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Do you judge parents by their child's name?
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Anonymous
| You are right 1544, but it's a downside of this forum. And most posts are real questions with real information with judgmental useless stuff peppered in there. It's annoying when that's the original post's whole purpose. I get it, a lot of women who post on dcum are jerks. I forget that we're not supposed to play into their little games. |
Anonymous
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I don't even notice what kind of stroller you have, unless it is a massive double stroller and you are trying to push it through some narrow aisles at the local market. Then I just think you are an asshole.
For names, the only ones that really bother me are the ones that are really common, but the parent has tried to somehow distinguish the name with a unique spelling. yes, there are 24 Aidens in my son's class. But MY son is an AYIDYN. Or yes, there are 18 Kaylee's in my daughter's class, but my daughter is a CAEILEGHEEH. Obnoxious. If you want a unique name, pick one. |
Anonymous
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I have a son with a common name with an unusual spelling - he goes by the nickname with a very normal spelling.
I am anti god names for children - Thor, Isis, Gaia - I just feel its the parents forcing their "creativity" on their child who would rather be Jason or Emily. I do really like hippy names like Sky, Summer and Forrest, but they have the same probs as the god names. |
Anonymous
I'm 1544; you've made me smile, but I also appreciate what you're saying. Actually, I wish I'd never posted a comment on this particular thread--you're right--initial intent of this thread was useless! :0) |
Anonymous
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Oh for Pete's sake, NO child wants to be plain Jane (or whatever plain name there is). You don't have to like someone else's child's name. How much sense does that make? Besides, you probably chose your child's name to please your parents whom you will never please anyway! Give it up.
I'm the one that posted (on another thread) avoiding moms who have certain strollers. For this very reason, OP. Usually the ones with the "look at me, look at me, look at me" strollers want so badly to belong that I would never want to spend my precious (yep!) time associating with them. We could afford any stroller we want, and we chose sensible. What a concept. We prefer to be surrounded by sensible people - not plain people, not desperate people - but people who go with their own decisions and not everyone else's. The herd mentality is obviously not working for them. What makes you think it works for you? |
Anonymous
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I'm the one that posted (on another thread) avoiding moms who have certain strollers. For this very reason, OP. Usually the ones with the "look at me, look at me, look at me" strollers want so badly to belong that I would never want to spend my precious (yep!) time associating with them. We could afford any stroller we want, and we chose sensible. What a concept. We prefer to be surrounded by sensible people - not plain people, not desperate people - but people who go with their own decisions and not everyone else's. The herd mentality is obviously not working for them. What makes you think it works for you?
I know this discussion is about names, but poster 16:24 made the stroller comment so I just have to say... I do own a very flashy stroller but it was given to me and the only reason I use it is because I didn't see any reason to go out and spend money on a new stroller when one, very expensive, brand new one was given to me. So, poster 16:24, be careful who you judge. I am a sensible person with friends who happen to share/give their baby products to friends in need. I do the same for my friends. I sugggest you take time speaking with people before making such harsh judgements on material items. |
Anonymous
| Of course I do. Everyone does. |
Anonymous
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I never did until now, after reading this thread.
Same thing happened to me after the stroller thread. 
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Anonymous
| Sure I do. I also judge them by how they talk, their age, their sex, their race, their makeup (or lack therof).....we all do it whether we're conscious of it or not. We think it tells us something about them. Sometimes what we perceive about someone is true, sometimes it's not. I think George Foreman is an egotistical asshole for naming all his kids George. |
Anonymous
| I judge parents who give their kids pretentious sounding names. |
Anonymous
| I do initially. Then I meet and get to know the parents. Almost always, my initial perceptions were wrong. |
Anonymous
| I know somebody who named their son Brogan. I keep wondering if they know that its definition is "a stout and heavy work shoe". It's all I can do to bite my tongue. |
Anonymous
OT from this thread, but maybe you ought to just cut the woman with the massive double stroller a break. Trust me, she doesn't want to be pushing anything that large down the narrow grocery aisle. But she has two kids who are stroller age, and she has to grocery shop. And chances are she hates having a massive stroller and having to drag two little ones shopping more than you hate seeing her. Such is life with babies/toddlers. And a little empathy from you would go a long way. Signed, mom of a 2 year old and 2 month old with a double stroller who is looking forward to the day when the older one can walk for an extended period of time without running away. and who is cranky because she's had a very long day with both of them while her husband is away on business travel. |
Anonymous
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Theme from this thread is that maybe people should just give each other a break, and a chance. Some people will be jerks, others won't and you probably cannot tell by their kids' names.
And, also, OP was probably fishing to see if anyone listed her kids' names as an example of what they like or don't. |
Anonymous
Brave of you to admit OP.... 
While I don't judge the parents as people I do judge their taste in names. 
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