View Full Version : Tell me… what are your reasons for using FaceBook...?
As title! :)
Some people I know have only lived in one place their entire lives, normally their birthplace. Girls I work with for example, have lived in Ashby since they were born, have no friends outside the Ashby area, and only use FB to write on each others walls and fling poo. (that’s one application even I just don’t get). Makes you wonder why they bother, why not just email/text each other?
I on the other hand, have a genuine reason. Having lived abroad when I was younger, I lost touch with a lot of friends, moving back to the UK at the age of 9, you don’t seem to realise what's just happened, and that these people you’ve been friends with all your life, may just never be a part of your life again. Years down the line you wonder, I wonder what they are doing now? And would you believe it, they are ALL on FaceBook now. Ok I hold my hands up, I write on peoples walls, sometimes the people I work with, and they are only downstairs, but I've found FB to be better than Friends Reunited for finding long lost buds.
Some of the girls will sympathise here, people we went to school with, who never spoke to us, have tried adding us as friends. Why? Why after all these years do they feel compelled to make the effort? Our inner cynic suggests they don’t want to catch up and see how you are doing now, they just want to get their friends list numbers up. Is that right? Well, block block block.
Its also a good place to post photos from the weekends shenanigans, and get people to comment on how rough you look. Its good for reminding me when peoples birthdays are as well. And it gets me out of work for hours at a time ;)
So tell me, why do you use FB? :)
Blackstar
28-04-2008, 10:13
My reasons are:
To keep in touch with friends from my high school who went off to uni in another city, i could just text them but the majority of the time it never occurs to me. It also lets me organise things when they come back through to Edinburgh or know about events that i would want to go to where they are.
Talking to people i've met whilst doing things like the dig i went on last summer, i met Lindsey who lives in Texas and other people all over the UK who's phone numbers i did get but it is a bit more personal than sending a text to drop them a wall post every now and then and see how they are getting on.
I have some of you lot on FB because i like to see the things you do off of the forums (in a weird and stalkerish way) :p
Finally, i have my friends who live or work in other countries who it is often difficult to catch on msn due to time differences and other forms of contact are also more difficult.
I use it to catch up with people I've not seen for a long time.
Other than that, I tend to avoid it.
I normally use it to chat to people I knew years ago but lost touch with. Most of the people trying to add me as a friend are either people I don't know or don't want to talk to.
Don't get me started on the stupid applications. People on my friends list haven't quite figured out that I don't want to add bajillions of applications so keep sending me invites :(
Originally to keep in touch with friends or to find long lost friends on there!
Now... as well as the above... it opens the doors for advertising A Kettle of Fish ;)
I like some of the silly applications - they make me laugh and can entertain me for a few minutes! Other than that... not a lot else! :)
I do like the new feature "Do you know these people?" Brings up a list of possible mutual friends, and Ive found a few people through that, saves trawling through other peoples friends lists :D
I cant stand the applications though, any requests I get now are marked as spam and the friends that send them are banned from sending more ;)
Blackstar
28-04-2008, 10:37
I can't stand stupid applications, i usually black them which stops you getting more of the same one.
I use it for staying in touch with people. Spending a lot of time abroad (ok, not at the moment I know) makes staying in touch with people genuinely difficult but Facebook helps out there.
Also I've got back in touch with some good friends from School which I'm very pleased about. After leaving school we all went out seperate ways, got ourselves busy lifes and realised how easy it was to lose touch with people. I've recently met up with a good friend of mine who was living in Japan for 6 years and his brother (who is currently living in South Korea) and I have been nattering over Skype. Had they not had Facebook accounts then I wouldn't be in touch with them.
The applications don't bother me to be honest, I add the ones that seem interesting/fun (then usually delete them after half an hour) and ignore the ones that don't.
I find it excellent for a number of things. I'd say the main reasons I use it are:
- Posting pics from weekends and other outings. Because digital cameras are now pretty much the norm for the average snapper, relatively few people have film cameras any more and hence no photo albums. If you wanted to show someone your photos you either had to be sat at the computer, view them on the camera itself or have access to some web space. Now you can upload them easily and allow all your friends to see them if they wish.
- Organising events. I can look at the list of events and almost instantly see which weekends I'm free. It's nice to know who else is coming to certain things as well, especially if it's something where there will be people you don't know so you can get a few names and faces.
- Blogging. I don't have a blog any more, but I like to be able to post the occasional link, comment or piece of music I've recorded. People can choose whether to read/listen to it or ignore it.
