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hereagain2 (original poster member #44695) posted at 4:03 AM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
Why would you do that? Someone you've chatted with for quite awhile but do not know formally... suddenly uses your name in a text. Why?! What do you make of that?
alphakitte ( member #33438) posted at 5:48 AM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
I don't understand.
Are you texting with someone for quite awhile that you don't know and they used your name, but you don't thi k they should know your name?
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FinallyHappy ( member #308) posted at 11:12 AM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
Why are you texting with someone who shouldn't know your name?
I probably don't understand the question. 
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hereagain2 (original poster member #44695) posted at 2:41 PM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
He knows my name just doesn't usually refer to me by it in text.
alphakitte ( member #33438) posted at 3:25 PM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
I wouldn't make anything of it.
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inconnu ( member #24518) posted at 3:42 PM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
I have a coworker who will start out a text using my name. I ignore it. She's just weird.
I think in other instances, it's probably the person typing the sentence they're hearing in their head. Or maybe that's just me. I tend to think my texts/emails/posts out and type it how I thought it. If a name pops up in the middle it's because that's how I'd say it in person.
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Whalers11 ( member #27544) posted at 4:35 PM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
How else are they supposed to address you, if not by name?
Lark ( member #43773) posted at 5:41 PM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
I kind of see what you mean. I dont normally use people's names when texting them - just as I dont when I'm talking directly with them.
But, if it's a more formal relationship that makes a bit more sense, as it'll likely be more like email. Where you do address someone
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