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[–] 10 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Yeah, I fuckin hate it when people use my name while talking. It feels very awkward and creepy to me, especially if they use it often. I don’t wanna hear that. I know who I am.

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  • [+] [S] 12 points 6 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    YES ABSOLUTELY. It squicks me out so much. I used to work in a call center and I was very friendly but definitely all business—with what I was doing, the reasons for calls are very cut-and-dry. When I would pick up the phone and greet someone and they’d go off with:

    “Good morning, Rai. How are you doing today?”

    “…great”

    “That’s good to hear, Rai. Rai, can I ask…”

    I instantly am in a nightmare world and want to delete them from my life.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Yes! It’s akin to someone touching me unbidden. It’s gross and it feels gross to use people’s names around them. I almost never call my partner by their name to address them and any time they do it to me I absolutely hate it.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    They're usually just trying to remember your name so they repeat it a few times in the first few conversations and whenever they forget.

    I used to feel like you to some extent and I realised that it takes me a long time to remember people's names, and part of why I hated hearing my name is because it reminded me that I might not know the other person's name and they might be upset that I don't remember it like they remember mine. That was my "trauma" that made me hate hearing my name in conversation.

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