On the Indroduction forum I received a very nice compliment about my name. Thank you so very much. Sally isn't a common modern name and I'm not certain I would have chosen it on my own. Left to my own devices I probably would have selected something a little sexier or more mysterious.
As it turns out, I didn't pick this name. Instead, I received it from some dear friends and since the name Sally was their idea, I felt honored and compelled to keep it. The funny thing is that they don't know I'm using the name and I would never tell them I'm using it. You see, the friends that first called me Sally were military buddies. My wife and I were throwing a Halloween party for our unit and I had decided to dress as a girl. This was risky business, exposing my inner secret to a group of Army helicopter pilots. Fortunately, I was a big hit with the guys. I was so much of a hit that night, they dragged me out on the town with them later in the evening. I played down the experience but secretly I was in heaven. And of course, they all decided that I should be called Sally for the evening. I had nothing to do with the choice. In honor of those old buddies (who don't know by the way, that my Halloween costume all those years ago wasn't just a one-night occurrence) and that glorious evening they made me their date, I kept the name. It's not the sexiest female name nor is it particularly mysterious. in spite those facts I have grown to love my name. Sally is who I am and who I'll always be.
