Comments on: Should you rename yourself? http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2010/01/29/should-you-rename-yourself/ Life is too short to stay in one place! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Betsy http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2010/01/29/should-you-rename-yourself/#comment-1764 Betsy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:36:57 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=2470#comment-1764 That's an good point, Angela. I love seeing how my friends have charged through adversity or made the most of opportunity and good fortune over the years. I connected with an old friend recently whose life is off-the-charts good now after years of hardship, and only those who have known her for a long time can appreciate the transformation and how grateful she is for it. That’s an good point, Angela. I love seeing how my friends have charged through adversity or made the most of opportunity and good fortune over the years. I connected with an old friend recently whose life is off-the-charts good now after years of hardship, and only those who have known her for a long time can appreciate the transformation and how grateful she is for it.

]]> By: Angela http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2010/01/29/should-you-rename-yourself/#comment-1762 Angela Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:37:42 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=2470#comment-1762 Great food for thought. My girlfriend from college visited last weekend and we were talking about how comforting old friends are because they've seen all your stages so they can see the current you in the context of your life journey. I enjoy a mix of old and new friends for what they each bring. Great food for thought.

My girlfriend from college visited last weekend and we were talking about how comforting old friends are because they’ve seen all your stages so they can see the current you in the context of your life journey.

I enjoy a mix of old and new friends for what they each bring.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2010/01/29/should-you-rename-yourself/#comment-1760 Betsy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:36:58 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=2470#comment-1760 Hi, Maria. I think names are a very personal thing and mean different things to different people. Liz to me is more daring than Betsy, and that is definitely how I feel at this stage. When I told Warren that I thought "Bette" was my name for the trip he didn't think it was cosmopolitan at all! Anyway, the name doesn't have to mean anything to anybody but the person using it. I'd love to chat with you about this sometime. Your point about all the phases shaping your current personality is spot on. I am still made up of all those versions of me. And that's what I think is so cool - I can pinpoint certain characteristics and actions and know where they came from. And now I just wonder what kind of gifts the next phase will bring. Bring it on, Bette! Hi, Maria. I think names are a very personal thing and mean different things to different people. Liz to me is more daring than Betsy, and that is definitely how I feel at this stage. When I told Warren that I thought “Bette” was my name for the trip he didn’t think it was cosmopolitan at all!

Anyway, the name doesn’t have to mean anything to anybody but the person using it. I’d love to chat with you about this sometime.

Your point about all the phases shaping your current personality is spot on. I am still made up of all those versions of me. And that’s what I think is so cool – I can pinpoint certain characteristics and actions and know where they came from. And now I just wonder what kind of gifts the next phase will bring.

Bring it on, Bette!

]]> By: Maria Ross http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2010/01/29/should-you-rename-yourself/#comment-1759 Maria Ross Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:05:52 +0000 http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/?p=2470#comment-1759 I'm so curious about the Liz name for this phase of your life and why you feel that is more appropriate. We should have a Naming Nosh and all discuss the names from those phases and why we have them. My life can be chunked out into separate phases as well and I often think about the person I was in those phases and what that means. But the funny thing is, I totally realize that I would never have been the current "me" without those phases, no matter what parts of them I might regret. Such an interesting question....thanks Betsy. Bette would be perfect for this next chapter, BTW! I’m so curious about the Liz name for this phase of your life and why you feel that is more appropriate. We should have a Naming Nosh and all discuss the names from those phases and why we have them.

My life can be chunked out into separate phases as well and I often think about the person I was in those phases and what that means. But the funny thing is, I totally realize that I would never have been the current “me” without those phases, no matter what parts of them I might regret.

Such an interesting question….thanks Betsy. Bette would be perfect for this next chapter, BTW!

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