I'm feeling squicky about this, would you?

[Bernadine]

My grandmother died when I was 16. Her name was Sally. Since she passed, we see my grandfather maybe once or twice a year. He's pretty horrible to my dad and clearly favors my aunt and her kids, who we don't even see once a year.

Anyway, I just saw my aunt on Instagram and she posted a pic of my grandfather with a dog, saying he got his first dog at 74 yo. Her name? Sally.

Ew. Why would you name a dog after your dead wife? I don't like it.

[poppyseed]

Yeah, that's weird.

[vicky]

It might be a companionship thing. I can understand it. But I would be weirded out, too.

[lightbulbsun]

Yea, that's weird.

[lemondrop]

I rule weird as fuck.

[ECB]

Eh, it doesn't make me feel squicky.

[Bernadine]

I don't think it's companionship, he's had several serious girlfriends, and I guess he's still with the gf he's had for a few years.. My grandparents didn't have a great marriage.

[papie]

I don't think it is wrong, I think it is cute.
I had neighbors who named their daughter after their dead dog now that is weird.

[peachykate]

That's pretty freaking odd.

[vicky]

Dec 12, 2012 8:48:27 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

I don't think it's companionship, he's had several serious girlfriends, and I guess he's still with the gf he's had for a few years.. My grandparents didn't have a great marriage.

Oh, that's a horse of a different color then.

Definitely weird. Maybe borderline disrespectful.

[alzi]

Totally weird.

[papie]

Dec 12, 2012 8:48:27 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

I don't think it's companionship, he's had several serious girlfriends, and I guess he's still with the gf he's had for a few years.. My grandparents didn't have a great marriage.

Oh I see.
I thought it would be a in memory of thing.
But as for their marriage, my grandparents didn't have a good one but now after all those years of my grandpa passing my grandma only remembers the good sides and acts like it was a fairy tale.

[Chirp]

Just to throw another possible scenario out there... Is there any chance the dog was already named when he got her?

[Deleted]

Eh.nbd.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

That's... weird. Yes, squicky is how I'd describe this feeling

This feels like a good place to mention- my mom is named after my pop-pop's first love. The hell? And my mom-mom went along with it?!

[hisno1girl]

The only squicky thing about it is that it's a human name. I guess that's not really squicky, but I just think it's strange to have pets with human names. My BFF's dog is named Brian. BRIAN.

[CurlyQ284]

Dec 12, 2012 8:56:56 GMT -5 Chirp said:

Just to throw another possible scenario out there... Is there any chance the dog was already named when he got her?

This. Was the dog a puppy or an adult dog with a name already?

[thebamker]

I don't think it's weird.

[Deleted]

My grandparents had a dog naimed Daisy. They loved her, she died, they were so upset. They got another puppy, same breed (different color though) and named it Daisy.

It was weird. Especially since the new Daisy would do something and my grandparents would be "the first Daisy NEVER did that!" like it was the name that made the first one a good dog?? I think my point is old people do weird things and I try not to read much into it.

[Kit]

I think its weird.

[Deleted]

Dec 12, 2012 8:59:45 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

That's... weird. Yes, squicky is how I'd describe this feeling

This feels like a good place to mention- my mom is named after my pop-pop's first love. The hell? And my mom-mom went along with it?!

whaaat? and she knew that's who she was named after?

[laptopvixen]

Old people do weird shit. I've told you about my neighbors who call their new dog the same thing as their dog that died (because they are idiots and it got hit by a bus).

He may think his marriage was great - putting a rosy spin on it that can only be done with the interference of many years and the failing of memory.

It's kind of weird but I wouldn't really get too worked up about it.

[scotty]

It's weird, but some of the kid names that I have picked out are after some of my dead childhood fave pets.

[nadasteph]

Naming dogs after people is a thing in my extended family, and its always meant to be enormously disrespectful and a big insult. I would be pretty squicked out hearing someone named their dog after a dead spouse.