How did you come up with your username?

Della said:
What a cool headed little guy you were, Beezer!

We should all use our childhood nicknames. I got my family nickname because my older brother watched "cops and robbers" shows all the time and then acted them out with me as one of the characters. My dad heard him calling me "Punk." He thought it was a funny name for a fluffy little girly-girl and I remained Punk or Punkie forever.
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If I used my childhood nickname, given to me by my uncle, it would be "Dugout Doug". :(

Instead I'm Doug and I was in the cruise industry so "Sea".
 
When l joined Senior Forums over eight years ago the name Olivia attracted me and l still like it
and use it. When l asked my dad and mom why they gave me my birth name, they said they didn't know.
So the way l figure it, someone dropped me off in front of the hospital doors with a name tag
attached to me. My parents would never admit it. lf l didn't look exactly like my mom, l would have my doubts..
 

When l joined Senior Forums over eight years ago the name Olivia attracted me and l still like it
and use it. When l asked my dad and mom why they gave me my birth name, they said thry didn't know.
So the way l figure it, someone dropped me off in front of the hospital doors with a name tag
attached to me. My parents would never admit it. lf l didn't look exactly like my mom. l'd have my doubts.
 
My screen name was Jazzy147 on another forum almost two decades ago, so I liked your screen name immediately. :) Here's why I chose OneEyedDiva:
During glaucoma surgery, one eye at a time, my doctor surprised me by correcting my nearsightedness and astigmatism so that I could see 20/20. The surgeries were approximately a year apart. After the first one my brain couldn't process the major differences in vision of each eye. I tried removing the right lens of my glasses...didn't work. Since I had to start putting so many drops in my eyes, contacts weren't an option. Finally I substituted brown construction paper for the right eyeglass lens. My frames were tortoise shell colored..

My husband and I went to the mall one day and I could tell people were looking at me strangely as they approached. If I was younger I would've been mortified, but I thought it was kind of funny because I imagined that from a distance it probably looked like I only had one eye since the glasses frame and construction paper were similar to the color of my skin. Fancying myself a music diva, I chose the name OneEyedDiva.
 
Growing up and into middle adulthood, in my family's eyes I was Never Good Enuff. Even though I was the only one who had a good job/career, never asked for help, managed on my own. No matter how hard I tried. One day I read a book about trying so hard and failing and I realized it wasn't my fault, it was their perceptions and jealousy. So now I am Good Enuff.

Lol, if I used my childhood nickname, it would be Cyclone Annie. Very appropriate.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
My screen name was Jazzy147 on another forum almost two decades ago, so I liked your screen name immediately. :) Here's why I chose OneEyedDiva:
During glaucoma surgery, one eye at a time, my doctor surprised me by correcting my nearsightedness and astigmatism so that I could see 20/20. The surgeries were approximately a year apart. After the first one my brain couldn't process the major differences in vision of each eye. I tried removing the right lens of my glasses...didn't work. Since I had to start putting so many drops in my eyes, contacts weren't an option. Finally I substituted brown construction paper for the right eyeglass lens. My frames were tortoise shell colored..

My husband and I went to the mall one day and I could tell people were looking at me strangely as they approached. If I was younger I would've been mortified, but I thought it was kind of funny because I imagined that from a distance it probably looked like I only had one eye since the glasses frame and construction paper were similar to the color of my skin. Fancying myself a music diva, I chose the name OneEyedDiva.
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Can you see out of both eyes, Diva? I always assumed you were blind in one eye...
 
When I decide to sign up for a site, I’m always empty headed when they surprise me by asking for a user name. That day here I was reminiscing about my DD’s childhood art of me wearing ‘jules’. I thought that would be a good name because it was obviously a ladies’ name. Don’t know how many men I’ve run across since then whose name is Jules.

I’m just lucky I didn’t think of her nudie drawing of the family. Most of us were stick people; it still was very obvious which one was dad.
 
StarSong said:
Can you see out of both eyes, Diva? I always assumed you were blind in one eye...
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Yes, I can see out of both eyes. The amazing thing is that I have a blind spot at the bottom of each eye. If I cover one eye at a time, it's noticeable, but not with both eyes open. In fact, that's how I discovered the first one back in 1989. After my surgeries I didn't have to wear glasses for several years. I'm wearing them again but so thankful that I still have my vision.
 
My name here was given to me by a family member's wife, when I was a child. She could not pronounce my name, and I (and others) could not pronounce hers. She was Japanese and married into a first-generation Italian family during the Korean War. Someone gave her an American name that resembled her Japanese name. She called me Kika. She passed away a few years ago. This was my way of honoring her. She was a special person to me.
 
Jules said:
When I decide to sign up for a site, I’m always empty headed when they surprise me by asking for a user name. That day here I was reminiscing about my DD’s childhood art of me wearing ‘jules’. I thought that would be a good name because it was obviously a ladies’ name. Don’t know how many men I’ve run across since then whose name is Jules.

I’m just lucky I didn’t think of her nudie drawing of the family. Most of us were stick people; it still was very obvious which one was dad.
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When you first came here, I figured you were male because all the "Jules" I've known have been men. Jules being a shortened version of Julius.
 
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