Anonymous wrote:Someone said this to me once twenty years ago about my name and I hated her after that. I have not forgotten it.

Someone told you that they loved your name so much so that they also gave that name to their family pet? Why would this make you upset?

Anonymous wrote:Someone said this to me once twenty years ago about my name and I hated her after that. I have not forgotten it.

Wow. You sound fragile.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL has named TWO of her dogs after my husband. TWO. There's just a slight variation in the name- so if my husband is John, then the dogs were/are called Johnny.

He was so embarrassed to tell me this when we first started dating

Ok, this is hilarious!!!

My parents named their dog a name one letter different than my DH’s name (it sounds almost identical except the last syllable). And then they bring the dog with them when they come to visit. I gets very confusing

Think like Joe and Joey.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL has named TWO of her dogs after my husband. TWO. There's just a slight variation in the name- so if my husband is John, then the dogs were/are called Johnny.

He was so embarrassed to tell me this when we first started dating

Ok, this is hilarious!!!

My parents named their dog a name one letter different than my DH’s name (it sounds almost identical except the last syllable). And then they bring the dog with them when they come to visit. I gets very confusing

We named our DD a very common dog name--not because of a dog, but because it is a family name.

She's now a teen and think it's funny if she meets someone who has a dog with her name. It's really not a big deal.
Girl loves her name.

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Anonymous wrote:Just recently I mentioned my daughter's name to an acquaintance, an old lady. She said she loves the name, and it was her mother's name. I felt good because we have something in common, a name that links to our loved one. Our conversation became more enjoyable after that.

If she had said, "It's my dog's name," I would not be offended but would think "well, what a conversation killer!"

A normal person would say “oh what kind of dog is it? I bet with a great make like that it is a super dog” what is wrong with people. Dogs are awesome and frankly in a significant number of instances they are superior to people.

What instance? Is it when they lick your face after licking their butts?

My brother named his son after one of my dogs. He just shrugged and said, "what can I say, we like the name."

I can't disagree, or we wouldn't have used it to name the dog.

We all just thought it was funny.

He did spell it differently if that makes any difference. Also, the dog is old and deaf, so he won't come running when the kid is older and starts running around. If the dog is still here at all.

When the baby was born it gave me a tremendous amount of joy to tell everyone my brother named the kid after the most important family member.

I think OP was rude, possibly not intentionally, but by bringing up the dog’s name she made the conversation about herself and her dog rather than about the friend’s kid.

Someone said this to me once twenty years ago about my name and I hated her after that. I have not forgotten it.

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Anonymous wrote:Just recently I mentioned my daughter's name to an acquaintance, an old lady. She said she loves the name, and it was her mother's name. I felt good because we have something in common, a name that links to our loved one. Our conversation became more enjoyable after that.

If she had said, "It's my dog's name," I would not be offended but would think "well, what a conversation killer!"

A normal person would say “oh what kind of dog is it? I bet with a great make like that it is a super dog” what is wrong with people. Dogs are awesome and frankly in a significant number of instances they are superior to people.

Or ask to see a picture, then exclaim “they have the same nose!”

Anonymous wrote:My name is Sophie. A co-worker, whom I knew for about 5 years at that point, bought a new dog and named it Sophie. She hid the name from me for the first few months. I finally figured it out during a hushed conversation between her and another co-worker. Initially, I was livid! Then... I got over it. Life is too short. Now, I think it's pretty funny.

Another funny thing is both of our daughters have the same name. I had my daughter first - by about 5 years.

Weird.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I think it's rude. You could've easily stopped at, "I love that name!"

But

This is what she heard..."The name you gave to your precious human child is also the name I chose for my animal that humps and eats poop."

I am so sick of you super sensitive people.

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Anonymous wrote:My name is Sophie. A co-worker, whom I knew for about 5 years at that point, bought a new dog and named it Sophie. She hid the name from me for the first few months. I finally figured it out during a hushed conversation between her and another co-worker. Initially, I was livid! Then... I got over it. Life is too short. Now, I think it's pretty funny.

Another funny thing is both of our daughters have the same name. I had my daughter first - by about 5 years.

Why would you be livid?? Sophie is a very common dog’s name. You sound unhinged.

Um, did you miss the part where I got over it and think it's funny. You sound unhinged and a little impulsive in your response. And predictable.

Dp. You being livid at all makes you the unhinged one. Who even does that for one second?

Anonymous wrote:Just recently I mentioned my daughter's name to an acquaintance, an old lady. She said she loves the name, and it was her mother's name. I felt good because we have something in common, a name that links to our loved one. Our conversation became more enjoyable after that.

If she had said, "It's my dog's name," I would not be offended but would think "well, what a conversation killer!"

A normal person would say “oh what kind of dog is it? I bet with a great make like that it is a super dog” what is wrong with people. Dogs are awesome and frankly in a significant number of instances they are superior to people.