I go by my middle name for the same reason, and it’s been annoying enough I refused to take my husband’s name when we got married because all I could think of was “not this shit again”.

I go by my middle name for no reason besides that my first name is Mary, a family name that (as semi-good Catholics) my mom felt pressured to name me but she liked my middle name more. Instead of just giving me Mary as a middle name she decided it “sounded better” to put Mary first and then just ignore the fact that…

I asked my friend who was in Antarctica at one of the research bases and she confirmed that the people there do ALL THE FUCKING ALL THE TIME.

This was no secret. He tells it even way better than I ever could.

Indian wedding girl here... we weren’t married at the time, but since I never asked what he did to that poor bathroom we now are.