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Help[Opinions] Re: Dating People With Family Names
in reply to a message by MasterCiaraXo
In today's (English-speaking) world it won't happen often at all, as there are so many more names in circulation now than ever before. So perhaps it might be slightly surprising, but surely also fun? Unless it's a truly awful flash-in-the-pan name.
Go back a hundred years, or even fifty, and it becomes highly likely that most members of most families will have very familiar names, perhaps even identical with those in your own family. And rather than let it bother you, you'd have been more likely to say "Oh, that's my sister's name! And your brother is Michael - really? Just like my cousin!" It sounds more like instant friendship than a problem.
Go back a hundred years, or even fifty, and it becomes highly likely that most members of most families will have very familiar names, perhaps even identical with those in your own family. And rather than let it bother you, you'd have been more likely to say "Oh, that's my sister's name! And your brother is Michael - really? Just like my cousin!" It sounds more like instant friendship than a problem.
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