Sindikudziwa Ngati Ndikufuna Kutenga Dzina La Mwamuna Wanga

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M'miyezi itatu yokha, I-Liz Hohenadel-atha kutha.

Izo zikumveka ngati chiyambi cha wotsatira wachinyamata dystopian thriller, koma ine ndikungochita chidwi pang'ono. Miyezi itatu sichisonyeza mliri wa vampire kapena kuyamba kwa Masewera a Njala, koma chochitika chofanana kwambiri: ukwati wanga. Pambuyo pake ndidzakakamizika kupanga chisankho chachikulu chomwe chingapangitse kuti ndisadziwike, monga momwe ndadziwira pakadali pano, kutha. My conundrum: Kodi ndiyenera kusunga dzina langa la namwali, Hohenadel? Kapena nditenge dzina la mwamuna wanga, Scott? (Pali njira yachitatu yopusitsira, koma sizinakhalepo pompano kwa ife-Hohenadel ndimalirime momwe zilili!)

Kotero apa pali vuto langa. Nditakalamba munyengo ya "Girl Power" chapakati pazaka za m'ma 90s, nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti ndisunga dzina langa lomaliza-mwaumwini komanso mwaukadaulo-nditakwatirana. Chifukwa chiyani sindinatero? Ndine wokonda zachikazi, pambuyo pa zonse. Ndapereka ku Planned Parenthood. Ndidavotera Hillary Clinton. Ndinawerenga (zambiri) Dalirani! Ndikadatha bwanji kutenga dzina la mwamuna wanga ndikudzigwirizanitsa ndi mwambo wozama kwambiri mu umwini wa makolo akale?

Koma, nthawi zina, ndimadziyimira ndekha ndikuganiza: sindingathe bwanji?

Pa pepala ndi zoonekeratu. Pazifukwa zachikazi pambali, lingaliro lokhala ndi dzina langa la namwali limawoneka ngati losavuta. Ndamva kuti maofesi osinthidwa mwalamulo ndiopweteka kwambiri. Ndidakhala ndi chiphaso choyendetsa chomwe chidatha kwa pafupifupi chaka chimodzi chifukwa ndinali waulesi kuti ndisavutike kuyipanganso, chifukwa chake sindikudziwa ngati ndili ndi mphamvu kuti ndithane ndi zolemba zonsezo ndi red tape. Kuphatikiza apo, zonse zomwe ndachita mpaka pano ndikupeza digiri yanga, kuyambira pantchito yanga, ndikusayina pangano kunyumba yanga yoyamba-zonse zachitika ngati Hohenadel. Ndipo, koposa zonse, m'mawu a Marlo Stanfield wamkulu, wowopsa ngakhale wongopeka wazakumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo ochokera ku HBO's Waya: "Dzina langa ndi dzina langa!" Ndikutanthauza, inde, akunena za zovuta za masewera osokoneza bongo a Baltimore pomwe ndikuganiza mozama posintha chogwirira changa cha Twitter (oh shit, ndiyenera kusintha chogwirira changa cha Twitter!), Koma ndafika kumene akuchokera ; umunthu wathu wokutidwa nawo mayina athu ndikusintha kwanga kumadzimva ngati ndikudzipereka ndekha. Zachidziwikire, kukhala ndi dzina loti Scott kungakhale kosavuta kutanthauzira (komanso mosangalatsa bwanji kutumphuka kwapamwamba Kodi Elizabeth Scott akumveka?) koma kodi ndiyenera kutaya dzina langa kuti ndikhale ndi adilesi yaifupi ya Gmail? Zokayikitsa.

Ndinaganiza kuti ndapanga chisankho. Kenako ndinawona mbaleyo.

Khrisimasi yatha, msuweni wanga wokwatiwa ndi mkazi wake anafika kunyumba kwathu atanyamula chakudya chamadzulo cha banja, saladi ya quinoa mu mbale yayikulu yoyera yokhala ndi mawu oti "The Hohenadels" mofiira monyezimira. Ndipo ngakhale sindinakhalepo ndi cholembedwa m'moyo wanga wonse, kuwona kwa omwe adagawana nawo-olimba mtima, owonekeratu kuti "ndife banja" adandikhudza. Ndinkafuna chomwe mbaleyo imayimira: mapiri, mapikisiki, ana, banja.

Mfundo yoti sindinasiye kuganizira za mbaleyo inandidabwitsa kwambiri. Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza zosintha bizinesi yonse potengera zomwe zatayika, osati zomwe zingapezeke. Kutenga dzina la amuna anu kumatanthauza kudzipereka nokha, kukhala mayi wa ena (kunjenjemera) Koma mbale ija idawulula njira ina yoyang'ana mayina; osati monga "ake" ndi "ake" kapena "anga" ndi "anu" koma ngati "athu," monga dzina labanja.

Ndikudziwa kuti mbale ndi mbale ndipo dzina logawidwa silimatsimikizira kukhala ndi banja losangalala, koma ndimakonda mgwirizano womwe umayimira. Ndipo ndikaganizira zifukwa zanga zokwatirana, chimodzi mwazinthu zazikuluzikulu ndichakuti ndikukhala ogwirizana. Mikangano yambiri yokhudzana ndi chisankhochi imachokera m'malingaliro a munthu payekha, komabe, mfundo yonse yaukwati ndi yakuti sizochitika payekha. Kaya ndimakonda kapena ayi, kukwatiwa ndi wina kumasintha mbiri yanu. Sindidzakhalanso wosewera ndekha. Ukwati ndi masewera amtimu. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndingafune kuti gulu langa likhale ndi dzina lomwelo.

Nkhaniyi idawonekera koyamba pa Kusambira ndipo inasindikizidwanso pano ndi chilolezo.

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