I have the type of relationship with my sister where I could be like, "Addie and Maddie? Really, dipshit?" And she probably would laugh and tell me to fuck off and then name her child Addie anyway. lol
Are we sisters? Lol that's pretty much the exact conversation we'd have. We're a very blunt family
My sister is my MOH and I played her a YouTube video of a song I'm considering using for my processional. She listened and then told me she'd make fun of me for the rest of my life because "it was in the Twilight movie and you are now the worst person ever."
AND SHE WAS RIGHT. IT WAS IN THE FUCKING TWILIGHT MOVIE. THANK GOD FOR FAMILY BLUNTNESS.
Post by peachykate on Jul 14, 2015 20:35:06 GMT -5
Aw, I'm sorry. You can't but I can understand being annoyed.
I'm Kate and my cousin is Cait, my sister is Casey and our cousin named her baby Cace. It's totally confusing when we are together but just try and take it as a compliment that you picked such a great name first.
I know I am alone in this, but I don't understand not wanting people that have the same names or similar names. When I was a kid I always thought it was the coolest thing when I met other Katie's. My dad's fraternity brother had a daughter named Katie and I always thought it was so much fun.
I know this has nothing to do with your post, but that's all I've got. I vote no big deal
you're not alone. While it might be something I wouldn't choose to do myself, I don't see it as a big deal. With all the cousins in dhs family, there are 3 David's. Two with the same last name too. It really doesn't matter. At all.
Hopefully she'll change her mind but if she doesn't at least the names just rhyme but aren't the same. This is reminding me of Gilmore Girls when Lorelai thought that Gigi was too close a name to Rory. LOL
I don't know how you could say something at this point. If it were me, I think my mom would have said something about the name similarities as soon as she heard the name choices. Maybe your mom lacks boundaries like mine and can say something?
Ugh. My H has a cousin with the same name. I've always found that SO weird, I cant imagine naming my kid the same thing as my brother or sister named theirs.
I really don't think it's a big deal. My dad's sister named one of her daughters the same name as me. It's really not a problem, it rarely crosses my mind.
I went to college with a guy whose family emigrated from China when he and his brother were little. Their parents let them pick "American" names. My friend picked Mike. So did his brother. Their parents only called them by their Chinese name but yeah, Mike and Mike.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
We're not even talking about actual names, but potentially rhyming nicknames. That neither kid might even be interested in going by once their old enough to make their own decisions about this sort of thing.
I just don't understand what the big deal is here.
Now that we're wandering a bit further afield, I'll just mention that the (gack) tradition in my mom's side of the family is to name the first born son in EACH family unit VITO. So every son is Vito Middlename and called by his middlename.
Don't you feel like you come from an AWESOME family by comparison now? ;-)
And he told you about his brother's woefully mispronounced name?
no, sean is the weather man with the misprounced name. shawn is just shawn.
I DON'T KNOW IT'S JUST A THING LOCALS KNEW ABOUT. its just a fact. like how cats always land on their feet, or how sharks explode if they stop swimming. you just know.
My name rhymes with my aunts name and it drove me insane growing up. My relatives always confused our names. I wish my mother had thought about it before choosing my name.
In your situation I would complain to mom and hope she mentions it.
I hated it when I wasn't the only "Nonny" in elementary school. Writing "Nonny Q." on all my papers because of "Nonny G." It didn't help that she was a buttmunch and we didn't get a long at all.
Are we sisters? Lol that's pretty much the exact conversation we'd have. We're a very blunt family
My sister is my MOH and I played her a YouTube video of a song I'm considering using for my processional. She listened and then told me she'd make fun of me for the rest of my life because "it was in the Twilight movie and you are now the worst person ever."
AND SHE WAS RIGHT. IT WAS IN THE FUCKING TWILIGHT MOVIE. THANK GOD FOR FAMILY BLUNTNESS.
Is it the song with "I have loved you for a thousand years"?? I LOVE THAT SONG SO HARD.
And he told you about his brother's woefully mispronounced name?
no, sean is the weather man with the misprounced name. shawn is just shawn.
I DON'T KNOW IT'S JUST A THING LOCALS KNEW ABOUT. its just a fact. like how cats always land on their feet, or how sharks explode if they stop swimming. you just know.
I think Seen was pulling your leg.
Let this knowledge wash over you. I know it's difficult. You may have to go through the stages of grief. Like when I finally had to accept that, no, Teddy Roosevelt probably hadn't chopped off the top third of my great uncle's finger when they were in the Army together.
no, sean is the weather man with the misprounced name. shawn is just shawn.
I DON'T KNOW IT'S JUST A THING LOCALS KNEW ABOUT. its just a fact. like how cats always land on their feet, or how sharks explode if they stop swimming. you just know.
I think Seen was pulling your leg.
Let this knowledge wash over you. I know it's difficult. You may have to go through the stages of grief. Like when I finally had to accept that, no, Teddy Roosevelt probably hadn't chopped off the top third of my great uncle's finger when they were in the Army together.
I STAND CORRECTED. Holy cow. Seen and Shawn are legit.