Melina

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Annabelle, age 2.

You grew up solidly middle class and are trying desperately to give your child what you believe is a unique, UMC name. Instead, your daughter will be one of four Annabellas in her first grade class.

Ha! Not even close.

Umberto
Elcira
Petra

My daughters: Sophia age 44, Lillian (Lilly) age 42, Rose, age 38

Anonymous wrote:Annabelle, age 2.

You grew up solidly middle class and are trying desperately to give your child what you believe is a unique, UMC name. Instead, your daughter will be one of four Annabellas in her first grade class.

Annabelle, age 2.

***Original Edward/Alexander/Sofia poster here.

DS' name is actually Alexander Emmanuel. (Latter being middle name). Half of our family is from South America and it's not uncommon for Emmanuel to become "Emma" as shorthand.

Sorry for the confusion, but thanks for the story! A fun read nonetheless!

I don't understand pp's Alexander, nicknamed Emma. So confused by that one.

Edward
Beatrix

Sorry. IPad and returning from beach don't work well. Pat obvious is Sofia was girly, girly. Think you can work out otjers

Anonymous wrote:Edward (never Ed or Ted)
Alexander (nickname Emma)
Sofia

Kid's now all in mid to late 20s. Sofia was not a "fashion" name in the late 80s.

You did your undergraduate work in English as a legacy to both your mother and two aunts. Like them you first became an editorial assistant and then a researcher at Time Magazine. As you approached 30, your gave your college boyfriend an ultimatum: marry you by 30 or you were breaking up. He called your bluff and you were single and without a boyfriend on your 30th birthday.

Many of your college friends were married and you feel into a crowd at work that frequented bars in the trending East Village. There you met Arturo, a professor of psychology at the New School. You began to study (and other things) under him and soon found psychology was your field. You were assigned to research a story on middle child syndrome and you attitude toward family was colored by the story

When Arturo returned to Pemsacola, you accidentally began to date a nice trust and estates lawyer who was being transferred to the firm's DC office. You saw your chance and married him soon after he asked

Edward was the first born and you wanted him to be a strong leader. You refused to provide a nickname for him, and he managed to escape a nickname until he became captain of his gphigh school lacrosse team. Teammates immediately called him "Edward Scissorhands," shortened to "Sciss." You refuse to acknowledge the nickname but he is Sciss to everyone else

The sonogram showed another boy would be your middle child. Again, you miser stood that shield had an I,portamt role in the family, so you chose another name that was strong and not necessarily shortened. To your surprise Alexander was a girl, but you kept the name believing it would make her escape the lost identity of the middle child. Your mother and aunts were horrified and began to refer to her as Emma. All three ar members of the Jane Austen Society, and what else could it be? You grudgingly call Alexander "Emma" because she is a totally Gorky Gorky and even broke family tradition and went to Sweet Briar.

You had several sonograms to ensure that Sofia was really a girl. You're were relieved and so grateful that you named her after your Great Aunt Sofia who left the money so that you, your sisters, mother and aunts could attend her alma mater, Vassar. Sofia did not join mER sister at Sweet Briar but instead attended Vassar. She is on the web team at Time Magazine and is dating a writer for the Stephen Colbert show who calls her Jinx. She loves the nickname and so do Sciss and Emma

Leah
Robert

Sesha (approximate English spelling)
Bazyl

Anonymous wrote:Sarah, nicknamed Sally
Theodore, nicknamed Ted

You (a well read dermatologist) and your husband (chemist) went back and forth about Ted vs. George but ultimately the memory of the mean horse named George you encountered at summer camp as a kid pushed you toward Ted. Sally is named after your grandmother-and at 4 she seems to be taking after nana at least in terms of bossiness.

John