<p>Years ago, I worked for a corporation where it was common practice to use people’s initials when writing a short note/memo. My boss’s initials were “GAG” and boy did he hate it when people put his initials on a memo.</p>
<p>When we were deciding on a middle name for my son, I strongly fought against one name my husband liked because my son’s initials would have been “MRS”. I won! I just kept picturing my son sitting in an office with a monogramed shirt with MRS on it.</p>
<p>On a lighter note, my sister’s college is “PU” and I graduated from “FU” where I got my Bachelor of Science and MBA. I always wanted a tee shirt that says, “I BSed at FU!”</p>
<p>^^^ Many moons ago I worked in a job where we had to initial everything that came across our desks. As someone else had the same ist and last initials as me I used to scrawl FMcK (McK was the beginning of my name back then). Then my boss asked me to stop doing it because my scrawly M looked like a u.</p>
<p>My sister was about to name her son with two family names and a last name that added up to the initials KGB. Youngest sister pointed that out, and the parents reversed the first and middle names.</p>
<p>One particular midwestern college assigns temporary student IDs and cards that the kids can pass around during O week. The ID is a combination of letters of your last name, first name and middle initial. Someone from this forum shared with me that their D (Greek) wound up with the ID PAPADONG (first name Donna). She frantically went to the college office to request a change, and was informed that they don’t make changes. She showed them the card. It was immediately changed.</p>
<p>My mom loved the name Paul, but our last name began with a P. My mom, the pediatric nurse that she was, knew better than to do that to her child!</p>
<p>S1’s initial form a mis-spelling of his actual first name. Mine spell the field that everyone thought I’d go into. Best friend in junior high’s name was Sara and she hated it. Her initials spelled SAM, though – so that’s what she went by.</p>
<p>We did make sure there were no unfortunate words or nicknames possible when we decided on baby names.</p>
<p>Years ago a corporation I worked for had a party where all of the branches got together for meeting, greeting, drinking, and dinner. Sort of like an episode of The Office with the different branches getting to know one another. Everyone was asked to bring any dish they wanted, so long as it reflected their initials. So Tom S. brought top sirloin, Dena F. brought a delicate fish, Sam M. brought sauteed mushrooms, etc.</p>
<p>There was a bit of confusion because both Marshall B. (milkbones) and Dennis B. (dogbones) brought the same item.</p>
<p>As the evening progressed everyone had matched each guest with each food item, except for Brian M., who it seemed hadn’t brought anything. Finally, late in the evening, in a “you had to be there” moment, Brian produced a tray of plastic novelty items. It was pretty funny.</p>
<p>My brother-in-law goes by his first two initials because his names are long and complicated. Unfortunately, those initials are BJ. Needless to say, he has became “Beej”, like Capt BJ Hunnicutt on MASH.</p>
<p>Okay…that’s my 5th thread update in the wee hours. I think my bout of insomnia is over…going back to bed.</p>
<p>My initials are the abbreviation for a month; confused people when my initials were put on a memo - they thought it was a due date! Getting married didn’t help - my married name has the same first initial as my maiden name. Worked out great for monogrammed items (or would have if I had had any monogrammed items!).</p>
<p>Another coworker had initials OY - took me a while to realize that it wasn’t an editorial comment!</p>
<p>My mom had the initials of our first names monogramed on the napkins for our wedding. The scrolled lettering VD just didnt lend the celebration the air of class she was after.</p>