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Anonymous wrote:I can't lie, I'm irritated at a friend who named her dog my son's name several years after I'd had my son. We are part of a bigger friend group, so it's not like my kid will see this dog a lot. But it's still really irritating to me. I'd rather have a friend name their kid the same name, but a dog feels insulting.

I actually sort of hate it when people use common names for their animals in general. Lets keep it to Sparky and Snowflake.

You are officially absurd. I am moving you to the bottom of the covid vaccine priority list.

+1000

Signed,
Dog mom of Stan and Elsie.

You must be lost, this is a forum for parents of human children. Also lol at dog mom.

Why would you assume that I don’t have human children?

No normal mother of human children would refer to themselves as a dog mom.

I’d love to hear your definition of normal.
I have 2 human kids and 1 dog. I am a dog mom and a human mom.
Happy to be whatever you consider abnormal!

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Susan is a great name for a dog!

My dogs have human names but just first names. My cats both have first and last names although only one prefers first name last name in casual settings. The other is comfortable with first name after a formal introduction.

I also have two beloved children who have first, middle and last names of the standard human variety.

People who would take offense at sharing a name with a beloved member of the family are woefully insecure and short of joy.

Not quite the same but when we named my daughter, a neighbor said “oh! That was our dogs name when we adopted her. But we changed it.” 😂😂😂

This is why I don’t believe in giving pets “people names”

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Anonymous wrote:I would not tell someone that their kid has the same name as your dog.

+1.

+2 Of course it's rude. You love your dog, OP, but most people don't take "your kid is just like my dog" as a compliment.

Noting a shared name is not at all saying your kid is just like my dog! It is saying they have the same name, which....they do.

Bringing up the dog at all is where the (unnecessary, and rude) comparison comes into play. If somebody showed a picture of their new baby and it had black hair, it would be bizarre and rude for someone with a black lab to say "she has black hair, just like my dog!" Just because something is true doesn't mean you have to bring it up as a point of comparison. You also shouldn't say "wow you have blue eyes, just like Hitler!" and then act confused when someone thought you were comparing them to Hitler, since this concept seems to be difficult.

Honestly, as someone who has had and loved many dogs, when people act like they can't understand what's off about this interaction you're making us all look bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't lie, I'm irritated at a friend who named her dog my son's name several years after I'd had my son. We are part of a bigger friend group, so it's not like my kid will see this dog a lot. But it's still really irritating to me. I'd rather have a friend name their kid the same name, but a dog feels insulting.

I actually sort of hate it when people use common names for their animals in general. Lets keep it to Sparky and Snowflake.

I wouldn’t like you I think. My dogs have been Keith, John, and Craig.

My neighbor had a wirehair named Norm. Neighbor said dogs should always have one syllable names.

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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?

IMO this lady is sensitive and I find people in general are sensitive about names, especially those less common. She'll get over it and you should too.

A family member named their dog after their mother!! Ginny was her name. It did not go over well at all.

A friend of mine named his son Jake because he'd had a horse and two dogs named Jake & they were great.

I have had a horse named John, ponies called Buffy and Sally, dogs called Thelma and Maynard, and cats called Ruby, Ming, Angus, and Daisy.

I obviously don't have any problems with overlap, but if your friend does, then apologise.

I recently adopted a dog with the name Hazel. I like the name, so I kept it. I also work with a 50ish Hazel and went back and forth about telling her it was the dog's name, but she kept asking how the new dog is, etc. I told her last week the dog has the same name, and that I had wondered if she would be offended. She said absolutely not, she loves hearing about "new" Hazels, because she loves her name and thinks it's wonderful that it's becoming popular again. I said well, I agree.

Anonymous wrote:Keith, Craig, and John dog owner, you’re cracking me up. Your dogs are basically my friends’ dads in the early 1980s.

DP, but they’re actually my current coworkers 😂 should I buy a clicker?

I think it’s silly if anyone gets offended over stuff like this. I mean of all the crap going on in the world, this doesn’t deserve to make it on anyone’s radar of things to care about. You didn’t get the dog and then specifically name it after her child. You presumably didn’t do that thing where you pretend having a dog is the same as having a human child. I would assume anyone upset over something this trivial is high maintenance and not worth pursuing a friendship with, but I have low tolerance for drama.

Also, there are some names like Maggie or Teddy that you just have to assume will overlap with a dog somewhere.

Keith, Craig, and John dog owner, you’re cracking me up. Your dogs are basically my friends’ dads in the early 1980s.

Anonymous wrote:I would not tell someone that their kid has the same name as your dog.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't lie, I'm irritated at a friend who named her dog my son's name several years after I'd had my son. We are part of a bigger friend group, so it's not like my kid will see this dog a lot. But it's still really irritating to me. I'd rather have a friend name their kid the same name, but a dog feels insulting.

I actually sort of hate it when people use common names for their animals in general. Lets keep it to Sparky and Snowflake.

Dp. To your second point I dont think you can control what people should name their dogs or kid. Otherwise you need to tell all the parents to not name their kids Rex or Buddy