I don't name anything other than my pets haha

But then following the logic shouldn't the laptop have a name?

bwahahahaha

"Eyes and ears and mouth and nose! Heads shoulder's Knees and Toes, knees and toes"

You're not helping!!! Quick! Someone sing another song!!!

I know alot of people IRL too, mostly cars

Ok, if you think about it too much it doesn't make sense. If she gets a scholarship we are going on a vacation to Figi.

I guess I should stop naming things now, lol.

I've named all of my cars, my rings and my first laptop. "She" crashed and burned, but oh did we have alot of fun together, sigh...memories. "Her" name was Neef, Naisha's entertainment, education friend. I used drive people crazy when I talked about Neef.

Thinking about it, naming objects doesn't seem weird to me. I did name a car once.

It's just referring to objects as "he" or "she" that makes me go (love that little face). I'm not saying it's wrong, it's just odd to me ... but that's me ... many people would say I'm odd too.

I just wondered if this was a new trend or something unique to this forum.

It is just a "thing".

My husband and I have a cheap stuffed dolphin at home that he won for me at a fair a couple years ago. He sits in our living room, occupying our lazy boys while we are out. We refer to "him" as "Dolphy" and sometimes he talks and makes all sorts of gestures (or "swims and flips") (well, makes squeeky clicking noises) and describes events. Sometimes he "texts" me at work (Dolphy, but my husband too). He likes to describe events of each other's day and sometimes he even gets a bit snarky and grumpy.

Yes it is weird and bizarre. We are 32 and 37 after all and it is cheap carnival stuffed toy. We recognize he is an inanimate object and often comment on how weird we are. However, I would be quite sad to get rid of or if anything happened to "Dolphy" anyway. Despite being fabric and stuffing and who knows what chemicals.

And despite this we truly do have healthy communication and can communicate human to human! It is just something quirky that is something we do. Just like calling cars or rings or anything else "she/he" or giving them names. It has been around for a long time. People have named boats/ships, planes/fighter jets, personal weapons, cars, and so on for as long as they have been around! Giving these things a "personality" of sorts is a way of relating to something that otherwise would just be a "hunk of metal and machinery", whether it is a desire to care for it, take pride in it, feel connected to it, etc.

Good question, VB. I've seen it so often that I don't even think twice about it. I heard the word "she" referring to rings, cars, boats, bbq grills, and TVs - "isn't she a beauty?"

Here's what I've observed - they are quasi-luxury items usually purchased with disposable income, and are not physically attached to the ground, the house, a wall, etc. All of the above items mentioned can be picked up and moved. You cannot take it with you if you moved to a new house. If you installed a marble counter top in a kitchen, it's an "it" versus a "she".

My guess is that these things become your "baby". The $ money you put it in to it, and the pleasure it gives you makes you want to care for it like you do a child. It starts to take on human qualities in your mind.

In the old days, females were to be protected as they were considered vulnerable. So maybe attributing the word "she", or a giving an object a name, justifies the protective care we take of these objects. You know, the obsession of polishing of a car 2x a week, rinsing your rings in bottled water, or a personal example, my husband patting our Weber grill after bbq-ing and saying, "she's been a great work-horse."

Just some thoughts on that - or I'm the crazy one! After all, I've named the rings in one set, Contessa & Marchesa. <-- there you go, VB, the crazy face, in honor of you.