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Profile name

ChapinaGrande
ChapinaGrande Posts: 289 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I see that you all have the most interesting profile names. How did you come up with yours?

I'll start. My husband is from Guatemala. A person from Guatemala is informally known as a Chapin/Chapina. Even though I am gringa by birth, I consider myself an honorary Chapina by marriage, especially since I now have a scar from burning myself while making homemade tortillas. In addition, all the Central Americans I have ever met are very short. My husband is 5'5 to my 5'10, so I am pretty durn gigantic to him and his friends and family--hence ChapinaGrande. My husband always chuckles when he sees me on here because of my name. :)
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