RE: Random Thought of the Day - Daily Contest #58 - Does a person’s name influence the person they become?
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I don't think it does if you don't care that much for your name. But I know people whose parents made some unfortunate name choices and they suffered from always having to explain their name or being bullied for it, I think then it can affect your life and influence who you become.
Example, I have a friend named Homer. He was born a year before the Simpsons came out, his parents had named his after the Greek philosopher (still a bit lame but ok). Then the Simpsons came out and he has to deal his whole life with Homer Simpson jokes: hey you want a donut? How do you like your work at the nuclear reactor etc. To the point where he is not so thrilled to meet new people because he knows what is coming
That's actually quite sad.. can't he change his name to Homie? or something completely different? I'm not really in favor of name changes but in situations like the one you described.. I fully understand someone would..
Hey, yeah he could but in the Netherlands that is quite a pricey thing to do, it would cost him several 1000s of euros to get it changed
O joh dat wist ik niet eens! ;-) paar jaar HBD sparen dan maar..
Haha misschien kan ik hem aanraden om hier te komen om daarvoor te sparen!