that's my husband's name. benjamin BUFORD williams lll.

his name is a CURSE!!!! he avoids calling himself his name at ALL costs!!! when he makes reservations he always says " BEN williams". when i first started dating him i wore a sweater of his and spilled chocolate icecream all over it. the next day i offered to have it cleaned and he said it was already at the cleaners. i INSISTED on picking it up and paying for it. he finally told me that it wasn't in his name. i said" what do you MEAN, it isn't in your name?" he then told me it was under "ben" because he didn't want anyone to have to say BUFORD!!!!!!

his friends all have different nicknames for him. boo, beauty, b, etc... his employees call him "mr B". he HATES his name. it would be different if he were a man of large stature that LOOKED like a buford. but instead, he's 5'8" tall, 150 pounds, 2 masters degrees, wears ( when it's not golf attire) button downs, kahkis, loafers, etc. he's clean shaven, soft spoken, plays the clarinet, etc..

he has ben teased INCESSANTLY about his name throughout his life. hey there "BUFORD PUSSER", OR BENJAMIN BUFORD BLUE "BUBBA" after forest gump came out etc.......

it's a family name. don't ask him about it though. the name came from an ancestor , general buford from the civil war. it will take him longer to explain

general buford's role in the civil war than it actually took the war to happen!!!! (one of his degrees is in history) i had told ashley REPEATEDLY to PALEASE don't ask her daddy a history question when i'm around because i just can't take it!!!!

when she was nine years old she "forgot". we had just left our driveway when something about school came up. we were on our way to six flags over georgia. the georgia line is about 100 miles from our house. she "accidently" asked him something history related about one of her classes and i IMMEDIATLEY gave her the "look". ashley mouthed a silent "sorry kim". and then his "lecture" started. i thought i was going to cry i was so bored. FINALLY. we had just crossed the GA line when he finished.

he said" ash, does that answer your question?" i turned around to see her expression and BURST out laughing!!! she was as limp as a dish rag, had her head leaned back on the head rest and was snoring with her mouth open!!!!!!

he said" well, i guess that WAS a little long".

anyway, buford is his name.