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Daily Mirror
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Paige Freshwater

'I hate my partner's name so much that I avoid saying it - I can't get over it'

When it comes to dating, everyone has a check list of things they're searching for in a partner - whether they realise it or not. But one man has been left feeling "really shallow" after marking a 'red flag' against his girlfriend's name for something she can't help.

He explained how he hates his girlfriend's name so much that he avoids using it in conversation - despite knowing her name "means a lot to her". The 26-year-old said: "My girlfriend of six months is named Zelda. Her parents were huge literary geeks, and her mum had a particular interest in the life of Zelda Fitzgerald, and to a lesser extent, her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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