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Rising Star
Erm, yes? You can use a nickname if you have a unique first name that’s too easy to identify you on LinkedIn/ social media. Otherwise it’ll be an awkward conversation if a few dates in and you want to get serious but you’re like “by the way, my real name is___”
Chief
It's not that awkward. If I'm getting good vibes and plan to see them again I just slip in a "BTW my real name is X" and go from there. No one has ever gotten upset about it and my long term bf and I still joke about it.
Rising Star
Real first name? Yes. Full name? No.
Chief
Absolutely not. Too easy to Google.
Yeeeeah my name is super unique and I’m just not with the creepers 😭 I’ll go with a nickname!
I don't use my real name because it's so unique people found me on multiple platforms when a conversation fizzled out on an app