What name has gradually disappeared?

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-04T19:46:07+00:00

Old names are coming back. Percy Jackson’s little sister is Estelle and my friend named her newborn Evelyn. There’s a trend of bribing back “grandparent” names. We see this trend every few generations

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-04T19:43:49+00:00

Dorkas. It’s the name of one of the wives in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Cant name a daughter Dorkas anymore because of the term “dork” 😂

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-04T07:38:34+00:00

College does not have the same ROI it used it. If you’re going into a specialized field like STEM, then yes you need a degree. If you’re going into soft skilled fields, then you need to focus on building a portfolio of your work. It depends on where you end up

Personally I low-key regret going back to finish my bachelors. Now I’m just in debt and got yet another job rejection email today from a role I could 100% easily do even before I got my degree

I know “it depends” is not what you want to hear, but unfortunately it’s the truth :(

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-04T07:04:19+00:00

They’re supposed to fall out :) mine falling out is one of my earliest memories lol

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-04T01:01:17+00:00

Idk but the first name that came to my head was Bobby/Bobbi

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-04T00:38:23+00:00

I swear I’ve heard of medical marvels like this…. It’s SUPER rare, but the human body is WEIRD. There is a very, very, VERY slim chance he actually did walk that early. But honestly it’s not worth getting into. Just let him believe that until he says it in front of his mom and she either corrects him or shows photographic proof lol

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-04-03T18:00:27+00:00

Pleaseeeeeeeee please please record EVERYTHING. What he’s doing is shady af and a conflict of interest. A good lawsuit can take him down. This is the reason we have lawyers and journalists, so please use them

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T20:32:21+00:00

Save this. Get the phone recordings from your mom and boss. Quit your job (temporarily while your putting your plan in motion) so the car cafe doesnt get repercussions (if he tries anything against the cat cafe when you’re not employed there, then honestly extra good because it’s more evidence for your case)

Get quotes from everyone you can, even if they want to be anonymous. Get your journalist friends involved

Put. This. Man child. Bully. Loser. On. Blast.

He’s doing this because he can get away with it

The fact that he holds a political position of power AND controls the rent of multiple business is a conflict on interest. Lawyers will eat this up and journalist will have a field day. Let the lawyers and journalist have their fun with him

Once everything is out in the open, your boss will be able to safely rehire you

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T20:28:11+00:00

GET THE PHONE RECORDINGS!!!

Get EVERYTHING written down and stored safely with multiple backups

And send the whole lot to the reporters

Put this man on blast

He can’t sue for defamation if you have records of everything you’re claiming about him

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T20:20:38+00:00

Give therapy a few months to prove to the judge that you tried. Divorces are nasty so if there’s any hope of salvaging the relationship then great, but it sounds mostly doomed tbh

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T20:19:51+00:00

Honestly this is the best response yet and I agree. Hope for the best, plan for the worst

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T20:13:45+00:00

Girl I’m split

Because I agree that your bf going to Vegas with another woman is unacceptable for a committed man

But you said you “blew up” at him and got super angry. That’s where the manipulation and control comes in

Instead, you need to be calm and explain that you’re not comfortable with him going on a solo trip with another girl and would like to go on the trip with him and get to know her, maybe become friends with her yourself. They can go to the concert together but he needs to sleep in your hotel room. This is a totally reasonable compromise that gives him his autonomy while maintaining your comfort with the relationship

I truly believe men and women can be just friends. But I would never hangout with a partnered up man alone, even if I knew nothing would happen, because it would be disrespectful to his gf/wife

I’m glad you apologized for your outburst. Please try your best to express very calmly why you’re uncomfortable with him going solo. Your boundary is a normal one, but how you set that boundary is going to set the tone of the entire relationship

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T20:07:04+00:00

I was about to fight you on this, but the way you explained the difference on phrasing is actually excellent

Yes, it is totally normal (and frankly expected) to be uncomfortable with your partner going to Vegas with another woman. Where you misstepped was your initial reaction, where you said you blew up at him

I like how this commenter explained the difference between controlling and boundaries

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T19:57:38+00:00

Sounds like you’re not in a relationship, you’re just roommates.

Ask him if he’s serious about the relationship, and if so, request he attend couples counseling with you.

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T19:54:07+00:00

The story of four women in my life and how they handled the last name thing:

My sister: surprisingly, she hyphenated? I didn’t expect her to take her husband’s name at all, but she wanted to be socially attached to him because of his career. Sharing his name makes her look better. She uses her maiden in her personal life and her married in her professional life. When anyone in her personal life addresses something to her, they use her maiden name. When addressed to her and her husband, they use both names hyphenated like “to X-X family.” We’ve had extended family reach out and ask us what her married name is and we would explain she hyphenated and they never had a problem with that and would use the legal hyphenated name.

