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Oh my god.

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[This argument is aimed at all people that make this argument, not just you, Mackandal, but I will be using your examples].

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KIDS WITH DIFFERENT NAMES DO NOT GET MORE SHIT THAN ANYONE ELSE

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Seriously I HATE this argument.

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Phineas Jones is going to suffer? Little Phin / Fin? NO. He isn't. Not for his name. He'll suffer if he's a weird little kid who likes picking his nose and wiping it on his classmates. But that'd be a problem even if his name was John.
I dont get what you're saying about sonnets and sweatervests-- My favorite boys name is Ashley, which is considered very feminine and if he wants to be a giant muddy football player, than I am TOTALLY ok with that. And if he wants to write sonnets that's cool too. Actually I'd love if he could be well balanced and do both! OH MAN HE'D HAVE ALL THE GIRLS (or boys, if that's what he likes.) My point is that I (and hopefully lots of parents) pick "odd" names BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY LIKE THEM. Not because we want to like... impose hobbies and fashion choices on them. Now if I was naming my son Sweatervestlad then maybe I might want him to wear sweatervests.

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but keep this in mind: Who would be more mocked: Little Michael who takes ballet or little Ptolemy who takes ballet?

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UHHHH HOW BOUT THE ONE WHO IS LESS CONFIDENT IN HIS DECISIONS? Maybe Michael who takes ballet is a meek shy little boy who can't stand up for himself and Ptolemy is this confident little boy who feels awesome about taking ballet and shows off all his awesome dance moves (I knew a boy, name doesn't even matter, who was really short, to the point of it being strange, to the point where he would have been picked on (I was picked on for my height and I was taller than him...), but he was so popular because he took gymnastics and karate and was really confident and had awesome dance moves. He was Ptolemy here).

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Children are NOT born knowing what names are weird, and the people who put the thoughts into their head are their parents. OK, maybe little Michael comes home and says "Mom I made a friend in ballet, his name is Ptolemy" and Mom says "WOW WHAT A WEIRDASS NAME" and Michael is all young and impressionable and goes to class the next day and is all "YOUR NAME IS WEIRD, PTOLEMY AND I DONT WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?" (wait, Michael, what are you doing, he can help you with your pliés...)

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This argument is DUMB because I had the FOURTEENTH most popular name of the year I was born and I still didn't have any friends until I was 13 (and then I made friends with a bunch of other OUTCASTS who all had REALLY NORMAL names) and suffered a WHOLE lot during elementary school.

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On top of that, I knew a little girl named Ryan in school and she was seriously like the coolest person ever even though that really isn't a "normal" name.

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Whatever, I get if you don't like names that you don't consider "normal", but that doesn't mean all the kids with "abnormal" names are going to have issues. Kids with normal names get picked on too. As I said to Sam, "I'm me and you're you and we can both name our kids whatever we like and let's not be jerkasses about it to each other."

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I'm in a hurry and I'm tired and hopefully this doesn't start a huge fight because that's not my intention. This argument just annoys me so much.

This message was edited 6/19/2011, 2:32 PM