Another reason to legally change my first name.....

For those of you who do not know this, my real first name is Martha.....  And being that my mom decided to play a cruel joke on me at birth by giving me this name, I prefer to be called Marti because lets face it, I look like a Marti and not a Martha.  I will get to my theories as to why she named me Martha later. 

Now I am not bashing the name Martha, I just don't care for it as my name.  I grew up with Michelle, Jennifer, Melissa, and Stephanie being the common names.  I was picked on a lot because of my name therefore I'm a little bitter.

So, I am hanging at the doctor's office with my favorite youngest son that I call "Boogie" and because we have to wait I decide to play with my phone (which is what I tend to do when I am bored and can't pick on my husband, I also blame it on ADD).  There I am checking my Facebook account while we are waiting to be seen and what do you know I have a friend request.  "Who could this friend request be from?  Is it finally Brad Pitt wanting to be my friend", I think to myself.  And then I look at the photo of the requester and it is a very mature woman from Kansas.  The only person I know from Kansas is my age and she lives in Missouri.  I am puzzled by this request however, I do not respond.  And then I receive a message from this mature woman asking if I'm the same Martha that went to some school in Kansas with her.  Now....anyone that goes onto Facebook can see my profile photo and would know that I am not a more mature woman and that I have two kids and stud for a husband (at least he thinks so).  Being that I am nice and all I just politely sent her a message back stating, "No, I am from the East Coast".  Not what I really wanted to say but nonetheless it was not mean and it would have made Puffin proud.

Now for my theories as to why my mother named me Martha:
Theory #1:  She really wanted a boy
Theory #2:  She was drinking at the time she gave birth to me (it was the 70s after all)
Theory #3:  She wanted me to be a nun

Now, my mom swears she named me after Miss July 1973......  I still find that questionable however, after recruiting Puffin to do the research it turned out that Miss July 1973 was a Martha Smith.  Really, why couldn't she have named me after  Miss November 1973, Monica Tidwell...  I look more like a Monica.  Thanks a lot mom.  I still want to change my name....  I'm considering Monica.