I enjoy it when I see someone mention their partner's name, especially if they're a member of the TFP. It makes it seem more like a community, especially when read ShaniFaye's mentions of Dave, or lurkette and ratbastid or Nancy and Loverboy. I don't know anybody here in real life but in my imagination I see everyone sitting around a coffee table in some posts and using names like that makes it more real.
I'm not delusional, I know it's just a message board here, but I like to imagine still