I throw no shade on Mildred… As long as she’s one of those girls who like dress in 1950’s fashions and is way too into electroswing.
Then it’s only fitting.
Comment on Mildred
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I say this as a trans woman. I will support, defend and love you no matter what sis.
But…
Fucking Mildred!?
Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 4 months ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 months ago
As a trans woman, fuck yeah Mildred. Take that awful name and make it your own. Sure you could’ve been a Megan or a Maria or even a McKenzie, but anyone could pull those off. You chose Mildred to flex on us plebs
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In contrary to my own comment, I entirely agree with this take.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So many of us have a ridiculous name. I kept mine to my middle name, but so many don’t, so I can just fully embrace someone deciding she’s talking great grandma’s name and damn the consequences
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I actually sort of am the opposite! Growing up my deadname had an unusual spelling. It was literally immposible for someone to spell it correctly on their first attempt. So every form filled out on my behalf had to be corrected, everytime my name was called there would be a double checking moment who I am. It was just a huge giant pain in the ass and even as a kid I knew I would change it, even for non trans reasons. So my chosen name is much more basic, it’s actually one of the most popular names for my birth year.
I can’t tell ya what a sigh of relief I give off when a cashier asks my name and just spells it correctly without giving it thought. that I can say who I am and people just… know that it’s the person on the forum. So y’all are 10,000,000% valid and I love your damn the consequences vibes! But for me? I’m so happy with my basic simple unremarkable name.
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Do you accept Morgana or Gertrude better?
MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Morgana rocks, like Morrigan
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
ramble81@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Darkstalkers ftw.
PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Morgana reminds me of LoL.
melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Morgana
Only if I can still decide when I go to sleep
CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I had some friends that saved me from…Edith ugh.
Then i did a juke and went with Eleanore lol
pyre@lemmy.world 4 months ago
cishet dude here so i dunno how much what I’m about to say matters but I’ve always liked the name Eleanor(e) because The Practice is my favorite procedural series and in that show Eleanor was a badass woman with strong convictions and morals.
she also was in one of the coolest scenes in tv imo, having a very heated argument entirely in sign language. here’s an unfortunately terrible recording of it: youtu.be/CwV9dHHQj-8
anyway i think Eleanore is a cool name, but more than that, once people associate it with you that’s what they will think about when they hear the name, the kind of person you are. not the other way around.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Haaaa! I actually think Eleanore is a very pretty name, it has an elegant quality to me? Good pick! ♥
barsoap@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”—
Merely this and nothing more.rektdeckard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Lol, Edith and Mildred are literally my grandmother’s names. Edith is a badass and just turned 99.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s my great grandma’s name. I think it’s pretty nice. Lol.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Oh sure, I bet your Great Grandma is a lovely person and I have nothing against her or her name.
But, it is very much a GREAT GRANDMA sort of name that is super out of date. I would be exactly as critical as a parent naming their child Mildred.
blackbrook@mander.xyz 4 months ago
This generational. I’ve seen a number of names I thought of as grandma names come back into fashion. People who are young enough not to have experienced grandmas with those names pick them. Gertrude is a grandma name to me, BTW, not a great-grandma name. I actually had a grandma named Gertrude. Welcome to old.
Infynis@midwest.social 4 months ago
My partner’s favorite name is Edith
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I low-key hope Agnes doesn’t come back… that’s my middle name… can’t stand it. I know it was my great grandmothers name, but I never met the woman… and it just feels… harsh. (Probs because I only heard it when I was in trouble, or when people were making fun of me)
Plus side, my mom got talked out of naming me “Elsbeth”, which is a very very defunct precursor to Elizabeth (which she didn’t like)… Since frozen with Elsa, that probably would have been ok, but it didn’t come out until I was in my checks release very late 20s, by which point the damage would have been done.
But hey I can’t complain too much on the naming lottery… my sister has a fully 100% boys name. Her middle name is a French version of Patrick.
lugal@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Technically we know neither OOP’s nor Mildred’s age or generation
Zidane@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Also my great grandmother’s name… Cousin?