My maiden name is Kim Tracy. Sure, it’s cute when you notice that I have two first names! Because you are the first one.
You should call me Kim, ideally, not Tracy, because people generally call each other by their first names or at least add a “Miss” or a “Ms.” or even a “Mrs.” if they are calling each other by last names. And since we are not on a rugby team together, we don’t call each other by our last names and slap each other on the ass.
But I will answer to Tracy, especially on stage, because correcting you is just awkward. And it’s convenient to have so many names because chances are one of the names you call me will be one of my names.
(After a while I just gave up and got married and added another name to the end, because why not hold on to that dysfunctional part of my identity? Unfortunately, Michael Jackson named TWO of his children my new last name, therefore making it a third first name. I know.)
Hello, my fucking name is Kim.
