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The year is 1963.

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Jesse has become a licensed optometrist years ago, opening a small clinic on the UES of Manhattan, fitting eyewear for supreme clientelle, coming off the offices of Wall Street or the diamond district, and gaining quite a few influential ties with the upper class of New York.
Similarly, Florence continued on her path as a corporate lawyer, dealing in class-action lawsuits and other lovely subjects, which connected her with the working class plaintiffs and pitted her against some of her husband's patients, but the fat paycheck she got from her lawfirm for these cases kept her in the circle of Manhattan affluence.
The new family gradually weaned off Florence's parents' support, repaying their loans and living under their means, with Jesse occasionally investing parts of his paycheck into the different stocks his clients advised him.

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Marcellus is going to a private elementary, at the behest of Florence and her parents and much to the dismay of Jesse, who believed it's full of "soft yankie boys" and won't prepare him for the rough world outside, but Florence assured him the boy'll go to public schools in the future.

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Overtime, as Jesse made returns on his investments and Florence's paychecks grew, they felt comfortable enough to expand the family. Florence wanted at least 2 more kids, as she is an only child, and Jesse agreed. They named the kids in honor of Florence's father and Jesse's mother, but, perhaps influenced by the beliefs of her Ashkenazi Jewish neighbors, Florence's mother refused to let her granddaughter bare her name while she's alive.

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DD2's first name is from here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_nurses_in_World_War_I
her middle name is off here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_from_Birmingham,_Alabama
(you can use unisex names if you find any)

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DS2's first name is off this list https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_American_male_writers
his first middle name is off this list
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Category:Oblivion-Breton-Male
his second middle name is off here
https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Yangtze_Memorial

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(you can use surnames off the lists too, if they fit as given names, for both of the children)

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DH[33]: Jesse Cuthbert Boone (skinnyminnie)
DW[37]: Florence Hildegarde Phoebe Cuypers-Boone (Wordsmith)
DS1[8]: Carl Marcellus Boone III (cher529s)
DD1[5]: Daphne Juliana Boone (Cinnabar)
DD2[3]:
DS2[0]:

This message was edited 10/26/2024, 11:28 AM