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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even though my name isn’t rare, [b]I rarely ever encountered personalized items with my name on them.[/b] I named both of my kids names that are more common than mine and I’ve been thrilled that most displays of personalized tchotchkes have their names. My kids are in high school and one of my kids has had one classmate ever with her first name, and the other has never had a classmate with the same name, but has had two classmates with a variation (think Sophie vs. Sophia). It’s not like back when I was in elementary school and had 3 Michelles in my class of 29.[/quote]

This was an issue before Etsy. Now you can get item personalized from Amazon if you wait an extra week for shipping. [/quote]

Agree, and also I just don't think kids care as much about the kinds of personalized items you would buy in a store these days (mini license plates, keychains, etc.). My kid gets excited about personalized items but only the kinds of things you'd have to get custom anyway -- she loves backpacks and bags with her name or initials but that was always something you'd have to order.

I feel like there was this brief time (1970s-1990s) where kids cared about those kinds of personalized tokens but it's over. It feels like a dumb reason to choose a name.[/quote]

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