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Reality?
"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire." -Charles Bukowski
"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire." -Charles Bukowski
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Yeah, I've told the story here a couple of times and figured everyone would remember it. I met a woman who had gotten pregnant and wasn't going to be getting any emotional support from the father. She told me that she named the baby Reality because the reality of her situation didn't hit her until the baby was born and she saw her.
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You know, I don't hate the sound of it. It could work.
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When I first posted about it, and this was several years ago, I said that I actually liked the sound of Reality. I had a problem with the meaning, though. The word "reality" has a neutral meaning generally, like the word "destiny". However, "destiny" is a more high-minded concept than "reality", which I think makes it more suitable as a name. And then, the reason that this particular girl was given the name Reality gives the word "reality", in this case, a negative meaning. But sound-wise, yes, it's kind of pretty. As I recall, not surprisingly, the responses were all negative.
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