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in reply to a message by Billina
I think Destiny is pretty. I also think Serenity is pretty. I don't have too much of a problem with turning pretty words into names, as long as the words don't have either negative or humdrum meanings. I don't like Trinity, but that's because I don't find "trinity" a pretty word.
I doubt that most mothers of Destinys are thinking at all of the word's meaning, just as I doubt most mothers of Trinitys are thinking of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. (I used to hear "The Holy Ghost" when I was a kid, but I understand that's gone out in favor of "The Holy Spirit.") I can't say the same for the woman I met who had a daughter named Reality, though.
I doubt that most mothers of Destinys are thinking at all of the word's meaning, just as I doubt most mothers of Trinitys are thinking of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. (I used to hear "The Holy Ghost" when I was a kid, but I understand that's gone out in favor of "The Holy Spirit.") I can't say the same for the woman I met who had a daughter named Reality, though.
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Yeah, I've told the story here a couple of times and figured everyone would remember it. I met a woman who had gotten pregnant and wasn't going to be getting any emotional support from the father. She told me that she named the baby Reality because the reality of her situation didn't hit her until the baby was born and she saw her.
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You know, I don't hate the sound of it. It could work.
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When I first posted about it, and this was several years ago, I said that I actually liked the sound of Reality. I had a problem with the meaning, though. The word "reality" has a neutral meaning generally, like the word "destiny". However, "destiny" is a more high-minded concept than "reality", which I think makes it more suitable as a name. And then, the reason that this particular girl was given the name Reality gives the word "reality", in this case, a negative meaning. But sound-wise, yes, it's kind of pretty. As I recall, not surprisingly, the responses were all negative.
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