- Just seeing what people are up to. You can browse the status updates and generally see how people are and what they're doing.
- Distraction from work. Sometimes it's just nice to go on and play with a couple of the apps.
I know different people use it in different ways, but I'm not fond of the 'if I want to contact someone I'll call them or go and see them' argument. Frankly I never called even my closest friends before Facebook was about (not because I'm a ****, I just never had anything so important it couldn't wait until I next see them) so if anything it's made me more social than I was before. I know a lot of people go through their friends list and cull those that haven't contacted them in a while, in which case I may have been wiped off a few!
I just see it as a more functional version of instant messaging really. A lot of people take the friends list literally and only have their close friends on there. Personally I've added most people I know, some of whom I'll only contact a couple of times a year, but it's nice to know that I can.
I didn't want a facebook for the longest time, but a friend in university talked me into it.
For me, it's a place to keep up with friends from all over the world... I have found more people on there than on Myspace. I also get a kick out of the applications, as Garp can attest. I was well addicted to Knighthood and this raising a dragon one.
I do have some people from high school that started adding me...we were never really close back in the day, and for the longest time I was just denying them. But I figure just because we weren't friends when we were teenagers doesn't mean we wouldn't be now.
A Place of Light
28-04-2008, 11:03
I don't "get" these social sites. The only one where I have a profile is myspace.....and it's blank anyway.
Dunno really. I'm hardly ever on there but it can be fun checking out people you've not seen for a long time. Old school friends and stuff like that.
Its great having a friend request notice, and it being someone you havent seen or heard from in years. We tend to have a couple of days of banter, then it trails off, but I know they are there now incase we want to make plans in the future to meet up :)
I use it mainly for catching up with old friends. I've spoken to several from high school and even more from primary school and it's great, it's been years since we've talked and it's great to read about what everybody's up to. I use it to chat to existing friends too, I know I could text or email but when it's centralised it's very easy to just send a message there and then to anybody you like. :)
I don't "get" these social sites. The only one where I have a profile is myspace.....and it's blank anyway.
Apol in hiding his identity non-shocker :p
LeperousDust
28-04-2008, 12:12
A big E-penis cause i have 5 million friends...
Well no, i actually agree with Belmits points, just generally organising group things (much much easier this way) and keeping in touch with people around the country, as well as a place to store stupid pictures of myself and friends :D
I used it to get in touch with old friends which it was very good for but then I got fed up with the continual requests to be a member of this or that application and I can't really understand why you would want to e-slap someone with a fish or spend real money sending someone clipart. Oh and then the advertising crept in. I disabled my account but I'd rather my details weren't stored on there to be honest.
I'm nosey and like to see what my friend's are up to. I've removed most of the applications as I just find them irritating. Furthermore, like you Betty, I've lived around the place a bit and find it useful to keep in touch with people. Additionally uni friends did not all come from London so it's a helpful way of keeping in touch with them. Even if I don't chat with them all the time I can see what they're up to and think **** that would be cool to do, let's get in touch and so on...
I recently went to a school 10 years on, reunion. Fantastic time, and a great way of seeing what people's lives have been involved in. Hopefully rekindle some friendships and keep in touch of any news/important events.
It's purely a curiosity thing, but also a place I can share what's happening in my life. I much prefer to keep in touch with people on the phone and by text or even in person but sometimes it's just not possible to do that.
My reasons aren't much more complicated than that really. Probably laziness on my part a little too...
Though it's good for sharing pictures and holidays, events with people too. As well as organising parties etc...
Its great having a friend request notice, and it being someone you havent seen or heard from in years. We tend to have a couple of days of banter, then it trails off, but I know they are there now incase we want to make plans in the future to meet up :)
Exactly how I feel and what has happened with me. :)
I just don't see the need to advertise every single thing I'm doing and everyone I know. There are people that I don't want to find me, and I certainly don't want them finding out what I'm up to through 'mutual' friends. I don't like the idea of living my life in the open on the internet, so I'm more than happy to pop on and off and use it when I need to contact something and use it as a sort of virtual address book.
I completely agree with that. I used to be very internety. Emo blog and stuff. But lately I've been thinking that with the press I'm getting do I really want people to find out all my personal details? I've withdrawn my msn info from the web as best as I can because I often get randoms asking me all sorts and wanting to be my friend. A few years ago I'd be fine with that but now I'm more of a if i've never met you I'll be reluctant to add you type. I think its one of the reasons why I haven't been on FB for a while. I have loads of messages there and friends requests from god knows who. I don't want to be rude but then I don't know "you" so why should I add you? FB for me used to be nice because it was a place where I could happily be stupid in the company of friends. Post silly pictures, be stupid on peoples walls and stuff but recently I've been thinking that I need to perhaps be "professional" online.
