What's in a name?

I was in the car on Thursday and the person in front of me had a vanity license plate that said, DALES (and of course it was a Camaro). I thought to myself, would I have married my husband if his name was Dale (or drove a Camaro - but that's a different blog)? Actually, I need to go back further; would I have given him the time of day and dated him if his name was Dale??? I know it sounds shallow and petty, but there are just some names that conjure up certain images and no matter how different that person is from the image in your head, you can't shake it. Dale, Randy, Dwight, Dwayne, Cletus, they all fall in that category. I think this goes for girl's names too. I can't image that Mitch would have ever dated a Crystal, Chastity, or Destiny.

Have you ever noticed that 90% of the time a boy has a girl's name they end up being one of the coolest people you know and good looking to boot? It takes parent's some balls to name their boy Courtney, Shannon, or Whitney. I think God kicks it up a notch for these guys in the aesthetics department just to help them out on the school yard. Also, I think they guys themselves go about life knowing they have to be a little cooler, funnier, and hotter to pull off the name.

Normal names can cause problems too. If you were beat up on the playground by an Angela, there is no chance to that you will instantly like an Angela in the future. Good news for me, my arch rival in elementary school's name was Jaibate. I didn't meet another one after that...