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Lorraine, your timing about the baby name remorse is eerie.  I just came across this note my son Nate wrote when he was 16.  The main point of his note was that he wanted to make it ILLEGAL FOR PARENTS TO NAME THEIR CHILDREN.

Here’s his note in its entirety:

“My first name is Nathan.  I don’t necessarily like this name. It’s much too formal for me. I think the only name given to me that fits my personality is my nick name, “Nate”. It’s simple like me. That’s why I like it. It also lets others know that I am not one to mess with. With a name like “Nate”, people think that I must be a bad ass and I am. So it fits me perfectly.  Although there is a deeper meaning behind my first and middle names, which both are Hebrew and mean “gift from God.”My mother says that when she became pregnant with me, she was nursing and using every kind of birth control possible at that time. Since I was conceived through all of that, my mother decided that I was a gift from God so she named me Nathan (I tend to agree with my mother on this one).My name is not very memorable. It is pretty common and ordinary. That’s why I have to work harder to get people to notice or remember me.Sometimes I wish my name was Javier. You will never forget a person named Javier. It just stands out. A lot more than Nathan.I think that they should make a law against naming your children. It’s cruel. I think you should have the right to choose the word that will be used to address you for the rest of your life.When I have kids, I’m not going to name them. They will be known as “boy” or “girl” until they chose a name that fits themselves. And if they later on decide that they don’t like the name they gave themselves, then they can change it. Of course I don’t know if that’s such a good idea if it was my choice. My name would be “Javier Badass Namagachi” and I don’t know if we want a bunch of Javier Badass Namagachi’s running around”.

So, Lorraine, this is my next prediction. The next thing we have to worry about with our Twixter kids is that they’re going to sue us because they don’t like their names. I can see it now: TWIXTER to self: “I’m outta money, don’t want to work too hard. I know. Will sue parents for the horrible name they gave me that has basically ruined my life and is the reason I have no money. Will contact personal injury attorney right now”.

Mary

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