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, …
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‘I don’t want a different last name than our kids’: Ex-husband insists ex-wife change her last name because it makes his 24-year-old fiancée uncomfortable

I have no idea how I’d feel if I changed my last name. My full name has such a great ring; I couldn’t imagine wanting to change it to something else. But if I was in love and didn’t want to go to the hyphenated side of town, I might do it to have the …
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‘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 …
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‘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 …
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‘I think both are just trying to overpower the other one at this point’: Wife wants to name daughter ‘hippy name,’ is shut down by traditionalist husband

Names are incredibly important. They’re your first impression of someone- the first thing they’re going to associate with you. We all have associations with names, good and bad. For example, I could never trust someone named Bridget, but I have good things to say about every Gloria I’ve ever known. Johns are extremely hit or …
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Dude Refuses To Tell Woman His Real Name, Doesn’t Understand Why She Rejects Him

There are several important questions you should ask somebody before you go on a first date. You want to suss out a potential partner’s hobbies, values, and career before deciding to spend a precious hour or two with them. In my humble opinion, the most important question of all is, «What is your name?» If …
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Nerdy Parents Name Their Daughter After ‘Konan’ From Naruto, Gets Eviscerated By Family

It’s no secret that Millennials are known to name their kids weirder things than Gen Xers and Baby Boomers before them. I have close family friends who named their daughter «Kaylyn» instead of «Kaitlyn» because they didn’t think a CEO would be named «Kaitlyn.» They might’ve been onto something there. For all intents and purposes, …
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Clout-Chasing TikToker Astounds Internet by Getting Boyfriend’s Name Tattooed on Forehead

While every tattooist has different professional boundaries, there are a few things that many decent artists agree on. They don’t like doing anything too small that will eventually turn into a blurry mess, and they will refuse to tattoo the name of a significant other. The bleak fact is that a lot of relationships don’t …
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Podcast Bro Refuses to Marry Girlfriend Because She Wants a Double-Barreled Surname, Faces the Wrath of Twitter

There are a lot of things to consider when you decide you want to get married, and they don’t just involve what you want to do about the wedding. In many ways, even just thinking about this ultimate commitment can bring up challenges in a relationship. As such an ingrained tradition, many people have some …
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Teachers Share Student Names That Correlate With Bad Behavior

I still remember the names of the problem children from my elementary school. There was this kid named Parker who, in the middle of my 3rd-grade teacher talking about math, asked her if there was a guy inside of mascot costumes. I think he knew there was indeed some guy or lady inside of all …
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