The Quick Poll Thread! (Part 6)

[new.romantic]

i have really strong opinions on this and i’ve stated my reasons before. (all my thoughts below were originally a post in the hot takes thread.)

@new.romantic

while i understand why people describe some names as “infantile” or say that they “won’t age well,” i don’t personally agree with that philosophy. i’m a huge fan of nicknames as full names, so maybe there is a bit of a bias here. however, i think the person holding the name determines how well it ages.

alsooo… i’ve seen this a few times and it really annoys me (i haven’t really seen anyone say this lately but i still want to point it out): “people won’t take a ceo named (ex:) betty seriously, because her name won’t age well.”

i only ever see this argument applied to girl names, and never boy names, which sort of shows me that for the most part, people will always take a man seriously, but there are… requirements a woman needs to meet to have the same respect. (for example, one of those requirements is having a “serious” name) i’m sure no one would think twice of a ceo whose full name is freddie.

hopefully this makes sense; i was kinda just rambling my frustrations. i know that this is all part of a bigger issue in society, but i really wanted to share what i think.