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Yeah, it's not great. Amberleigh is ehhhh too. I know an Amberleigh, we were nearly friends but she's very...social climby and backstabby... and I remember meeting her as "Amber" and then her turning to me and saying everyone calls her Amber but actually her name is Amberleigh... in this weirdly dramatic way with some bit like Amberleigh is so much rarer and prettier and princess-ier than Amber, but she goes by Amber so us mere mortals aren't jealous of her super-unique super-wonderful name. Seriously. I remember looking at her like :| , thinking that... I don't like Amber, and I don't viscerally hate Amberleigh, but of the two names I'd pick Amber 100% of the time. And if my name were Amberleigh, I'd go by Amber and just not tell people my full name was Amberleigh.

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Anyway.

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Yeah, it's not great.

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It also sounds like it should be a publishing company. Like HarperCollins. HarperLeigh. Which isn't a bad thing, necessarily, it just...sounds like a business?

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Also, just my (UK) opinion, but gender reveals can go bugger off already. If I ever have a kid, I fully plan to not know what I get until he/she comes into this world, it'll be a fun surprise. And if I don't want to know, it sure isn't anyone else's business. I just find the whole thing weird. It might be a cultural thing, my family has always been very private and understated about pregnancy until the baby is actually here (I know a lot of other cultures are like that too), but the whole thing is weird to me. I don't get baby showers, and gender reveals are like... baby showers extra?

This message was edited 5/23/2021, 10:47 AM