A lot of radio stations and companies now use FB believe it or not. Because you can restrict/grant access to certain parts of your profile or all of it, it's easy to taylor who can see what you're up to and not. Only my friends can access my profile.
That's why I restrict access. ;)
Only friends can see my profile, I removed any personal details long ago. Ive even blocked a few people so they cant even see I am listed.
Well there's nothing overly sensitive. I get your point though. It's a bit of fun for me, and an easy way of getting in touch with people or just keeping an eye on people's lives...
While I don't have anyone to report to that could get me fired or something I do have nearly 500 people who have subscribed to my site. Thats 500 people I don't know who get an email / rss from my site every day. Potential clients, actual clients, family, stalkers, etc. So while I have no boss I think I owe it to myself to keep my personal life offline. I use Twitter, which is basically FB's status thing but I'm feeling like I will only post photo related things there rather than "I'm so cold and tired" as I stupidly have done before. I use these more as a marketing, social networking tool than a "Dude I was sooooo wasted last night" brain fart tool :) At least I should. Hence FB, I could accept friend requests from randoms who are fans of my work but I'm not sure yet because they see things that actual friends write. Its tricky.
Edit: Its all about how I want to be seen, and I'd rather been seen simply as a good photographer than some crazy depressed nut bar :D
Only friends can see my profile, I removed any personal details long ago. Ive even blocked a few people so they cant even see I am listed.
I have my mobile number - but that's it, I've done the same as you restricted access to certain people to even see that I exist on FB.
While I don't have anyone to report to that could get me fired or something I do have nearly 500 people who have subscribed to my site. Thats 500 people I don't know who get an email / rss from my site every day. Potential clients, actual clients, family, stalkers, etc. So while I have no boss I think I owe it to myself to keep my personal life offline. I use Twitter, which is basically FB's status thing but I'm feeling like I will only post photo related things there rather than "I'm so cold and tired" as I stupidly have done before. I use these more as a marketing, social networking tool than a "Dude I was sooooo wasted last night" brain fart tool :) At least I should. Hence FB, I could accept friend requests from randoms who are fans of my work but I'm not sure yet because they see things that actual friends write. Its tricky.
Just restrict your FB account, and vet who you let see you. There's no way they can tell. Tehy can't even see it through a mutual friend if you have blocked them from seeing you. :)
LOL - it sounds like I love FB and am a fanboy! I'm not really, I just like to see what my friends are up to and that goes for people here - so I'm just trying to convince the people who are a bit unsure that she should stay there so I can stalk 'em! :evil:
Pete, FB is a friends thing. You dont add anyone as a friend if you dont know them, its not a site for people to be fans of your work, its just for your buds :D
My profile is open to anyone who wants to see it, except my contact details which are restricted to those on my friends list. The only reason I'd ever close the whole thing to just friends is if I went for a new job at a prestigious company. In my current job I'm not too bothered.
I'll admit it gets a bit tedious when the same people keep changing their status every five minutes and upload identical generic photos of nights out. There's an old work colleague on my list who is currently travelling and uses her status to tell everyone exactly what she's doing every damn day. There's a big difference between 'xxx is in Brazil!' and 'xxx is currently in an internet cafe uploading pictures from a mountain trek and is about to go for dinner at a café recommended to her by her auntie's best friend. I might have the blowfish.' Good grief!
/clears pointless status update
:D
I tell you what pisses me off with status updates, people banging on about their kids. Yes I KNOW you have kids, I KNOW you're a new parent, yes I KNOW you're a proud parent, yadda yadda yadda...
Stop ramming it down everyones throat already!!!! :p
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 13:23
Isnt that pretty much the same as any other status update though?
Perhaps those with kids (not me cos I dont update my status) are as happy about telling everyone about thier kids as you are about your 'petty' updates that you think are important.
if you are that incensed about people with kids and thier updates, why not remove them?
Then they need to tell me :p
Dont flame me for having an opinion, and I am sorry, but I knew someone with kids would pipe up.
Haha! It's turning into the Facebook therapy thread!
It's the same thing when people use their ultrasound scan as their main profile picture. You might as well be posting a satellite picture of the moon's surface for all I can see in it. In fact there should be a rule that if you have a closed profile you should be obliged to put an actual picture of yourself up, otherwise if someone searches for you how are they meant to know if it's you or not?! All they have is the profile pic to go on.
