The Sisterhood of Susan's/Sue's

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Anonymous
Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
edited June 2014 in Bonded by Breast Cancer

So I'm sure it's just because of the popularity of our name during our generation... and our generation now being at a place when BC is likely to occur...40's+.

But I keep noticing how many Susan's/Sue's there are here! ... and don't forget Susan G. Komen! You'd start to think our name was "cursed" somehow!  Tongue out

So I just thought I'd say a "shoutout" to the Sisterhood of Susan's/Sue's! 

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited July 2011

    Hi Susan - I'm Susan, but much much prefer Sue. My mother named me after Susan Hayward. I was born in 1952. She still calls me Susan.

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  • Enjoyful
    Enjoyful Member Posts: 3,591
    edited July 2011

    I'm a Susan too and I don't like any derivatives.  Just Susan.  :-)

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited July 2011

    Hi... my name is Susan and I have breast cancer.

    just kidding it is apple.

    It would be a great idea to have group.. I remember Kathy being THE name of my generation ... In a class of 20 we had 5 Kathys.

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  • suemed8749
    suemed8749 Member Posts: 1,151
    edited July 2011

    Susan here - but have gone by Sue since jr. high. Debbie was another really popular name in my class (I'm 57.)

    In my group of friends, bc has struck Nancy, Lisa, and Lori. Unfortunately, it's an equal opportunity disease, although I agree that it does seem like there are lot of us Susans/Sues here.

    What names were you tormented with as a child? I remember sooey - sooey - sooey (lots of pig farms in IL where I grew up.)

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Whew! Some Susan's/Sue's showed up! (and you too, Apple! :) I thought maybe I was being shunned. ;)

    I remember moving in 2nd grade (mid school year) and the teacher said, "Oh, we already have another Susan so we'll call you Sue".(We ended up being best friends for years)  So I was called Sue all through school.  I started using Susan in my professional life...so most people call me Susan, which I prefer.  I'm thinking I may have an aversion to "Sue" because my sister used to call me Sue Poo.  Gotta love sisters!  My dad used to call me "Suz" as short for Susan.  I kinda like that.

    I don't think I've seen much younger generation with the name Susan, if any.   Seems like "old" names are making a resurgence.. like Mabel.  I think "Susan" isn't old enough yet... or perhaps to boring. Tongue out

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Sue ~ (guess which one I'm talking to! lol!)  I got the "sooey sooey" a little bit too. Now that I think about it... my sister also called me Susan Poosan.  I think she had a feces obsession. ;)

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  • YramAL
    YramAL Member Posts: 1,651
    edited July 2011

    Apple-there are a lot of us Marys out there too!

    How about people whose best friend is named Sue(that would be me!)

    Mary 

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  • suemed8749
    suemed8749 Member Posts: 1,151
    edited July 2011
    I'm a h.s. teacher and very rarely see a Susan any more (although when I do, they are ALWAYS wonderful students and exemplary human beings Wink.)
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  • Soccermom4force
    Soccermom4force Member Posts: 631
    edited July 2011

    My name is Marcia Sue, but EVERYONE in my family and my hometown called me Susie!

    I know at least 4 other Sue/Susans' who are Survivors~

    Marcia (Susie) :)

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Welcome those who go by Susie and have Sue's for best friends! Tongue out

    I think you are onto something Suemed8749! The only "younger" Susan I know is a Sophomore in college and she is a top student and has an awesome personality! She also happens to share my middle name too (Susan Clare.)  Obviously having this name gives us an edge in life.  .... well, besides maybe the cancer part! ;) 

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  • YramAL
    YramAL Member Posts: 1,651
    edited July 2011

    I work at an elementary school, and we do not have a single Sue or Susan there. No Mary either.

    Mary 

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited July 2011

    I once worked at a place back in the early 70's where we had a couple of Susans. I was Sue1 and she was Sue2. We are still in touch all these years later and I still think of her as Sue2. DH calls me Susie a lot - I like that.

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  • moyarscs
    moyarscs Member Posts: 20
    edited July 2011

    Can I join too my name is Sue Ann  (that is my first name) Grace is my middle.. ... I guess my name is kinda weird since I am only 36 yrs old.

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  • salkate
    salkate Member Posts: 14
    edited July 2011

    I am a Susan also. I teach in an urban high school and I am the only Susan there!!! I love my name, but would any of you change your name if you could?

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  • Chickenpants
    Chickenpants Member Posts: 132
    edited July 2011

    I'm a Susan, but I mostly go by Sue or those that know me best call me Susie or Susie Q.  My brother when he was little couldn't pronounce my name and called me Who who.  I don't know any younger people with the name Susan these days.  I'm 51, but do know quite a few Sues around my age.  I believe it means the lily.

