Just for Fun....

[heatherusa]

Just for fun... what does your user name mean... I look at some of them and wonder - are they male, are they female... is it a reference to something?

Mine is Heatherusa - I have had it since I moved to the US in 1998. It was the beginning of my new life and I use it all the time.


What is yours? I would love to hear your stories.

 

[confusednscared]

has anyone every told you that you are a great relief from all this CIC stuff with your funny topics.

Mine was created in 2009 when I found out from CIC that I was getting deported from Canada. I started doing my own research on the internet and found out that in order for me to return back to Canada, I would need ARC (Authorization to Return). My research led me to these immigration forum sites that shared true stories of people going through the process.

Mind you, I was also put in a situation where I had to make a very rash decision in less than 24 hours to marry my spouse in Canada or not because same-sex marriage isn't legal in my homeland. Time was running out and I had only two days left with an application for judicial review pending in the federal court for a decision.

I was very confused about the decision I had to make, the entire "being deported" situation and finding solutions to ARC. In addition I was very scared of having to go through the entire process of being deported and facing harsh times in my homeland, scared of leaving the person I love behind and not knowing what our destiny was amongst many other things.

Therefore, I decided to express my feelings at that time and to this day using the two words that I thought best described my emotions, CONFUSEDANDSCARED

For me, it defines my opinion on the entire struggles of CIC. The good, bad and ugly times we all have to go through in order to reunite with the ones we love.

 

[lands]

lands - land of death and sorrow...I will leave it at that...do not want to dampen the spirits of the topic..

 

[arezoonia]

Just have my real name and my husband last name together...tired of making names

 

[Halifax-Maple]

I love Halifax and the entire province (not the harsh storms of course... .
I adore the typical reddish yellowish pinkish Maple Leaf and trees. I love mature trees and I spend great time, looking after and TALKING to my trees and plants (madness but believe it, I do..). I love planting trees and enjoy seeing them growing. The Maple Syrup is unique...natural and taste of Canada

 

[heatherusa]

lands - land of death and sorrow...I will leave it at that...do not want to dampen the spirits of the topic..

I actually get that...

 

[heatherusa]

Just have my real name and my husband last name together...tired of making names

What is your real name and his name?

 

[heatherusa]

I love Halifax and the entire province (not the harsh storms of course... .
I adore the typical reddish yellowish pinkish Maple Leaf and trees. I love mature trees and I spend great time, looking after and TALKING to my trees and plants (madness but believe it, I do..). I love planting trees and enjoy seeing them growing. The Maple Syrup is unique...natural and taste of Canada

Yours is actually one that always made sense to me.

 

[heatherusa]

has anyone every told you that you are a great relief from all this CIC stuff with your funny topics.

Yesterday when I quit my job that is what they said they would miss the most... my goofyness!

I have a hard time taking things seriously and need the lightness to even me out... maybe I am crazy... that is what the voices tell me anyway!

 

[missmyhoney]

nice touch heatherusa. everyone is unique and special in some ways, but u sure make things easier for everyone here and it's good to get a break from the stress about the processing and missing our partners...can't think of anything else while being away from him and it makes me missmyhoney all the time...

 

[bobshynoswife]

My husband's nickname is Shy, which somehow became Shyno, and I have no idea how he became bobshyno, but that's the username he often goes by. He said it's good because it's never used, and I said that obviously bobshynoswife is never used either. So that's me, here on this forum. I wish I'd chosen something different because I don't like being called Bob. LOL.

 

[plumosa]

plumosa is what I go by most everywhere online. Its the name of a fern-like houseplant and I have a really huge one back home at my mother's in Kansas. (plumosa is also the name of other plants as well, my specific plumosa is the asparagus variety---which is oddly enough not related to food asparagus either!)

 

[can_usa_97]

I think mine is probably pretty easy to get, lol.
Canada (dh) USA (me) and we were married in 97

 

[diddagirl]

Great topic Heather!

diddagirl is the screen names I used 7 years ago when my SO and I met online. My name is Melissa, and when I was a kid, my best friends sister had a speech impediment and could not say my name, so instead, she called me "Didda". After that, it kind of stuck as a nickname of mine for a select few people...so when I created my online profile many years ago I just used that name, along with "girl" to signify my gender.

 

[Vervain]

Vervain is my public Wiccan name Just needed something that wasn't my usual online handle or real name.