Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:42     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Linnea
Mariel

Scandinavian


PP back, again. I created profiles for Shaylon's mom, Jack, Leo and Max's mom and Sailor Rose's mom, among others.

I'll try this one.

One girl is blonde and the other has chestnut hair but the sisters have ethereal blue eyes. Random strangers tell them that their eyes are gorgeous.

Sometimes, you call them Linnie and Mary. Not often. Prefer full names.

You dress your girls beautifully, in boutique clothes that they promptly wear out climbing trees, running around at the playground, doing very active, kind of boyish things. Your girls are loud and shrieky together and their inside voice is their outside voice. Both go off to school with their hair brushed and styled with a headband or maybe a ponytail and bow, but at the end of the day, their hair is down and the hair bow...lost (check in the bottom of the Vera Bradley backpack, inside pocket).

You've decorated their room in a hip, up to the minute style that would include large, stylized owls. Your house is urban cool with a modern, hip decor. You'd like to say minimalist, but Dear Lord, Linnea and Mary want to collect everything and leave their stuff everywhere.

You are a hip mom, but consider yourself kind of an outlier. You're not as superficial as the moms at the girls' private, language- instruction school. One car family. One of you can walk to work. Your DH will be getting the most expensive home espresso machine for a Fathers Day. Both of you drink craft beer. One of you was Goth in high school.


Well, color me surprised! You got more than 60% correct.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:41     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:Peter
Mary
Therese
Paul
Philip


Devout, old school Catholic family. You'll homeschool using the Elizabeth Seton curriculum until the end of 5th grade; then it's The Heights for the boys and Oakcrest for the girls. DH would have liked even more, but five seems to be God's plan for your family. You know that in theory Holy Week should be the best week of the year, but going to church multiple times a day gets weary, especially with five kids. You secretly prefer Advent instead. You dearly hope at least one of your boys will get the call, but secretly, you searched Therese's web history and discovered she has been checking out entry requirements for various Dominican orders. The prospect is so thrilling that you don't dare say a word for fear of changing her mind. If that happens, DH will be heartbroken for her future, but you will be entirely supportive. Any old Catholic school Mom can raise a priest, but it takes a very special Mom (in a good way) to raise a postulant. We'll have to be careful when we tell Great-Aunt Mary Pat. Even good news can be a shock when you are that old, and she has wanted it so badly for the last two generations now. You're hoping it will help make up for her disappoinment with the new Pope. Francis, lord, the poor woman doesn't even know where to start with him. She's still recovering from the death of John Paul...
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:37     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isaac

Elijah

Arianna


Nothing?


PP here.

I'm too busy sulking that the mom I wrote about was described as retarded and her son, a pervert who's going to jail.

BTW, lots of Catholic kids throw towels around their necks and pretend that they are priests. I speak from experience.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:31     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beckett


This is me too. Do me!


You and your DH waffled on his name. Second choice was Milo.

Beckett's middle name is Thomas, after DH.

You married young, had several glorious, child free years full of travel, adventure and long weekends reading the Sunday papers together in bed, getting up late, riding mountain bikes on a paved trail and then hitting a tapas bar at night. You both are introverted and well, computer nerds. Completely cool, successful, creative, hip, involved, energetic, intelligent...computer nerds! Great minds think alike and you two finish each other's sentences and are totally content now to sit in bed with your individual laptops and zone out. You both are sarcastic with a dry wit and love British comedies.

You did well with the dot com industry. Yu were/are early adapters, so you can afford things most of your contemporaries can't. Like a row house...your second, thank you. One of you has a blog.

Now, Beckett! Living the dream, I'd say. You weren't sure you even wanted a child, but, how amazing, smart and cool is this guy? He is totally portable and independent. Did everything early and not surprisngly was an early talker. He never stops talking and has varied interests. Wears whatever's clean. Lots of gray, black and denim. Easiest kid ever. He's your only and that's part of the plan.

Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:31     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:Isaac

Elijah

Arianna


Nothing?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:30     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beckett


This is me too. Do me!

The name was a tough one to settle on; your family though you were naming him after the former Sox pitcher but really you were just trying to pick something less common. You and DH bought a fixer-upper and spent one year renovating on your own - nearly killed the marriage but you did it. You both play golf and are former athletic stand outs in other sports. You love to dress Beckett up in cute outfits, especially if they involve corduroy. You experimented with vegetarianism but it's just not for you, especially since it means you couldn't get your guilty pleasure McDonald's any more.


