Which is said because I love the Count of
Monte Cristo. But the name
Mercedes seems so shallow, flaky and cruel to me, and the nickname "
Sadie" for it makes me want to hurl. No idea why I feel this way.
Monte Cristo's
Mercedes is nothing like that.
When I was younger, a friend of my aunt's wanted a baby, but couldn't get pregnant, so they asked a friend of hers to inseminate herself (with a turkey baster), with the husband's sperm. The baby they got out of that procedure was named
Mercedes. The four of them all lived together after the baby was born. It was quite the country scandal if I recall (they were all from a small town). Fascinating!