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I've always liked Theresa (and that's my preferred spelling - for some reason, I don't think it looks right without the H). My great-grandma was named Theresa, and consequently one of my dad's cousins is Mary Theresa. So it's something of a family name on that side.

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My mom, on the other hand, doesn't really like it due to her childhood. See, her name is Terri - just Terri, not short for anything. She was also something of a rebel as a kid, didn't take crap from people. If a teacher thought she was getting "smart" with them, they'd say, "Theresa [lastname], cut it out." She'd tell them Theresa was not her name, and she'd just further be accused of being a smart-Alec because how dare you correct a teacher in the 60s and 70s about what your name is. So I guess it's understandable why she doesn't like it.

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