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These are all making me swoon with sweetness lately, although I used to dislike all of them. I thought they were too simple and a bit boring. But I've added all of them to my PNL recently.

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My favorite of all of these is Vera by far (Vee-ra or Veer-a, not Verra). It's so... I hate describing it as sweet, but it is so sweet. (I like nn Verusha quite a lot.) And my problem is that I can't think of any middle name that does it any justice at all. I only like it by itself. Every middle name feels like a horrible, filthy compromise, like an inadequate husband for your dearest daughter. I tried Vera Maria, Vera Alexandra, Vera Katarina, Vera Teresa. I even tried some fillers - Vera Elizabeth, Vera Marie, Vera Lynn. Nothing doing! Only Vera, Vera, Vera. Vera Esther? Vera Lenore?

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If anyone can give me something that won't make me cry out for darling Vera out of possessiveness, I'd be quite grateful. But I suppose I'd like general impressions and opinions of these three dears. (My cousin's name is Stella Josephine, isn't that wonderful?)