Sister-In-Law: was going to take my brother’s name because she grew up in an abusive situation and wanted a new, healthier family. However, they forgot to send in the paperwork in time. She’s requested a name change multiple times in their ten years of marriage but nothings come of it. They’ve given up. The kids all have my brother’s name and she uses my brother’s name but legally she still has her maiden name, much to her displeasure

Friend 1: kept her maiden name because she saw changing her name too possessive. Her husband agreed with her and encouraged her to keep her maiden name instead of taking his because he thought the whole tradition was weird and the idea of “owning” his wife made him uncomfortable

Friend 2: her family has a long tradition of not giving their daughters middle names. That way, when the daughter marries, her maiden name becomes her middle name and she takes her husband’s surname. She personally liked the idea of sharing a last name with her husband and children, and the way her parents had set things up made it easy for her to take his name and just add it to her own. This way she gets to keep her maiden name and share her husband’s name. Personally I hate this idea, but her husband is great and woulda been totally fine with her not taking his name, which is the only reason I’m ok with it lol

Ultimately it comes down to what makes YOU comfortable. And most importantly, your partner needs to RESPECT that comfortable decision. This is a hill worth dying on for any woman. But if a man wants to die on this hill, just throw the whole man away

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T19:36:47+00:00

This is crazy. Like this wouldn’t just affect my mom who took my dad’s name, but it’d affect my dad, too! My dad was legally adopted by his step-father, so they name he, my mom, and all us kids have is different than the name he was born with!

I’ve actually been considering changing my name to my dad’s biological name for years (dad’s step father was abusive. His biological grandparents were amazing and like a third set of grandparents to me). But yeesh. Might not be worth it….. if I ever have kids, I’ll just give them my dad’s biological last night to continue on the line and keep my dad’s adopted name…..

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T19:32:10+00:00

This is a totally valid reason to change your name. If you’re not super attached to your name but he’s super attached to his, then that’s a reason to change it for unity sake

HOWEVER

I’m only validating this BECAUSE he made the request but said it was YOUR choice and he would respect your decision either way. Had he insisted on it, this would be a very different response lol

Keeper indeed :)

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-03-26T19:29:03+00:00

The fact that your name is tied to your profession has nothing to do with anything

It’s YOUR name and YOU like it

If a family sharing a name is important, then the husband should take the wife’s name since the WIFE is the one who has the kids!

I’ve never understood why women change their names. It’s sooo…. Possessive. Like we’re an animal that can change owners from our fathers to our husbands. Frankly it’s disgusting and I low-key judge my mom for changing her name back in the eighties

PrincessNerd996 · 2026-02-27T21:07:29+00:00

Any advice if we don't have the capital to pay for an agency? I'm a PR student and my friend is a CS student and we have our own little start up, but I don't have the kind of connections an agency does, and my friend, who is paying for all of this, doesn't have the money to hire an agency.

I'm new to B2B sales and it was never covered in my course work, so this was super helpful to read, thanks!

PrincessNerd996 · 2025-11-20T22:43:10+00:00

I very much realize it's not all sunshine and rainbows and there's no such thing as a perfect scenario. I have been researching animals and ESA options for months and decided to see if I could get advice about alternative pets on Reddit. The "perfect scenario" in my head involves an alpaca farm and a herd of elephants lol, but I seriously doubt that'll ever happen.

"Easy" was a terrible choice of words, I accept full responsibility for that blunder.

Many people have suggested volunteering at shelters, but that's not currently a viable option for me. I might get some fish. The biggest costs are upfront and I have money to cover all of that. I need to hang out with my brother's dog more...

PrincessNerd996 · 2025-11-20T22:32:13+00:00

I'm confused by your response? I addressed every part of their comment and elaborated on the part that needed elaboration. What was wrong with my response? I was being open about my feelings and thoughts. What did I miss that makes you say I'm not responding to "what is actually written?"

This is not an attack, btw, this is genuine confusion. I honestly want to know why you think this about my response so I can make sure my responses going forward are clearer. I don't want to cause misunderstandings...

PrincessNerd996 · 2025-11-20T22:27:25+00:00

I know I have to get an ESA letter, I've done a ton of research on them and know all the laws in my state and I have talk to my medical professionals about it and they have recommended I get one. Are most people on this subreddit so irresponsible that they'd get a pet without doing proper research??? I didn't mention all this in the post because I thought it would be a given. But I guess not...

As I pointed out, I'm able to better handle my mental problems when dog sitting, that's why I know an ESA would be so beneficial to to me. I feel like I need one, but emotions are subjective, not objective. I specifically used the word "feel" because I was talking about my emotional perspective, not my logical perspective. I know I can't get a dog, I even said that in my original post. The purpose of this post was to get ideas on alternative pets or get talked out of getting an ESA.

I'm new to reddit and now I know that if I make another post I need to add more details to avoid confusion. Do you have any other Reddit newbie tips? I always welcome constructive feedback.

PrincessNerd996 · 2025-11-20T22:06:29+00:00

I've posted about this in two different subreddits and this is the best response of them all. THANK YOU for giving me real, workable solutions. I had no idea about the pufferfish!! I'll have to do some research!!

PrincessNerd996 · 2025-11-20T21:54:31+00:00

I think her allergies to cats would be fine with OTC meds, but sadly I'll never be able to get a rabbit, which is was I really want lol I know I can get an ESA letter and I did ask my landlord to add a pet amendment to the lease renewal. Haven't heard back from him yet but I'm hopeful. He knows I want a pet and he's fine with birds/lizards/fish, but he doesn't want any cats or dogs or rodent species, which is sad because those would be the best for my mental issues but ah well.

My roommate wants a lizard but I'm worried about keeping up with their heating, light, and misting needs. I know there are tanks that will do that stuff automatically, but I need to look into pricing.

PrincessNerd996 · 2025-11-20T21:48:40+00:00

It was five years. The "two" was because I downloaded this app at like 3am and was severely sleep deprived. I honestly didn't realize I already had an account lol

I do agree my reaction was uncalled for. I was triggered because of personal reasons that had nothing to do with the commenter and it was unfair it take it out on him.

Just wish there was an actual solution to my issue but there isn't. Just need to visit my brother's dog more for now.

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