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25 January 2008
Embarassing Confession Friday #2 - oddest first name of someone you've kissed.
We have a dude named Hans working at the store. he has a totally bald crown and grey hair stretching past his shoulders in the back (aka a 'skullet') and oddly his accent is English not German. Nice guy, though. Just the other day he was telling me about ugli fruit and how tasty it is.
I never et. al.-ed with any of the gentlemen in quesion. I wonder if the names had something to do with it. Roscoe and Flea, never woulda happened. Phen was all in or all out, so I didn't go there. I mighta slept with ol' Chip. Yes, he was a Chip through and through. Preppy. He had a girlfriend. named, believe it or not, Anne-Lise.
Forrest or Willy, not sure which one is more unusual nowadays.
I used to collect odd names when I worked as an international admissions counselor for a big ten school. My two favorites were Suparman (no last name, which is not uncommon for an Indonesian) and Chun-Kee Wang (I think the spelling was slightly different, and I spoke to him about potentially wanting to take a nickname while in college).
Oh, I'm getting old & senile enough that I forgot Hollis, an older lesbian friend who for some reason wanted to try making out with me (a guy). Years later she and her girlfriend at the time make a serious sexual proposition to my girlfriend.
A third weird thing about Hollis is that several more years after the second event my girlfriend (same one) saw Hollis's driver's license when she was buying something at the store my GF worked for. Hollis had been lying to everyone about her age for years – she was ten years older than she claimed but was able to pull it off.
Hollis, what a freak. I wish I knew what happened to her.
Quimi. Short for Joaquim. He broke my heart, but we would have never worked out in the long run anyway. He's one of the few exes I'd be willing to be friends with again (we're facebook friends) but he's so damn busy we don't really keep in touch.
OMG, I forgot one of mine til just now. Laith. (Middle eastern name.) As in rhymes with Faith.
True story (well, so I was told): Laith is at a bar with his friend. They meet a gal, introductions all around. Laith says, "I'm Laith, like Faith with an L." Gal (quizzical look): "Faithal?"
Oops. I made OUT with a dude named Flavio. I did not "make" with him. I don't know what that means, but it sounds infinitely dirtier than making out. Jesus.
If a sisterly kiss on the cheek counts, my brother's name is Aragorn.
Other than that, all pretty run of the mill names. I went through a run of guys named Chris in my late teens and early 20s, which is odd if only for how many there were in a row. (it became a joke among my friends that I would only get involved with guys named Chris because I couldn't be bothered to learn any new names). One Alexi, but everyone called him Alex.
For what it's worth, my first "serious" boyfriend had the initial MSB. And my current husband (hands down my favorite guy ever) also has the initials MSB. Kismet.
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