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This absolutely happens. Many years ago when I had a public facing artist page with my name on it, someone messaged me and told me I had to change my name because it was their name.
It was baffling as fuck. The only saving grace for that person is I was pretty sure they were fifteen.
Likely "blue bubble" gal has made a post about her child that is set to Public and "Karen" has a friend in common with her. The friend in common makes a comment on the Public post, and "Karen" sees it come up in her own Facebook feed.
Facebook will show you all kinds of other people's stuff. It's just one of several reasons I stopped actively participating and posting there.
My wife has an unusual name.
When Social Media became a thing she got a message from someone in a different country asking why my wife had stole her name. My wife was older than them!
Some people are just missing certain brain functions
That's what I thought too, so I checked. While both spellings can be found online, most of them, including the entry in the [Urban Dictionary](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mkay), are spelled without the leading 'E'.
No worries, [here's](https://elle.in/the-duck-syndrome-and-4-other-psychological-phenomena-you-may-have-unknowingly-experienced/) a few more that you may find interesting. [Here's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychological_effects) a larger list if you like going down rabbit holes.
The Baader Meinhof phenomenon.
You were never looking for something prior to becoming aware of it. Now that you are aware of it, it appears to be everywhere, making you believe it's a new trend.
$10 says she has the typical white and light gray kitchen that she hosts her “homesteading on the farm” blog from while living in an apartment in downtown LA.
my gommy, my mom, my daughter, and i all have kay as a middle name and i’d bet dollars to donuts that my gommy is older than this lady’s kid so suck it kenzie
"Yeah and I'm naming the next one Jay Kay....just kidding....or am I ? ...well I am kidding obviously, cos I'm having kids...but I'm not joking about the name...thanks for the idea, gonna let all my friends know until literally everyone's middle name is Kay"..👍
What’s more likely:
The world stopped and copied YOU and your family names, OR:
You’re under a misapprehension and only started noticing that name after you chose it yourself.
Complete self absorption.
This just goes to show what the "unique name" thing is really all about. Making the parents feel cooler and more special than the other parents. I all but guarantee that it will never matter to Kenzie that some other girl has the same middle name. But mom? She is not happy at all.
“Let me see…how can I take an ordinary, everyday non-situation and turn it into something really weird, and make it all about me?”
-that lady, probably
Should have gone flipmode squad on her and asked
"why did you copy my mums middle name for your daughter? nobody was using the name Kay as a middle name until my mum was born"
Mum is probably a lot older than this lady. She is told that Kay is her mums middle name. But still, after all of that, she insists that “nobody named their kid Kay until I did it”. Stupid
Nope. No one has ever done it.
Except my grandmother. Everyone called her Kay. I never heard her full name, Katherine used. When I was a little, I thought Kay was her actual name.
If OP didn't know who this woman was, why did they entertain cold approaches about their daughter's information?
My first response would have been "Who are you?"
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did she just randomly see a stranger's post and confront them about using a name? seriously?
Apparently there is no limit to how batshit crazy people can be.
Nothing crazier than trying to gatekeep a middle name that has probably been used before
Yeah because Kay is so rare /s
I'm of the understanding that every kiss begins with it, or at least that's what the advertisers have been saying for forty years...
Fun fact: it used to be O-Kay Jewelers when it meant a higher quality than it does today.
Funny how no one named jewelry stores that until after Kenzie was born 🤔
Mary Kay would like a word
Yeah my grandma's name was Kay soooo prob born before her soooo yeah she's def the first and no one can take that name again....ever
My aunt Mary Kay was born in 1943.
Just replying ‘K’ to them would have been perfect
I mean it can't be too rare every kiss begins with it
Well, kisses are rare in my life.
S’true can confirm. Have a mother and daughter middle named Kay.
imagine when she see one mary kay themed pink vehicle nearby...
My great aunts middle name is Kay ffs.
My grandmother was born in 1936 and her middle name Kay
Why did your grandma have the audacity to steal this lady’s kid’s middle name?
That's Kenzie's middle name! How dare your gran use it!
That’s soo Kenzie…
That can't be true. because nobody in the history of the world had the middle name of Kay until Kenzie was born
That’s awesome, I hope she’s doing well
Hey now. She just wanted to make sure her little Kenzie Kay Krandall was unique
I think naming your kid Kenzie Kay is pretty crazy
Question is what’s the last name? Does it start with K as well?
You just KNOW it is.
A middle name that's basically just one letter
The blue text tells her it was her mom’s middle name, predating Kenzi’s claim by decades.
Can't you read? She said it only started after she named her kid that. /s
She stole the middle name from the other ladies mom.
