Having a non-westernized name in an English-speaking country can be tough. It can seem like every day you have to deal with egregious mispronunciations or an overly friendly nickname to avoid pronouncing it at all. What’s worse is when people try to overcompensate for it, too. Guilty empathy can only go so far. This is …
Seguir leyendo American hairstylist mispronounces Indian customer’s name, compares it to the weird names she gave her kids: ‘she just admitted that she made her child’s life harder by giving him that name’
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Dad insists on naming baby Nigel despite mom hating the name, won’t take no for an answer: ‘He said if we didn’t name him Nigel, he would still call him that’
Not all bad names are newfangled. It’s easy to make fun of millennial parents for naming their kids after Harry Potter characters or adding an -eigh to the end of every name, but sometimes the worst names are the oldest ones in the book. Who could forget that Reddit post where a guy found out …
Seguir leyendo Dad insists on naming baby Nigel despite mom hating the name, won’t take no for an answer: ‘He said if we didn’t name him Nigel, he would still call him that’
‘You need to nip this in the bud’: Sister-in-law demands new mother change her 4-month-old baby’s name, pushes back when she refuses
Some folks plan their baby names for decades. I have a lot of friends who have had a list of names saved somewhere that they started when they were children themselves. Of course, not all of them are going to age well. I don’t think I’m going to name my daughter Hermione anymore, but some …
Seguir leyendo ‘You need to nip this in the bud’: Sister-in-law demands new mother change her 4-month-old baby’s name, pushes back when she refuses
New dad refuses to give his baby a short name, despises nicknames and insists on using long formal first names: ‘It bothers him that the full name gets ignored’
We live in an interesting baby-naming age. New parents are constantly under fire for naming their kids things that make Apple Paltrow look like she has a Biblical name. Despite how far we’ve veered into casual naming territory, there are still some people who hold out on traditional first names, refusing to use a nickname …
Seguir leyendo New dad refuses to give his baby a short name, despises nicknames and insists on using long formal first names: ‘It bothers him that the full name gets ignored’
‘You know who’s gonna suffer here? This poor kid’: New parents resolve to call their baby 2 different names after name argument stalemate
What’s in a name? A lot, it turns out. Names carry so much baggage with them and it’s on the parents to anticipate that ahead of time. Because your baby isn’t going to be a baby forever. One day, they’ll be an adult, and walk into a job interview with that dumb name you gave …
Seguir leyendo ‘You know who’s gonna suffer here? This poor kid’: New parents resolve to call their baby 2 different names after name argument stalemate
Adults complain about parents that give their kids weird names: ‘This is a human being that will have to go to school, apply for jobs’
No matter what parents choose to name their kids, how they will feel about that when they grow up is one big gamble. What you consider a beautiful, solid name that honors your grandma they might find old-fashioned and unsuited to them. It also can’t be denied that you are taking a much bigger risk …
Seguir leyendo Adults complain about parents that give their kids weird names: ‘This is a human being that will have to go to school, apply for jobs’
Self-indulgent parents name daughter Pennsylvania, flip out when she changes it and keeps it a secret for 5 years: ‘My parents insisted that everybody was to call me by my full name’
Choosing your child’s name is one of the first major responsibilities that you have as a parent. While other decisions that you make may have more of an impact on how they develop as a person, it can’t be forgotten that they will have to sit with whatever collection of letters you most enjoyed when …
Seguir leyendo Self-indulgent parents name daughter Pennsylvania, flip out when she changes it and keeps it a secret for 5 years: ‘My parents insisted that everybody was to call me by my full name’
New mom’s baby name tribute to ‘Nana Lottie’ goes horribly, hilariously wrong: ‘To say the family lost their minds would be an understatement’
Naming a baby is a tough job. It’s a decision that will stay with them for the rest of their lives, whether they like it or not. But it’s hard to make a decision when you haven’t gotten to know them yet. You don’t know what their personality is, what they’re going to look like, …
Seguir leyendo New mom’s baby name tribute to ‘Nana Lottie’ goes horribly, hilariously wrong: ‘To say the family lost their minds would be an understatement’
‘It sounds more like a furniture brand’: Mom-to-be faces pushback for rejecting husband’s absurd baby name
As a parent, one of your earliest and most important responsibilities towards your child is giving them a suitable name. For countless kids, one of their first grudges toward their elders comes from the moniker they received when they were too young to have a say in the matter. It’s a process that no mom …
Seguir leyendo ‘It sounds more like a furniture brand’: Mom-to-be faces pushback for rejecting husband’s absurd baby name
‘Sigurd Felix Wolfgang Atreides goes hard’: Mom shares the craziest baby names from her pregnancy Facebook group
It is a truth universally acknowledged that many weird baby names are circulating right now. I know that it can be old hat to make fun of baby names that are spelled strangely or are just nouns, but I can’t help it. I genuinely do not see the point of naming your kid something absurdly …
Seguir leyendo ‘Sigurd Felix Wolfgang Atreides goes hard’: Mom shares the craziest baby names from her pregnancy Facebook group