I don't know why, but every time I see a couple's names written somewhere, I always find myself imagining who they are and what they are like.
Facebook gets me the worst. Someone will mention a couple in their status and my mind just goes.
"thank you Mike and Lynn for all your help!" - aww Mike and Lynn are helpful! Oh I bet Mike is a cop. A young cop who just got promoted recently. He is average but handsome and clean shaven. Lynn is his wife. A brunette with a soft but quirky smile. They met through friends during college. She was an art major. Lynn is an art teacher, I'm sure (I mean come on...how else do artists make any money?).
The friend is thanking them for all their help arranging a fund raiser for a sick child in need of surgery that is the child of a friend of theirs.
Ok so it's not ALWAYS that in depth. Sometimes I don't have a story. When there are just names, I usually just imagine images.
"Caleb and Trisha" - hmmm. I bet Caleb is a redhead. He is very tall with a crooked posture. They are both in their early 30's. Trisha is a short blonde. Slightly heavyset but still loves denim cutoff shorts. They sound lovely.
I can't explain it. I don't intentionally focus on who these people might be. Am I the only person who imagines what people are attached to these mysterious names we come across? Just because my wandering, wild imagination takes it a step further, doesn't mean that other people don't have a milder form of this name-identifying habit.
In fact I know some people do this to an extent. You must have met someone and said "oh you don't look like a George" or "I pictured you looking different".
That was you guessing a person's looks by their name, or already having a stereotype for a certain name. It's cool, if we all do it, it can't be so bad, right? Like swearing, or watching reality television.
Roma and Jefferson
There's one to mull over.
Love ya!
Peace peoples.