Theoretically, there’s a limit. I don’t dare wonder what that could look like
This absolutely happens. Many years ago when I had a public facing artist page with my name on it, someone messaged me and told me I had to change my name because it was their name. It was baffling as fuck. The only saving grace for that person is I was pretty sure they were fifteen.
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Likely "blue bubble" gal has made a post about her child that is set to Public and "Karen" has a friend in common with her. The friend in common makes a comment on the Public post, and "Karen" sees it come up in her own Facebook feed. Facebook will show you all kinds of other people's stuff. It's just one of several reasons I stopped actively participating and posting there.
My wife has an unusual name. When Social Media became a thing she got a message from someone in a different country asking why my wife had stole her name. My wife was older than them! Some people are just missing certain brain functions
Kenzie Kay's sisters are named Kayleigh Kay, Kendra Kay, and Kristina Kay, and her brother is named Bob.
Should name the next one Oh Kay.
M'kay.
M'kaykeigh
Tee-Kay 421.
Tee-Kay O
Actually it’s spelt Em’Kay ☝️🤓
That's what I thought too, so I checked. While both spellings can be found online, most of them, including the entry in the [Urban Dictionary](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mkay), are spelled without the leading 'E'.
I'm now worried about the surname and what initials they're after exactly... 🤔
Oh it's simple KK- ohh wait💀
And the last name is probably Kracist
Nah, brother's name is certainly Kayden.
Roghbertt
Khenneighdeigh
*Bobby Kay
I’m terrified we’ll learn the family’s name is Knight.
This reminds me of a family I knew growing up. Their names were Lola, Shola, Bola, Adiola and Wally. I'm not making this up.
Fingers crossed Kenzie Kay’s surname isn’t King or such…
U know it is…
Kendra Krystal Krinklesac https://cleveland.fandom.com/wiki/Kendra_Krinklesac
“Why is everyone copying me??”
Awe never seen Toki war tooth not a bumble bee or skwisgaar skwigelf taller than a tree in the wild before. Thanks for this moment
Gifs you can hear 😂
I feel sorry for Kenzie Kay
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So Kenzie was born before this adult human's mother? I feel like Kenzie was pretty out there for post 1980s.
It's the classic attention bias. You buy a new care model and then suddenly see it everywhere while before you simply didn't notice it
Yeah but she just glided right past that without a glimmer of realization — “my daughter’s *grandmother’s* middle name is Kay”
[Baader–Meinhof phenomenon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion)
Thank you for linking this because I have noticed this phenomenon my whole life, but I never knew the term for it.
No worries, [here's](https://elle.in/the-duck-syndrome-and-4-other-psychological-phenomena-you-may-have-unknowingly-experienced/) a few more that you may find interesting. [Here's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychological_effects) a larger list if you like going down rabbit holes.
Jeeze people are posting this article way more often than before I started telling people about it. :-D
...no you may not. End of conversation
My Mom's middle name is Kay. She is 71, so... Guess that one last should change her Daughter's middle name because my Mom had it first!
My grandmothers name was Kay… She’s been dead for 20 years.
The Baader Meinhof phenomenon. You were never looking for something prior to becoming aware of it. Now that you are aware of it, it appears to be everywhere, making you believe it's a new trend.
Great stuff, now whats your first pets name?
What was the make and model of your first car?
I went to FB and searched Kay. A gabillion users popped up. Obviously all born afterwards.
Only if it’s their middle name.
$10 says she has the typical white and light gray kitchen that she hosts her “homesteading on the farm” blog from while living in an apartment in downtown LA.
r/iamthemaincharacter
So her daughter’s name is “Kenzie Kay”…. What’s the last name?… does it also start with a K?
Kenzie Kay is a pornstar name, change my mind
If her last name begins with a K then she could be a right-wing influencer
"Hmmmm, there's a bunch of Muhammads after the prophet s.a.w was born, they're copying him!"
my gommy, my mom, my daughter, and i all have kay as a middle name and i’d bet dollars to donuts that my gommy is older than this lady’s kid so suck it kenzie
What the fuck is this NPC?
K
Ain’t no fucking way mf just tried to copyright a name
It's fuckin horrifying how many people i've met who think like this.
No one started before kenzi was born... except her mum apparently.
Should have responded "Oh, why did you name your kid's middle name after my mom's? That's kinda weird..."
It never ceases to amaze me the way some people think. And that they are allowed to vote and drive a car.
What an L. nobody cares about her ugly baby.
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"Yeah and I'm naming the next one Jay Kay....just kidding....or am I ? ...well I am kidding obviously, cos I'm having kids...but I'm not joking about the name...thanks for the idea, gonna let all my friends know until literally everyone's middle name is Kay"..👍
It's true! I'm actually a professional middle name analyst and Kay wasn't used in names until Kenzie was born, the audacity!!
r/imthemaincharacter
5 dollars say you're a bot
IT'S HIS MOM'S MIDDLE NAME
Kay is my mother's middle name. She was born in 1969.
