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'My parents gave me a granny name -I feel like my life is over'

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Published date14 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
The reassurances from people, including her sister who says she has plenty of 'nicknames to choose from', do little to comfort her

She envies others for their names and is annoyed when she sees people complaining about their 'too common' names online, which she doesn't find bad at all. In fact, she wishes she could have a 'normal name'.

Venting her frustration on Reddit, the girl -who is called Sharon -expressed her annoyance: "People like to compare my name to Karen and online I see a lot of people say stuff like Sharons and Karens are SOOO annoying. My parents could've at least made the name look nice by replacing O with I Sharin or even Sherrin would be better."

"I'm literally a teenage girl with a granny name, how am I gonna live the rest of my life being named Sharon And whenever I bring this up with my mum, she just says, 'Okay then you can change it' blah blah. But the thing is, I've lived so many years with the name Sharon, changing it randomly would be so weird and also I can't think of any other names that would somewhat fit me since I've basically just accepted defeat at this point. I feel like my life is over bro.", reports the Mirror.

Reddit users rallied around young Sharon, assuring her that her name wasn't as bad as she thought. One user called it 'a very rebellious, punk, cool girl name', while another suggested, "Not that you'll care, but I think Sharon is a good mix. It's not...

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