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Re:Having an alter ego can reduce anxiety, benefit confidenc... by e40 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @05:30PM (#24204582)
It's a thing that some people like different names for work and personal life. I knew a guy like that and it was jarring being around him at home.

My take: he had worked with such cretins before, I think he didn't really want to associate his favorite name with them.

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Re:Having an alter ego can reduce anxiety, benefit confidenc... by CarbyAu on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:52PM (#24206065)
I am similar. At Uni I had a gregarious circle of friends and got a nickname that "everyone" used including my now wife.

Out of Uni, in the workplace I am legal-name - no more, no less. I don't want work bullshit to taint what I associate with friends and good times.

In further adult life, you get my legal-name until I know you well enough that we're social and you overhear my nickname.

It also means legal-name is more disciplined, whereas nickname is not...

My wife knows when to use which one. :-P

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