Do you/have you ignore(d) your name when you hear someone calling out to you?

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When I moved to Perth from Tasmania, I was at the train Station and someone started shouting out my then nickname quite loudly.
I left Tassie because the home town people were real pricks to me and I wanted nothing to do with anyone from there.
I was virtually run out of town because I was constantly being beaten every time I went out for a drink.
So I never turned around, never acknowledged, kept walking.
I want nothing to do with my home town residents

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That’s a sad story.Why did they pick on you?

I’m often being caught out by thinking people are talking to me but they are just on their phone. :grinning:

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I was a pathetic alcoholic with no self esteem.
Bullies zero in on such people in the hopes of impressing fellow bullies.
Scum the lot of them.

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So you’ve never been tempted to go back and show off the new you? :grinning:

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I have often thought of going back, knocking on certain doors and blowing their heads off.
Decided that would only see me in prison. So no going back for me.

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That’s awful Bret. Alcoholism is an illness/addiction which some people are more susceptible to catching than others. Luckily, with the right mindset and possibly help, one can recover from it.

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I had a nickname based on my surname that I never really liked, so I discouraged the use of it when I got older. I never ignored it though. My friends from back then don’t use the nickname anymore and seem OK with that.

Thinking about it, a few of us had nicknames based on surnames back then but all of us still in touch use each other’s Christian names now.

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On a loosely related matter, when I was young and overconfident in my mathematical abilities, I tried to get into Cambridge. The letter of rejection was addressed to Mr Swidders (which is not entirely accurate spelling by a long stretch).

To this day, I tell others that I suspect that there is a Mr Swidders out there somewhere who received a letter of acceptance which was meant to be sent to me.

That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it :grimacing::grimacing::grimacing:

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I have a friend who was an alcoholic , he is a millionaire now due to inventions , incredibly bright guy but suffered from depression , I do not know if that goes away but he no longer drinks .

He was telling me that soon AI will be doing the inventions but he is in his late 60s so he caught the time when humans did .

Being a fish and nature fanatic he has a beach house which is unreal and you walk a block or so and what a lagoon with lots damselfish , anemones , etc but yes no home insurance as insurance for most part no longer cover beach front homes but he has so much money he could not care less .

Think his inventions were in aviation and health care and he has no degree in either but incredibly bright guy .

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Good for him, in many ways :+1::blush:

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That is quite a story, Bretwick. The win is yours because you summited a mountain of recovery.

As for replying to one’s name, anytime and anywhere, I hear, “Mom” my brain shifts into helper mode, responding as if I am going to have to help someone find a missing shoe or make them lunch. It’s not an easy moniker to deprogram :sweat_smile:.

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