Re: What were your parents thinking?
My mother's boss back in the 80's was .......Rocco Rocco. No joke.
The whole "crappy name" thing is the bane of my existence. I absolutely hate idiotic names.
I have a niece named Leola(horrible horrible name). I went ballistic when I heard that my sister was going to name her that! The rest of my family hated it, too....but were too wimpy to say anything to my sister about it. I chewed her ear off about it.
To this day, I have only spoken my nieces name a handful of times.
Studies have shown that odd names put the kids at a distinct disadvantage in the world when it comes to getting a job etc.
Nothing personal to those who do it, but I hate the whole "jr" thing also. I never understood why people would want their son to have the exact same name as them. Isn't having the same last name enough?
I have 2 friends with son's with the same name. It's tiring to always have to ask for "big Mike" or "little Mike" when calling their house etc. They admit it's a pain-in-the arse, too.