Same here, I saw an ultrasound pic at the weekend, makes no bloody sense to me at all :D
How are people supposed to find you with no pic and you have a closed profile? Kinda defeats the object!
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 13:33
Then they need to tell me :p
Dont flame me for having an opinion, and I am sorry, but I knew someone with kids would pipe up.
Certainly was not flaming you, and what difference does it make as to whether I have kids or not?
I check my facebook once a day usually, thats about it. I dont even look at the status updates, or other peoples profiles.
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 13:34
Same here, I saw an ultrasound pic at the weekend, makes no bloody sense to me at all :D
How are people supposed to find you with no pic and you have a closed profile? Kinda defeats the object!
I do agree with that though.. dont see the point of a profile pic, not being yourself.
isnt that what albums and things are for
Come off it Loz, I love those messages ;D
Seriously, its noone from here, but I have a few mates with babies, and they go on about them ALL the time, AAAAAAAALL the time.
Not always ;)
Do your messages come thick and fast every single minute of every single day?
No? Cos the sodding updates do ;D
FB is the only social network I use because it is simple and easy.
Hell, people who I always knew to be IT Illiterate are even on it.
I use it for:
-keeping in touch: with school/uni/college friends (agreed, some are nice to have contact with, others probably only friends as a result of a reunion)
-sharing photos: my brother is in Sydney and his Mrs is on FB - far easier than attaching photos to an email.
-remembering bdays :/
-work purposes ;)
-event organising
It does annoy me when:
* People who have never even spoken to you at school just add you to get their numbers up = DELETE (I never spoke to you at school, what makes you think I want to now?)
* People are like: "OMG its so great to see you!!! how are you I have a daughter now (:p *wubs Betty*) and I am married with my double barreled surname!!! We MUST catch up!!! xxxxxxxxxxx" I actually called someone's bluff the other day to see if she was free this weekend... she 'wasn't sure' hmmmm....!
* People send applications: I just delete em.
BB x
Chuckles
28-04-2008, 14:42
I use it mainly for stalking purposes and checking whether ex-girlfriends are looking better or worse.
What's all the double-barrelled surname stuff about Mei? I've seen you mention that a few times. Haven't you got a double barrelled forename?? :p
Oh nothing really.. I know some girls use their married and non married names so that people can find them :)
Just this one girl - complete snob at school - and nothing has changed! LOL!
BB x
Oh nothing really.. I know some girls use their married and non married names so that people can find them :)
So me then?
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 15:33
So me then?
dont that Lozza bird do that as well?
I thought it was a dig at those of us with double-barrelled names :D
Blackstar
28-04-2008, 15:36
My profile is private, only friends can see what i'm up to and even then some of them are on restricted access.
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 15:47
But your name isnt spinky spanky-ponk, or spinky ponk-spanky:)
so its people like me, not Tak then :confused:
I'm nosey and like to see what my friend's are up to...
Thats a good reason too!
Pete, FB is a friends thing. You dont add anyone as a friend if you dont know them, its not a site for people to be fans of your work, its just for your buds :D
Yeah I agree, but I do get people adding me who send a msg saying "I think your work's great" or clients / contacts I meet. So it makes me wonder whether I should be using it as a networking tool because it is good for that.
OMG lol... yeah pretentious the lot of you :p
No just this one girl in particular... I think Double barrelled names are funny... one of my friends is Cooper-Smith... so obviously he is referred to as 'PCS' :D
Lol!
BB x
So why do people have DB surnames when they get married? Does the woman not want to get rid of her maiden name, but wants to prove she has actually taken the plunge? I dont get it, no way will I have a DB surname, my name is long enough as it is ;D
goldilocks
28-04-2008, 17:49
if this is a facebook rant...
why add someone and give them 'restricted access' - i delete everyone who does that, so you like me enough to want to pretend we're friends, but nothing more - oh thanks, that's 'friendship' i can do without
people from my year at school who i knew, but haven't spoken to in years (if i ever spoke to them) that add me - what?! i don't care about what you're doing now, and it'd be pretty creepy if you've suddenly taken an interest in me!
'myspace angles' - airbrushing your photos and pouting into the camera, who are you trying to impress?! so you want everyone you went to school with to think you're now a smoking fox - haha!
people who broadcast their fickle and pointless relationships - yesterday 'love you stu', today 'you're my man, dan' - eurgh!
awful, boring, often tasteless applications - what?! no i don't want to 'e-smell your armpits' or whatever that app want me to do - yuck! :P
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but saying that - i like using it to keep in touch with old friends, especially since we've moved away. it's also useful for remembering peoples birthdays (i'm no good at that) and i like nosing through peoples photos!!
i'm pretty bad at adding people though, if i dont recognize the name, i just delete without looking, i think i've accidentally offended a few people :( oops!
