Today, my dad told me that my mom wanted to name me something "unusual." He eventually got her to compromise. I go by Violet. I now know that my legal name is Purple. FML
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Today, my mom struggled tried to say my name. She said my brother's name, my sister's, my dad's, my uncle's, and finally my cat's (who doesn't even have a human name) before she gave up and said, "You!" and pointed at me. FML
Today, after 26 years of confusion with my parents pronouncing it different ways, and in my mom's case, multiple ways, having to clear up how it's spelled every time I meet someone, I asked my mom how to pronounce my name. She got mad and then pronounced it three different ways while explaining. FML
Today, my dad married his fiancée, who insists I call her "Mom." I'm three years older than her, and went to the same high school. She's taking me shopping next week to buy me "something nice." FML
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awkwardology 23
Are your parents' names Red and Blue?
ComoEsJuan 24
Is your last name PeopleEater?
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SoapTurtle 7
Hey purple is a nice color :p
NeatNit 32
I actually have to honestly say that's it's a really nice name as well!
Ltsdragons 19
Violet is a very beautiful name. My mom's friend named their child Peanut, because the mother really wanted a good name and she really like peanuts...
garrett_8614 14
Purple is a very nice color! A name?....not so much.
BBeffedmylife 28
I named my daughter Violet because of my love for purple!
imsoeffingbored 13
It's okay. We don't judge people by the color of their skin or the color of their names here at fml
ComoEsJuan 24
Is your last name PeopleEater?
MeanBeagle 22
first name bigoneyed
Jared900DUmpling 30
Maybe her last name is "shirted eye-stabber"
T_Young96 13
Or her last name is " mushroom topped yogurt-slinger"
JKPwnage 27
Or Shirtedeye-Stabber?
lacey117 15
Hahaha I actually laughed out loud at this
Parvati48 15
Omg lol. I loved that song as a child! XD
PrincessRachael 7
Oml this is too funny ?
KestrelGirl 15
I actually like 42's comment because of the Cyanide and Happiness reference. It's just a joke, people!
storrent 14
edit: somebody commented it already
awkwardology 23
Are your parents' names Red and Blue?
jerryj 27
Scarlet* and Blue :D
MeanBeagle 22
at least she knew what she wanted. you're name could have ended up rainbow
cakefete2 30
I know red and blue make purple, but as soon as I read this, I thought of the original Pokemon games.
tony1891 22
reminds me of that game clue.
Enslaved 36
"Roses are red, that much is true. Violets are purple, not ******* blue"
Fedezzer 20
jerryj's comment was a joke about gender specific naming, in case you people saw the asterix and immediately presumed he was correcting #3. I think.
thes7274473 19
Actually, when the flower was named, the color we modernly call "blue" was called "violet" For more information, watch the video "This is Not a Rainbow" by MinutePhysics.
ohSNAPyall 26
* Magenta & Cyan
katties 27
I KNEW someone would know colour theory :D
CoGhostRider 31
It would be cool if you became a queen. (Purple reign)
Parvati48 15
I see what you did there. ;)
MeanBeagle 22
wouldn't happen to be power rangers by any chance?
garrett_8614 14
But there is no purple ranger :(
sturschaedel 27
well, there is now!
badmandilon 19
Well, uncommon does not necessarily mean ugly. And, Violet is a flower and it's a color, beautiful in any case.
phaelnb 26
#6 Her name isn't Violet, it's Purple
youraveragehuman 16
I think the problem OP is having isn't with the name Violet, but like what #16 said, that her actual name is Purple
badmandilon 19
#16 same thing, different word
garrett_8614 14
No it's not the same thing...it's a completely different name.
orbit 22
Idk about you guys but that's a pretty awesome name. It's very unique, and it's a good conversation starter. Much better than..blanket...
juststephhere 23
At least it's unique, you never know it could become a really popular name!
ethan043 18
I sure hope not.
Googolman 29
How could you not know your legal name? Haven't you ever seen your ID, or something?
sarah5745 41
Some people don't know their real name until years they are born.. It happens mostly when they have a name which is an abbreviation of their real name (eg. Alex instead of Alexander or Alexandra)
HeartYou101 31
I always thought my name was just Shannon and my middle name was Louise, but I found out (oddly enough, from a teacher calling out the roll in school a few years ago) that my full first name is Shannon-Louise and, according to my birth cert., I don't have a middle name
Marcella1016 31
Was thinking the same thing...teachers do roll call the first day of school and in my experience the roll always had the students' legal first names. If students have nicknames or whatever, they usually have to let the teacher know. I find it odd that OP never heard their real name at all in this context.
ksks1234 33
My son goes by a different name than his legal one. When I fill out the papers, I put his legal name, but his preferred name. Teachers always call out the preferred name and that is all the school knows him as. So, it is possible for the teacher not to call out the legal name.
Dvelazquez 16
Unless the parents stated on the enrollment paperwork that the child goes by a different name. my sons name is Alexis but because most people here in the united states associates Alexis with girls he goes by Alex. so on the first day of school they called out Alex instead of Alexis.
jennilis 0
My friends and I spent a good 20 minutes playing a colour association game. 'Green' was Jade 'Blue' was skye or Cyan 'Yellow' was daisy 'Orange' was autumn, etc. Lots of fun, thanks!! :)
DoubleDosexo 12
I wanna a name one of kids Skye now, thanks
rautumnoss 1
I guess this kind of fits...I mean, my name is Autumn and my favorite color is orange (:
chosha_fml 26
Glad she wasn't a fan of puce.