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HelpRe: Do you feel bad when someone “steals” one of your faves?
in reply to a message by number1212
No, I'd be glad I liked the name. It's such a miserly feeling to dislike a baby's name. And I'd probably be amazed if it was something rare enough (that I could have imagined it as mine). I'm not planning to have kids, anyway.
I do remember when I was a youngster thinking that if I had a daughter, I'd maybe name her Charlotte after my grandma. That was back before it was in the top 50 and before the royal baby Charlotte. And then my best friend named her oldest daughter Charlotte! (though it was top 10 at that point, so not that surprising). I was a little bummed but mostly because I hate the NN Charlie (at least, when it's for Charlotte), which is what her daughter goes by. But also I kinda felt like "this name is important to me, and you're just using it because of fashion, the horror" haha; of course, choosing the name for a daughter has made it important to her.
...I wouldn't name a pet something I only slightly liked if I had a cousin named it, though there's so many other names I could use that I'm not bothered by that idea...if by some weird chance, it was my dream to name a toad Hercules, but my cousin named a kid Hercules first, I might still use it for the toad (I doubt they'd care or even know), but I imagine I'd go with something new like Goliath happily enough.
I do remember when I was a youngster thinking that if I had a daughter, I'd maybe name her Charlotte after my grandma. That was back before it was in the top 50 and before the royal baby Charlotte. And then my best friend named her oldest daughter Charlotte! (though it was top 10 at that point, so not that surprising). I was a little bummed but mostly because I hate the NN Charlie (at least, when it's for Charlotte), which is what her daughter goes by. But also I kinda felt like "this name is important to me, and you're just using it because of fashion, the horror" haha; of course, choosing the name for a daughter has made it important to her.
...I wouldn't name a pet something I only slightly liked if I had a cousin named it, though there's so many other names I could use that I'm not bothered by that idea...if by some weird chance, it was my dream to name a toad Hercules, but my cousin named a kid Hercules first, I might still use it for the toad (I doubt they'd care or even know), but I imagine I'd go with something new like Goliath happily enough.
This message was edited 10/6/2024, 9:39 PM
