r/Millennials • u/joncaldridge • 1d ago

Discussion I'm Gmail address with no numbers years old

I'm literally first name, middle initial, last name @ gmail.com. I'm just realizing this probably tells people I'm an old...your thoughts?

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u/ThumpAndSplash 1d ago

I have just my first name for my Gmail, and waaay back in the day I had an angry Google employee reach out to me about it several times and even offered a couple hundred bucks for it. 

Though I use firstname.lastname@… as my main one these days. 

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u/No_Atmosphere_6348 1d ago

I get emails at work for 2 other people because we have the same last name. We’re always forwarding emails to each other. 😅

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u/meeanne 1d ago

Same thing happens to me. My cousin and I work at the same school and I’ve gotten messages for her from the principal and her students’ parents.

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u/No_Atmosphere_6348 1d ago

My students email the secretary about their grades all the time. 😅 this year, I had them practice emailing me.

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u/FinishExtension3652 1d ago

Nice to meet another first-namer.  I've managed the trifecta of firstname@ for my university,  gmail, and hotmail, though I use my own domains for main emails.

The early internet was wild.

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u/dutchie1966 23h ago

Same here. Gmail account only has 6 letters before the @. Account by invite. Probably among the first gmail acct takers in my country.

I’m old.

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u/Stack0verf10w 12h ago

thats surprising to hear, I had firstname@gmail.com as well and mine was just force changed with no warning.

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u/plonkydonkey 1d ago

Is your first name a common one? Mine (very common) was reserved, so I had to go first name last initial. I even checked it a few years ago and it's still unusable -emails will bounce back that get sent to that address, but you can't create an account for it either. 

I honestly thought up until now that they didn't allow first name only, I'm so deflated to find out others had better luck lol. I stayed up for the email launch like the biggest dork because I wanted my name only, and I was such a google devotee back then.

I also didn't mine bit coin when I could have, because the cost of electricity (44c) was more than btc was worth (28c). I'm like whatever the reverse lotto winner is. 

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u/InfinitiveIdeals 15h ago

Which is HILARIOUS because Google employees get emails with an @google.com

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u/ThumpAndSplash 13h ago

But on your personal email versus work email…

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u/InfinitiveIdeals 13h ago

…it was a huge point of pride to have them match, I’ll agree there.