Is it all in a name?
Match.com is a fairly anonymous place. Some people include their first or last name in their screen name, but it’s not common.
I recently received a wink from hrad—. His profile was interesting so I sent him an e-mail. Turns out … much to my dismay … the “h” stands for Herb.
Before you go accusing me of having something against the Herbs of the world, let me say … my dad’s name is Herb.
My dad is a lovely man and a great dad, but … Herb? It’s not like Bob or Mike … I don’t really know any other Herb’s and I’m not sure I’m ready to date one.
After several days of waffling I got over it enough to return Match-Herb’s e-mail. He replied with his phone number (typical for guys who don’t like to type). It took a few more days and LOTS of friendly goading from my neighbor to call him.
He seems nice and we had a fairly good conversation, but honestly, I can’t stop laughing every time I think about H-E-R-B. Sending him e-mails … dialing his number … writing this post. I start to giggle and eventually I’m hysterically laughing … the kind of laughing that make you feel a little silly if you’re doing it all by yourself.
Of course, if I could limit the laughing to when I’m alone, it might be ok, but I’m thinking the giggles may become uncontrollable if Match-Herb and I go on a date. And I’m pretty sure I AM NOT going to be able to kiss him.
Yeah, I think this one might be doomed from the start.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
No. Just…no. Amber and Herb? Oy vey.
September 15th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
No offense to your dad, but nobody has named their child Herb in the last 50 years. I looked it up on the Social Security website and it states that the name Herb is “not in the top 1,000 names for any year of birth in the past 40 years.”
It’s nobody’s fault, really. Burger King (and some awful ad agency) ruined the name “Herb” in the 80s. Period.
And then there is the whole issue of whether you should call him “HER-b” or “ERR-b”. I mean, come on, even Martha Stewart waffles between the two.