Gennifer
Drama Llama
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Jun 26, 2014 8:22:26 GMT
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Post by Gennifer on Mar 3, 2019 1:47:19 GMT
I changed because my kids were pretty much grown and I do a lot more things than "mom" so "yungmom" didn't really fit me anymore. I didn’t realize this was you!
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Post by lisae on Mar 3, 2019 2:33:07 GMT
Here's my take on posting online. I use my real name. My last name isn't part of my username but it wouldn't be that hard to find particularly since my signature has links to other sites where I have profiles.
I don't post anything here or anywhere that I would care if others saw. There are a few things I've said that I wish I'd kept to myself but they are out there so I'm not going to worry about it. One of the reasons I dislike Facebook is this silly idea that you are only sharing things with your 534 'friends' half of whom you probably don't even know. If it shows up on a screen, it can be captured and shared. Period. There is really no privacy online, you might as well just be yourself.
So my username is my name and last initial. It's not clever but it is me. One of the things I like about this board is I get to say what I think. Being a child-free, non religious, Democrat, I don't find as many others IRL like me as I do here and I appreciate that.
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Post by PNWMom on Mar 3, 2019 3:57:12 GMT
My old user name was my actual first name, and it is quite unusual. I don't say anything here that I would be overly embarrassed to have anyone know, but my first name is unique enough that if you googled it, you'd very likely find this site.
After having that username for like 17 years, I finally switched to my current name. I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I am finally a mom.
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Post by SockMonkey on Mar 3, 2019 4:03:49 GMT
I see valid reasons for changing a username (ages out, divorce, life changes). But to just change a username randomly and continue participating as though nothing happened seems odd at best, and a little bit creepster at worst. I didn't think I was being cryptic, but hopefully this clarifies it. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this is odd. Then I misunderstood your OP and it’s title (before you added to them). I read them to be a thinly veiled passive aggressive jab at someone(s). My apologies. Oh, it was a little bit curiosity and a little bit passive aggressive. I’ll own it. Heh.
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scrappinmama
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,016
Jun 26, 2014 12:54:09 GMT
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Post by scrappinmama on Mar 3, 2019 4:09:40 GMT
I should change my name. I haven't scrapbooked in years.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 3, 2019 5:49:54 GMT
I changed mine. I was GimmeCandy at the old two peas for several years. I left for two years and couldn't remember my login anymore. So I switched to jeremysgirl. I was dating him at the time.
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Post by ~summer~ on Mar 3, 2019 6:11:57 GMT
I honestly don’t think I’d notice if someone changed their name. Except someone like Lauren (who I don’t think is still here) - and then I would just find it amusing.
Edited: I just looked at my name and I’ve definitely changed my name a few times - doubtful anyone really cares or notices???
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Mar 3, 2019 6:23:41 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone.
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Post by pattyraindrops on Mar 3, 2019 6:32:01 GMT
I changed because my kids were pretty much grown and I do a lot more things than "mom" so "yungmom" didn't really fit me anymore. Now see, I totally remember you from "Yungmom" but didn't know you changed your name. It would be nice if peas put in their signature line what their former name was (I have seen a few do this).
My guess is, people trying to distance themselves from bad behavior (other than the obvious change to something that is more meaningful to them now). I actually did have it in my signature for quite awhile. At some point I figured that people were aware so I took it out. Sorry.
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Post by lucyg on Mar 3, 2019 6:51:10 GMT
I should change my name. I haven't scrapbooked in years. To my everlasting sorrow!
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lurkyloo
Full Member
Posts: 284
Dec 5, 2018 6:53:08 GMT
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Post by lurkyloo on Mar 3, 2019 7:24:25 GMT
I was going to sign up as “lurkyloo” as a play on words from lookyloo, because I’ve lurked for a decade, but then I guess I was so impressed with my own cleverness that I stupidly typed in lookyloo anyway and blew it. The peas told me how to change it, but I’ll forever have to log in as the dork who couldn’t keep it together long enough to execute her own joke.
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Post by gillyp on Mar 3, 2019 7:37:18 GMT
My curiosity is piqued but I have trouble remembering who is who anyway so I doubt I’d ever realise! I’m pretty much the same everywhere. I don’t have the energy, time or wit to keep track of who I might be at any given point if I changed names or had multiple sign ins. I try not to write anything that I wouldn’t feel comfortable saying directly to someone irl so what you see is what you get. In some places I’m there in the hope people will actually search me out and contribute to my family history research or check out my business so I don’t feel the need to be incognito.
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Post by katlady on Mar 3, 2019 7:41:56 GMT
I can’t see signatures on my phone so even if you put your old name there, I couldn’t see it.
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Post by KelleeM on Mar 3, 2019 9:43:28 GMT
Why do some people on here keep changing their usernames? I don't get it. {Clarifying: Why change usernames and not mention it/say why?} I've never changed mine. But, I also never rearrange the furniture in my house either. I just figured people changed their user name when they got bored with the old one. They probably are people who rearrange furniture and redecorate because the old go boring. I laughed when I read this. My husband and I were talking about our boringness the other day. I think furniture rearranging is a topic for another thread, which I’m going to start,!! I changed my display name to reflect capitalization but it’s still the same name.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 3, 2019 13:37:16 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone. I toy all the time with changing my avatar. But we've had previous threads about that and how we "recognize" each other quickly by avatar without having to stop and look at the name. gar would fuss if I changed mine so I leave it to keep her happy.
