Mirza R Rashid
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My first name is a family traditional name,so every male in my family has it. So, I'm called by my middle name by my whole family and relatives. My brother and father is also called by their middle name.
When I started school, everyone called me by my first name,so over 10 years, all my friends call me by my first name. However, my brother and father managed to have people call them by their middle name with everyone(inc their friends) and its like their middle name is their first name because they have never been referred to their first name(except phone calls from banks,companies etc). I'm the exception because I included my full name but now some people don't even know my middle name or know I even have one. They don't know my family and relatives call me by my middle name
Is it weird that I go by my first name with friends and middle name by family/relatives? And btw, i prefer my first name over middle now but family and relatives won't change(I didn't ask them but I know they won't) and it isn't like a chinese person called by their chinese name at home and english name outside. In the USA, I heard there are similar situations like mine but none so far I know in London.
It feels weird because it almost feels like I'm a different person(and before you ask, no, I still have the same personality whether I'm with friends or family). My username for my computer is my middle name and so are my video game consoles(PS3,Wii). Does it sound like I'm getting paranoid now?
(Addition)
What are my worries? :
1.People might think I'm weird
2. My friends will probably think I'm weird.
3. A girl I like might think I'm weird.
4. I feel abnormal because I don't know anyone like me. People might say there are people like me but I have yet to meet someone like that(I know its quite similar in the USA but not in the UK)
I do feel I'm an honest person. Everyone(my friends) say that I am a kind and honest person. I have good friends so its not that they will leave me. When my friends mention "fake" people and how they hate them and say that I'm not a fake. That's why I feel weird about it and the feeling gets worse. If they take it the wrong way, people might think I'm misleading them and think of me as "fake" and "weird"...
When I started school, everyone called me by my first name,so over 10 years, all my friends call me by my first name. However, my brother and father managed to have people call them by their middle name with everyone(inc their friends) and its like their middle name is their first name because they have never been referred to their first name(except phone calls from banks,companies etc). I'm the exception because I included my full name but now some people don't even know my middle name or know I even have one. They don't know my family and relatives call me by my middle name
Is it weird that I go by my first name with friends and middle name by family/relatives? And btw, i prefer my first name over middle now but family and relatives won't change(I didn't ask them but I know they won't) and it isn't like a chinese person called by their chinese name at home and english name outside. In the USA, I heard there are similar situations like mine but none so far I know in London.
It feels weird because it almost feels like I'm a different person(and before you ask, no, I still have the same personality whether I'm with friends or family). My username for my computer is my middle name and so are my video game consoles(PS3,Wii). Does it sound like I'm getting paranoid now?
(Addition)
What are my worries? :
1.People might think I'm weird
2. My friends will probably think I'm weird.
3. A girl I like might think I'm weird.
4. I feel abnormal because I don't know anyone like me. People might say there are people like me but I have yet to meet someone like that(I know its quite similar in the USA but not in the UK)
I do feel I'm an honest person. Everyone(my friends) say that I am a kind and honest person. I have good friends so its not that they will leave me. When my friends mention "fake" people and how they hate them and say that I'm not a fake. That's why I feel weird about it and the feeling gets worse. If they take it the wrong way, people might think I'm misleading them and think of me as "fake" and "weird"...