My idea on how to stop your wife from giving your child a dumb name: Say, “That’s a wonderful idea. The first girl I ever loved was named [whatever], and the name will bring back so many pleasant memories.”
When my wife was pregnant with our first child we were going through a baby name book. We came across “Laetitia”, which is Latin for “happiness”, and I thought that was a pretty name. Until it occurred to me that people would likely shorten it to either just the first syllable, or worse, just the second. Especially when she got to junior high. Skipped that one.
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My idea on how to stop your wife from giving your child a dumb name: Say, “That’s a wonderful idea. The first girl I ever loved was named [whatever], and the name will bring back so many pleasant memories.”
When my wife was pregnant with our first child we were going through a baby name book. We came across “Laetitia”, which is Latin for “happiness”, and I thought that was a pretty name. Until it occurred to me that people would likely shorten it to either just the first syllable, or worse, just the second. Especially when she got to junior high. Skipped that one.