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This is a very minor thing, but I have been wondering if I offended an acquaintance in a recent conversation. She shared the name of her youngest child to me and I casually mentioned that I love that name and  that it is also our dogs name.

It felt like the tone of the conversation immediately changed and that I may have offended her? It is rude to tell someone that their child and your dog share a name? Ordinarily, I would never think twice about this because it seems like no big deal... but her response made me think of twice. She is the mom of my DDs classmate. I know this is nothing to apologize for, but I’m curious what others think about this? [/quote]

I have experienced this from both sides- my DD shares a name with a friend's dog and she looooves that dog.  She loves the fact that they share a name and always runs up to her and says "her name is Larla, just like me."

On the flip side friends of mine have a girl with the same name as our dog and same thing- the girl loves our dog and the fact that they share a name.  I think it would have been weird upon meeting the family to not mention it unless I was sure they would never meet the dog.

So no, I don't think it is rude- how is the truth about what your dog is named rude?  Obviously if you named your dog that then you like the name.[/quote]

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