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Post by gar on Mar 3, 2019 14:03:38 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone. I toy all the time with changing my avatar. But we've had previous threads about that and how we "recognize" each other quickly by avatar without having to stop and look at the name. gar would fuss if I changed mine so I leave it to keep her happy. 😄I would indeed! Thank you for remembering 😉
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 3, 2019 14:12:15 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone. I toy all the time with changing my avatar. But we've had previous threads about that and how we "recognize" each other quickly by avatar without having to stop and look at the name. gar would fuss if I changed mine so I leave it to keep her happy. That really throws me, off, too!
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YooHoot
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,432
Jun 26, 2014 3:11:50 GMT
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Post by YooHoot on Mar 3, 2019 14:16:14 GMT
Same stupid name from 2 peas...I want to change it but eh, too much work to think.
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YooHoot
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,432
Jun 26, 2014 3:11:50 GMT
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Post by YooHoot on Mar 3, 2019 14:19:18 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone. I think “just to fuck with everyone” would be too many characters and it has spaces....jst2f*ckw/evry1 would be my suggestion.
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johnnysmom
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,684
Jun 25, 2014 21:16:33 GMT
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Post by johnnysmom on Mar 3, 2019 14:30:46 GMT
I haven't, but I've considered it, still might. The reason I considered it because ods found out what my username is and wondered why and didn't seem real pleased. I chose it when I first joined, only had one kid (now have 2) and he was only a toddler. I'm pretty sure I also used it on a parenting message board at the time which made sense so I just used the same for peas for simplicity sake.
It's funny how some say they'd change away from their actual name, because if I changed it'd be *to* my actual name (which is my proboards login name anyhow).
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Post by Miss Ang on Mar 3, 2019 14:41:41 GMT
Years ago my username on 2peas (any many other sites) was busyscrapmom; I was busy, I scrapbooked and being a mom was the center of my life. Now, although I'm still busy, I'm doing different things, I never scrapbook anymore and while I am still a mom, my kids are just about 24 & 20 so that's definitely not the center of my life these days. I think I changed my username back on the old board, before we actually moved here, but that's the reason for the change.
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Post by hop2 on Mar 3, 2019 14:45:12 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone. so long as you don’t change your avatar at the same time.
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artbabe
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,352
Jun 26, 2014 1:59:10 GMT
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Post by artbabe on Mar 3, 2019 14:51:28 GMT
Was kitschwitch on on the old board. Then I left for awhile and when I came back I couldn't remember my name. So I became artbabe, and artbabe I remain.....
I do think my name could identify me in real life if anyone bothered to stalk me. But I'm not really stalk worthy, so artbabe I am.... Although I was definitely more babe-like when I picked that name. My name should be artusedtobeababe.
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Post by hop2 on Mar 3, 2019 14:58:01 GMT
I've never changed mine. But, I also never rearrange the furniture in my house either. I just figured people changed their user name when they got bored with the old one. They probably are people who rearrange furniture and redecorate because the old go boring. I laughed when I read this. My husband and I were talking about our boringness the other day. I think furniture rearranging is a topic for another thread, which I’m going to start,!! I changed my display name to reflect capitalization but it’s still the same name. Your I noticed because in my head I was originally calling you Kelleem ( all one word ) thinking to myself what a beautiful name I wonder is it Irish or Scottish, and then boom, I was like Duhhhh Kellee M what an idiot I am, that is so obvious how did I not see it. Smh at myself
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Post by hop2 on Mar 3, 2019 14:59:50 GMT
Now I want to change my name just to fuck with everyone. I toy all the time with changing my avatar. But we've had previous threads about that and how we "recognize" each other quickly by avatar without having to stop and look at the name. gar would fuss if I changed mine so I leave it to keep her happy. i used to have a summer avatar & a winter avatar but after that thread I stopped changing it. It’s just thevsummer one now.
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Post by SockMonkey on Mar 3, 2019 15:01:02 GMT
Everyone gets a free pass on taking the "scrapping" out of a username on this board. Hahahahaha!
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Post by gar on Mar 3, 2019 15:04:22 GMT
So come on then SockMonkey - who’d ya have blocked?
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Gennifer
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,161
Jun 26, 2014 8:22:26 GMT
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Post by Gennifer on Mar 3, 2019 15:36:36 GMT
Everyone gets a free pass on taking the "scrapping" out of a username on this board. Hahahahaha! My very first username was some variation of scraphappy. So generically bad.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 3, 2019 16:57:56 GMT
The thing I don't like is not having a name that matches. I leave mostly from my phone in Tapatalk. It shows the correct name for tagging. When I use my Kindle, names are something different and that trips me up. I wish everyone had one single name. And in Tapatalk I can't see signatures so that's absolutely no help to me.
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Post by SockMonkey on Mar 3, 2019 17:37:06 GMT
So come on then SockMonkey - who’d ya have blocked? There are VERY few and they probably know who they are!
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