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 18:55
luckily, Leo's is MTL not NTL ;D. I might go Tri-Barrelled, now THAT would be pretentious ;D
However, I'm quite taken with Spinky-Spank given my custom title and all ;)
@Dee - for a lot of people, if the family name dies out with an only daughter, then the double barrell keeps the surname alive. Like when my nan goes there will be no more of her line left :( Sometimes people just wants to show off though and have a db name because they think it makes them look posh. Other times the woman may have an established career and not want to change names and lose the recognition. I'd just keep my maiden name, but some want it ALL!!
This was one of the reasons we DB out names, H is an only Daughter, so we both wanted to keep the name going.
I dont care, people can call me pretentious if they like.
Funnily enough I just found this site, http://www.ncludr.com/
FakeSnake
28-04-2008, 19:45
^^ Fakey,same thing with Leo's family. They've kept the name alive, despite all the stick he gets for being 'posh'. :)
Oh, posh we are not..
we may live in the country and have a big house.. but posh?? naaah :D:D
Snuggle Ferret
28-04-2008, 20:23
luckily, Leo's is MTL not NTL ;D. I might go Tri-Barrelled, now THAT would be pretentious ;D
However, I'm quite taken with Spinky-Spank given my custom title and all ;)
@Dee - for a lot of people, if the family name dies out with an only daughter, then the double barrell keeps the surname alive. Like when my nan goes there will be no more of her line left :( Sometimes people just wants to show off though and have a db name because they think it makes them look posh. Other times the woman may have an established career and not want to change names and lose the recognition. I'd just keep my maiden name, but some want it ALL!!
I kept my surname and db'd in respect for my Dad, who died. No other reason :-)
I never said it was a bad thing, just curious as to why some people have them :)
Anyway, back on topic, just had another random person add me. We have 4 mutual friends, but Ive no idea who she is! Whats the point? :huh:
I kept my surname and db'd in respect for my Dad, who died. No other reason :-)
Funnily enough as I read through this thread, I thought the exact same thing for the future :)
Oh and I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, mainly old workfriends, people I went to Uni with, then people I went to Uni with for my Masters etc. I'm rubbish at keeping in touch with people so anything that can help just a tiny bit is handy for me :D
I only add people I know so not fussed about the information those people can see. I don't tend to add many photos though due to laziness more than anything :p
Reason #1 is Scrabble.
Reason #2 is to look at photos of hot girls.
Reason #2 is to look at photos of hot girls.
But you're not on my friends list? ;)
I use it mainly for stalking purposes and checking whether ex-girlfriends are looking better or worse.
And perving over my friends photos :p
mea culpa :o
She is rather hot though....
I dont mind ex boyfs seeing how foxy I am (;)), but they'll never find me, Ive blocked them from seeing me
mea culpa :o
She is rather hot though....
Yeah and she knows it too :p
What is this FaceBook thingy? ;)
Richard Slater
28-04-2008, 22:07
Erm... socializing for the lazy, lets me keep in vague contact with most of my university friends.
Chuckles
28-04-2008, 22:39
And perving over my friends photos :p
But she's such a hottie :evil::shocked:
MarcLister
28-04-2008, 23:09
Mate of mine signed up so I did. Hardly use it but got a few friends on Facebook.
mea culpa :o
I always thought Mia Culpa would be a good name for a pornstar.
Facebook actually really gets on my nerves, but it sadly fulfils a lot of secret vices I have; namely spying on people, talking about myself and looking at pictures of my friends being stupid and drunk. Whilst I enjoy it, if there was another way I could keep in touch with my friends up and down the country (literally every person I care to keep in contact with is on Facebook) this easily, I would probably use it.
I dislike Mark Zuckerberg and his following of sycophants, I hate the stupid apps and I hate Facebook's pride in its poor-quality photo-sharing app. I also dislike the fact that someone who's heard my name thinks that we're now Facebook friends. I had a request from a girl whose boyfriend made my life a living hell in High School. I've had them from countless people who I would cross the street to avoid (as a result of their actions, and my inherent fear of potential altercations with these people!). The best one I got was from a girl who works here - I'm not a huge fan of hers and she doesn't like me. I don't talk to her that often and we're not in the same "circle", so when she added me as a friend I rejected. She then got all weepy and asked one of my friends why I didn't accept - I mean, pathetic really!
