHAN

agingdragqueen agingdragqueen
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Well, for awhile, it seemed to be "Mom." But then it passed. Or I should say, she did. We get along so much better now. ;)

lavikinga lavikinga
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I've never had any certain name that seems to plague me.....

jsimsace jsimsace
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Donna

thunderthighs thunderthighs
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I used to loathe any name that was intentionally misspelled just to be cute or different, like using an I instead of a Y or a PH isntead of an F. (Think "Tiphanni") Then I realized that my ire was misplaced, because it's those people's parents who deserve the derision for saddling those kids with unpronouncable, unspellable or utterly ridiculous names.

elforman elforman
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Oh, woe be to me in encounters with Jennifers, Scotts, and Ihors/Igors. Never a good experience with any bearing those names, alas.

goldenthorn goldenthorn
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@elforman: Oh, then you'll love the latest trend(other than teen vampire names)- just leave the last letter or two off the name, so Elizabet and Mariss become memorable.
Or something. Just a head shaker.

havocsback havocsback
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It's funny when my wife and I are talking about names for our future children, and she brings one up that I couldn't stand, and all I can say is "anything but [name goes here]..."

luvche21 luvche21

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