'My mum named me after her favourite fruit - when I introduce myself people think I'm lying'
ok.co.ukA woman with an unusual name has revealed that she hates introducing herself to strangers because they think she's lying.Taking to Reddit to discuss "embarrassing" monikers, she explained that her mum took inspiration from a common fruit - and she's even adopted a nickname to avoid awkward situations.
She wrote on the online forum: "My name is Apple. I only hate my name when I’m around strangers because they stare (for example: doctor's office) or when I introduce myself because people always think I’m lying.
In high school everyone started calling me Apps and I loved it." After hearing her daughter complain, the mum claimed that Apple is a popular name in her home country, Laos.
The daughter added: "I think it becomes strange since I was born the US so it got translated.The only other person I know named Apple is Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter." When someone commented that they didn't think the name was "that weird" and they wouldn't think she was lying if they met her, the woman replied: "I’m glad I wouldn’t have tried to convince you.
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