The thing I hate most about it is that I have to experience every night out about 4 times. My mates from work will go out (I'm not a huge fan of socialising with people from the current place I work as a lot of them are dicks!) and take about a billion photos, put them on Facebook, I'll invariably peruse them to see what they got up to, then they'll send me links to these photos, then they'll spend the time until the next social going on about all the hilarious photos! Damn you, Facebook!!
(haha, can you tell I'm working a notice period?!)
Snuggle Ferret
29-04-2008, 12:45
Yeah and she knows it too :p
He wasn't perving over who I think he was perving over was he?
HEY YOU GUYS!!!
I is going to get flamed on FB!!! It was Kitten who said the 'P' word in the first place!!! :p
Turns out pretentious snobby ex-schoolfriend has come through.. I'm seeing her on sat... I'll get my pretentious kit ready... lol
*shakes fist round the room*
Grrrr!
BB x
He wasn't perving over who I think he was perving over was he?
"Hello Kitty - The Porn Range"
(haha, can you tell I'm working a notice period?!)
I suspected some kind of period.
I suspected some kind of period.
how juvenile. I expected less of you.
Snuggle Ferret
29-04-2008, 16:50
"Hello Kitty - The Porn Range"
Oh Dear .. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
I'm nosey and like to see what my friend's are up to. I've removed most of the applications as I just find them irritating. Furthermore, like you Betty, I've lived around the place a bit and find it useful to keep in touch with people. Additionally uni friends did not all come from London so it's a helpful way of keeping in touch with them. Even if I don't chat with them all the time I can see what they're up to and think **** that would be cool to do, let's get in touch and so on...
It's purely a curiosity thing, but also a place I can share what's happening in my life. I much prefer to keep in touch with people on the phone and by text or even in person but sometimes it's just not possible to do that.
My reasons aren't much more complicated than that really. Probably laziness on my part a little too...
Though it's good for sharing pictures and holidays, events with people too. As well as organising parties etc...
This sums it up pretty well for me too.
SidewinderINC
29-04-2008, 20:30
To share things (photos, updates, news etc.) easily with my close friends / new friends
If you don't cut it as a new friend and get to be a close friend then *BAM* you're removed :p
At least half the people that add me as friends get denied/ignored as they're not friends just people I know and I have no interest in sharing things about my life with them
ROFL!!!! ;D specially the fist shaking bit, I can see you doing it.
I love you, Mei.
:D
lol!
BB x
Hmmm, some old mates have messaged me asking if I had a secret wedding ;D
Wonder if the DB surname provoked it? :evil:
The hell there is!!!! Its my surname, Ill have it how I want it!!!!
/stamps feets
It looks wrong the other way round anyways :p
It looks wrong the other way round anyways :p
Snuggle Ferret has hers with her hubbies surname tagged after her maiden name as she didn't want to end up being a duck curry ;D Didn't realise there was a "right" or "wrong" way to do it though :o
Well yeah, my surname should come first, but if it sounds stupid, whats the point? ;)
Wont matter anyway, my surname will be Wan. Danielle Wan :cool:
For the record, Leo has a double-barrelled surname
Does this mean you're gonna go for the triple? (fnar ;D )
So reaaaaally, I could go for the 5 ;D
Go for it :D ;D :D
My dad was adopted and I never had a middle name, can I be...
Danielle Elizabeth Seary Worrall-Gregory?
Please? :D
and can i point out just in case.... that when i have been referring to people as being pretentious, that is not because i think they are, but because of this thread i am using it as an alias for for a double barrelled name as in:
I didn't know x was pretentious = i didn;t know x was double barrelled!
Ok just don't get me into trouble aight?! ;)
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Blackstar
30-04-2008, 09:51
If i double barrelled my surname i think i'd cry every time i had to fill in a form :( SO LONG!
Snuggle Ferret
30-04-2008, 10:28
Snuggle Ferret has hers with her hubbies surname tagged after her maiden name as she didn't want to end up being a duck curry ;D Didn't realise there was a "right" or "wrong" way to do it though :o
Thanks for that Lovey :-) ROFL ...
Yes, Curry-Millard sounds so much better that Millard-Curry (hence the duck reference) :D
Awww thats cute :)
I went duck herding this time last week.
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Snuggle Ferret
30-04-2008, 11:21
LOL !!!! I'll tell Nik to hide next time - so advance warning please :D
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