Guess who I met recently!
By Fleur
@Fleura (30541)
United Kingdom
November 27, 2024 2:22am CST
Well OK, I don’t expect you will…
I was invited to a party by a friend. This is a woman I have been getting together with to play music; we haven’t known each other long and don’t have any other friends in common and I hadn’t met any of her family before except her elderly mother.
So at the party I was making an effort to mingle and chat to various people, and one was a vivacious young woman who I had a really interesting conversation with. She was actually my new friend’s grown up step daughter, and you will never guess what her name was….
Cinderella!
Yes really! I guess that makes my friend the evil step mother 
Of course when her parents chose her name they weren't anticipating that she would have a step-mother.
Of course when her parents chose her name they weren't anticipating that she would have a step-mother.12 people like this
11 responses
@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
27 Nov
Currently I (attempt to) play the recorder. I got a tenor when Big One was little and playing the descant - the fingering is the same but an octave apart so I figured we could learn alongside each other but playing together would be a bit more interesting and less 'squeaky' than two descants.
When we start thinking about it it's quite surprising what a collection of instruments we have in the house!
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@Kandae11 (55175)
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27 Nov
When a chlid is born the parents have high hopes for that child. They want him or her to turn out better than they did and have all the advantages they may not have had. So somtimes the names they choose reflect something that may have had a good lasting impression on them when they were growing up - like a fairytale. Some parents give their children names like Princess or Prince or name them after famous athletes or singers or movie stars.
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@anya12adwi (9943)
• India
27 Nov
Then her step sisters must be also evil along with your friend!! Hope they are not torturing her! 2 people like this
@LindaOHio (182031)
• United States
28 Nov
I've never met anyone named Cinderella! Have a good day. What instrument do you play?
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@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
2 Dec
@LindaOHio Do you mean you hadn't heard of a tenor recorder?
Recorders come in quite a variety of shapes and sizes, these are some of the ones that were played at a concert back in the summer.
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@LindaOHio (182031)
• United States
29 Nov
@Fleura Interesting. I've never heard of that before.
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@allknowing (137928)
• India
27 Nov
We can only associate Cinderella with that fairy tale I guess. Wonder if she actually likes her name.
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@wolfgirl569 (108325)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Nov
That is too funny. Hope your friend isn't too evil 
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@RasmaSandra (80884)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Nov
This is the frist time I every heard of anyone with the name Cinderella,
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@aureategloom (11043)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
27 Nov
but still - why name your child like that. i just imagine how funny it would sound in Bosnian - Pepeljuga
that name is often used when the woman feels overwhelmed with house tasks and she says "i'm working like Pepeljuga/Cinderella".
that name is often used when the woman feels overwhelmed with house tasks and she says "i'm working like Pepeljuga/Cinderella". 1 person likes this
