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HelpRe: Don't call me Shirley...
in reply to a message by queenv
I keep remembering this girl I went to school with. Early 90s and the class was full of Ashley, Megan and Heathers... and along comes Loretta. Loretta? My name (Heidi) was not so common in a good way, but poor Loretta could never seem to get past her frumpy name.
I don't want to name some kid and have them end up with Loretta of the 90s predicament. Loretta is pretty in and of itself, but it just did NOT fit the times. It was past antique-chic and right into dusty.
SO, I guess your post makes me wonder if you are the majority (who still associates Shirley with relics) or if I am (who thinks it is a shiney old gem just waiting for a bit of polish)?
I don't want to name some kid and have them end up with Loretta of the 90s predicament. Loretta is pretty in and of itself, but it just did NOT fit the times. It was past antique-chic and right into dusty.
SO, I guess your post makes me wonder if you are the majority (who still associates Shirley with relics) or if I am (who thinks it is a shiney old gem just waiting for a bit of polish)?
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I am older (54) so the women who were named Shirley when it was at its peak in the 1930s were in their forties by the time I was a teenager. Most of them are dead now, I'm sure. But the name did stay in the top 100 through 1963, so there are still plenty of older women around named Shirley---older, but not dead yet. That's what makes me think I'm still in the majority. Shirley could well come to be seen as a shiney old gem by the majority, but, if that happens, I don't think it will be for another 30 to 40 years.
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