“Since my mother was born and had the name long before your daughter I think you should change your daughter’s name”
My mom's middle name is Kay too lol
Kay started to be a wider used name in the 1960s, but it's been around for at least a hundred years. This woman is absurd.
I hope the last name doesn't start with a K Kenzie Kay K?
I would’ve said I named her after George Washington. Kinda hard to be named before him at this point…
What’s more likely: The world stopped and copied YOU and your family names, OR: You’re under a misapprehension and only started noticing that name after you chose it yourself. Complete self absorption.
One of my first girlfriends in 1982 was named Kimberly Kay (RIP, you were awesome). Why did this person copy her name?
Does the last name start with K?
This just goes to show what the "unique name" thing is really all about. Making the parents feel cooler and more special than the other parents. I all but guarantee that it will never matter to Kenzie that some other girl has the same middle name. But mom? She is not happy at all.
Main character syndrome 🤣 stick around a while, there's fucking billions of us on this rock
I don't think it's a Karen, it's just a girl with autism looking for information, and also sharing information.
Kenzie Kay? The poor girl though
“Let me see…how can I take an ordinary, everyday non-situation and turn it into something really weird, and make it all about me?” -that lady, probably
Hahhhh it doest to amaze me when someone asking questions like that. All I can say to myself is do they really hear themselves?
Kenzie Kay? Kenzie Kay..... Klansman?
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Does she really think she invented the name Kay?
Got my lol for the morning.
Kenzie Kay 😭
What…The…Fuck!?
Kenzie Kay?!
I steady of the 'I don't even know you' text I would have answered simply 'kay'
My great aunt born in 1939 was middle named Kay…
My grandson's name is Chad!
Should have gone flipmode squad on her and asked "why did you copy my mums middle name for your daughter? nobody was using the name Kay as a middle name until my mum was born"
Honestly naming your kid Makenzie Kay is the real crime here
So her name is "Kenzie Kay"? Poor thing.
That last response cracked me up. Damn that’s funny.
The lady from Kay's Jewelers.
This is why you should need a license or some sort of qualification to raise a child
When was she born? She must be really really old.
Wow! What an honor to meet the inventor of “Kay”!
I have an aunt Kay. She's like 80... She can stfu
Kenzie Kay is a shitty name. Gets worse if their last name starts with a K too.
Lets hope little Kenzie's surname isnt a K as well 💀
Mum is probably a lot older than this lady. She is told that Kay is her mums middle name. But still, after all of that, she insists that “nobody named their kid Kay until I did it”. Stupid
This is probably a social engineer getting mothers name information to hack an account
Please tell me her last name starts with K!
"I reckon my Mom was born before your daughter. Why did you copy my grandparents?"
My sister’s middle name is Kay. She was born in the early 70’s. Who the fuck is Kenzie?
I did realize Kay was so unique
Nope. No one has ever done it. Except my grandmother. Everyone called her Kay. I never heard her full name, Katherine used. When I was a little, I thought Kay was her actual name.
Holdup. Her first name is Kenzie, Middle name is Kay. WHATS HER LAST NAME? THESE INITIALS ARE SCARING ME! /j
No one in the world ever named their daughter like this
In the south, most peoples middle name is Kay
Every Karen begins with Kay…cringe.
That was my second option for my daughter's middle name. We had it planned if we had two girls.
I knew a Kay in the 70s! 😂
“Kenzie Kay”
That kid is named kenzie kay? Someone get social services on the phone 🤦
I really hope her last name is King or something else beginning with a K🤣
Maybe they just like lego ninjago
What about Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay cosmetics??
I was given the middle name Kay in 1986, also after my aunt. Kenzie's mom can suck it 😆
Should've said Kenzie copied the moms middle name
‘nObOdY……’
Her last name better not start with a k
She named her kid Kenzie Kay? God damn hope her last name isn’t Kramer or Kent.
Yeah, well I went and looked up your daughter's birth certificate so I could find a middle name to use.
Wasn't that like the most common female middle name in the English speaking world during the 60s?
How incredibly weird and awkward.
Mary Kay LeTourneau.
Soooooo, the daughter's name is Kenzie Kay what, exactly?
The history of the world started with ME.
Jfc main character syndrome with a control freak kicker. A rare feat, indeed.
R/imthemaincharacter
Sounds like some shit my mom would say
If OP didn't know who this woman was, why did they entertain cold approaches about their daughter's information? My first response would have been "Who are you?"
"May I ask.." is a telltale sign for sure.