Though this is technically less accurate than the first response, it feels about right. Especially the corduroy. How do you know about the corduroy?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:28     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
This thread made my day!

One DD named Paige
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:26     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beckett


This is me too. Do me!

The name was a tough one to settle on; your family though you were naming him after the former Sox pitcher but really you were just trying to pick something less common. You and DH bought a fixer-upper and spent one year renovating on your own - nearly killed the marriage but you did it. You both play golf and are former athletic stand outs in other sports. You love to dress Beckett up in cute outfits, especially if they involve corduroy. You experimented with vegetarianism but it's just not for you, especially since it means you couldn't get your guilty pleasure McDonald's any more.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:23     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:Anders.


I probably know you

I think you or DH/DW is Swedish or have Swedish roots. You chose a name that honors your heritage but isn't too out there.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:23     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Beckett


This is me too. Do me!


You were real proud of yourself for choosing a "unique" name for your 2-year-old son. In fact, you invested a lot of time, rejecting a lot of names because you worried they were too "popular." And even though the name itself is rather passive -- traditionally, it's a surname meaning one who sits by the stream or something -- you're pleased as punch, although you continue to monitor its trajectory on the SSA list.

You're white, 32 years old, trying to save money to buy your first property. Your DH works on the Hill. You're a former communications professional who is still at home. And your parents living far away.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:22     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Caroline
Charlotte
Edward (goes by Teddy)
John (goes by middle name of Clarke)
Anne (goes by middle name of Hadley)


Catholic family. Children in private schools. Mom's a cradle Catholic, one of eight children. Husband was raised nominally Christian in New England, but agreed to marry in the Catholic Church and raise the future children as Roman Catholic. Two Easters ago, he went through RCIA and converted! Prayers answered. He's now a more fervent Catholic than his DW.

Mom wonder often just how God can make five children from the same parents each entirely different from one another. These children keep you running, Mom. Good thing you left your teaching career behind immediately after Caroline was born! There are not enough hours in the day. You exclusively breastfeed and that's mostly helped you space your children out to a manageable 18 months apart.

Suburban mom who lives very near the parish so she can go to daily Mass. Makes her own baby food. Dirty blonde hair perpetually in need of touch up. Cleans her own house but is not a perfectionist. Can't be. Too many children for that. Kids are decidedly free range...they do not need constant supervision. Mom frazzled but knows these glorious, chaotic days are to be treasured. Teddy often plays priest with his younger siblings as parishioners.


The mother sounds retarded and pervert Teddy will end up in jail.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:19     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
"Teddy often plays priest with his younger siblings as parishioners."

Hasn't the Catholic Church had enough sex scandals?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:18     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:Peter
Mary
Therese
Paul
Philip


Catholic.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:17     Subject: Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:Beckett


This is me too. Do me!
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:16     Subject: Re:Post your DCs names and we'll tell you what we assume about you. Snark is obviously expected!
Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melanie
Terence


You're African-American. Melanie is a Daddy's little girl and Terence gets jealous that his sister gets attention for just being cute while he can only get attention for being good at sports, so he acts out and gets in trouble for hurting Melanie. Dad doesn't know how to interact with Melanie except for commenting on her looks. Both parents thought about how the names would be perceived on resumes, but REALLY loved the name Terence and thought the name Melanie was so, SO pretty. The family attends family reunions every summer where everybody wears the same t-shirt, and meets up at a public park.


Haha. Nice try and good stereo typing effort

I am white, spouse is from Burma ( what? Never heard of it? Not surprised - look it up, yes google earth is your friend)

Haha. It's been Myanmar for over decade. Way to educate yourself and your kids on their heritage.


And the US doesn't recognize it as Myanmar. I assume you are not American?


You tell everyone you meet that your husband is from Burma, daring them to ask you "Where is that?" Or "Don't you mean Myanmar?" so you can correct them and make them feel small. Your neighborhood has lots of BBQs but they never invite you.


Now that's comedy.

And yes, PP, it was pretty apparent you're the DH and your DW is the Burmese one. And your neighbors probably invite you to a few of the BBQs, because they don't want anyone to think that they're not welcoming to the intercultural couple But no one really talks to you. Your DW may wonder why.