The name on my birth certificate reads Claude Raymond Barnett. I absolutely hate the name Claude. How could my parents have cursed me like that? As soon as I’m legal, I’m changing it to Charles or Carl or Casey. Then I won’t have to alter my initials. It doesn’t matter what name I use, as long as it isn’t Claude.
I shouldn’t be so uptight about it. Nobody, outside of my home, calls me Claude anyway. It all depends on how you look at things to figure out if I’m lucky or unlucky about that. Y