    Nice to meet you all...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2011

    Hi Susan, Susie Q, Sue Ann!

    I like Who Who! too funny! 

    Would I change my name? I don't think so.  It would be odd to have people call me a completely different name. My mom has a friend who changed her name later in life (like in 50's) and went from Wilma to Ann (because she hated her name).  But I always think of her as Wilma!

    Chickenpants (love the avatar!) my Uncle's family lives in Nanaimo and growing up we spent every single summer at their cabin on the beach!  I loved it there, many great memories. :) 

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  • AnnNYC
    AnnNYC Member Posts: 4,484
    edited August 2011

    Best friends named Susan!  Susan was a very popular name in the 1950s (I was born in 1952), so in high school my best friends were Sue M. and Sue R.  Then, when I moved to NYC in 1979, I quickly made two more best friends: Susan C. and Susie T.

    And then, there are the wonderful Susans here!

    Interesting list of the 5 most popular girls' and boys' names in the U.S. over the past 100 years:
    http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/top5names.html

    [Guess this list also explains why, in addition to my Sues, Susies and Susans, I've had 5 boyfriends (including ex-hubby) named David/Dave/Davey! Surprised]

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  • ICanDoThis
    ICanDoThis Member Posts: 1,473
    edited August 2011

    I believe Susan was one of the most popular baby girl names in the late 40s and early 50s.

    So, now we've all grown up, and we get to be stunned by all the Sues in this class, too!

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited August 2011

    Susan here as well... never a Sue, never a Susie, and only rarely a Susanne [French cousins.] There were always tons of Susans at every level of education. We had different nicknames, numbers, and last name initials. I named my daughter after her grandmother specifically so that her name would be unique. WRONG! Everyone my age seems to have named their child Lauren. And so she has the same issues that I did.

    *susan* 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2011

    That chart of popular names is interesting.  And my hubby's name is David..so how uncreative were our parents? ;)

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited August 2011
    Ann - what month in 1952 were you born? I was born in September 1952!!
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  • AnnNYC
    AnnNYC Member Posts: 4,484
    edited August 2011

    Sue (susieq58) I was born in October.  SusansGarden -- I knew the "Davids" would strike a chord here!

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited August 2011

    Guess I lucked out............Imagine someone naming their child "Genevieve"...........Lord I hated that name , but it was carried down from a long line of Genevieve's..............My grandmother............my mother..............me................my daughter..(husband insisted), and my grandaughter...................Like we really needed 5 Genevieve's in the family..............Just think all you Susan's could have had my name........

    I had a cousin Suzanne......she got Sue, and Suzie.

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited August 2011

    Ann - are you a libran? I'm the 24th Sept on the cusp but mostly have Libran traits.

    Sue

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  • Enjoyful
    Enjoyful Member Posts: 3,591
    edited August 2011

    I'm Susan Mary (waving hi to Mary!).  My brother called me Sucille B. DeMille, Susan the Ape Face, and A Boy Named Sue.  My brother is quite brilliant, very creative, and a typical older brother.  :-) 

    One of my best friends is also a Susan so she's known as Delaware Susan and I'm Baltimore Susan.  My family now calls me Sue or Suzy, but I'm known as Suz or Susan to friends and business acquaintances. 

    No Daves amongst my family or friends, though.  How did I ever escape the DaveWave?

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited August 2011

    Hi Enjoyful - glad to know you are a Susan too.

    Sue

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  • Enjoyful
    Enjoyful Member Posts: 3,591
    edited August 2011

    Susans are awesome!  I've never known a bad one.

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  • hbcheryl
    hbcheryl Member Posts: 5,113
    edited August 2011

    My BFF in Australia is Susan, we have been friends over 40 years and she was always Sue but she moved to a new state a couple of years ago and changed herself to Susan.  I find it really hard to call her Susan cause she's Sue to me but I'm trying very hard to honor her wishes, today is her birthday and she turns 60, then I have another close friend who is also Susan but she's Suzi to me and Sue to everyone else and she's 65 so I guess it is a generational name and yes both of them are awsome and amazing friends, I am a lucky girl!!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2011
    I think we've pretty much shown undeniable proof that Susan's are undeniably perfect. Tongue out
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  • suemed8749
    suemed8749 Member Posts: 1,151
    edited August 2011

    Enjoyful - Also a Susan Mary. My parents are John and Mary and my brother is John, so Susan was actually a pretty exotic choice.

    Suzieq- My bday is Sept 23 and I also exhibit mostly Libran traits.

    Susans are like Mary Poppins - practically perfect in every way Kiss.

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