When I was born, I was a bald baby...well, I had super light peach fuzz. I was one of those babies where it was kind of difficult to tell if I was a boy or a girl and adding insult to injury, I had and still have what is known as a boys name. My mom tried, she gave me a super girly middle name, dressed me up in pink and purple and had me sport a "necklace" (her anklet). Try as she might, people would approach her and say "what a beautiful baby boy, what's his name?" My mom would say "HER name is Evan Elizabeth." "He is so cute." Mom, held tit. Eventually the golden locks started to grow in and I started to really look like a girl, instead of an androgynous baby. I also sometimes had the propensity to run around the beach naked and since I had and still have a vagina, it was pretty clear I was and still am a girl.
A little less than four years later my brother (Ren) was born. Unlike me, he was born with a head of hair and people would say "what a beautiful baby girl, what is his name?" And my mom would say "HIS name is Ren Alexander" response from person, "She is adorable." In these people's defense, what the fuck kind of a name is Ren anyway? I mean really, Ren is a misspelled bird, but does anyone know what a wren looks like? I don't and my parents probably didn't. OK, that's not true, they are pretty smart and probably did know that the wren bird (below) looked nothing like their child.
However, no matter what my parents say, I still think my brother was named after Kevin Bacon's character in Footloose. Ren was born in 1984 the same year Footloose came out, coincidence, I think not! Ren doesn't look like Kevin Bacon at all either...
However, no matter what my parents say, I still think my brother was named after Kevin Bacon's character in Footloose. Ren was born in 1984 the same year Footloose came out, coincidence, I think not! Ren doesn't look like Kevin Bacon at all either...
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