"DEAR ABBY: My longtime friend let's call her Cindy is six months pregnant and has started sharing name ideas with me. Cindy will hear a word she thinks sounds pretty and decide it will make a great name for her daughter, regardless of the meaning of the word. I had to beg her to stop considering Chlamydia as a name. She finally agreed after I repeatedly emphasized the bullying her daughter could receive over that name."
"I overhear conversations my parents have been having with my older siblings on the subject of dating, and I'm becoming increasingly frustrated that my experiences have been so different from theirs. I have never dated the same person twice, as three of my brothers have. I am considering coming out to a select circle of fellow students on my college campus."
A pregnant friend repeatedly selects names based on sound without regard for meaning, proposing Chlamydia, Cliche, Bidet and Chalet as potential baby names. A concerned friend objects to protect the child from bullying and ridicule, but family members encourage the choices and label the objections as hypercritical. An alternative list of Greek names — Kalista, Lydia, Olympia and Andromeda — is suggested, followed by advice to stop offering additional name ideas to avoid frustration. Separately, an individual has concealed being asexual for two years, feels alienated when comparing dating experiences with siblings, and considers cautiously coming out to select college peers while fearing parental reactions.
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