This is my daughter,
Mahalia Pearl, nn
Malia.
You say: That's very unusual!
You think: Not bad, but not really great.
This is my daughter, Lydian
Charlotte, nn
Lyda.
You say: That's interesting.
You think: What the hell is a Lydian?
This is my daughter,
Constance Inez, nn
Connie.
You say: What a nice name.
You think: Yuck!
This is my daughter,
Jeanna Belrose.
You say: Hello,
JeannaYou think: What's a Belrose? And I loathe
Jeanna.
This is my daughter,
Emmaline Aster, nn
Emmie.
You say: That's a gorgeous name!
You think: But
Emmeline would be so much better. And Aster is not good.
This is my son,
Malcolm Elijah, nn Mac.
You say:
Elijah is a wonderful name!
You think: Too bad
Malcom is NOT.
This is my son,
Ebenezer Vaughan, nn
Ben.
You say: That's...unusual.
You think: *vomit* At least
Ben is nice.
This is my son,
Westley Marcus, nn Wes.
You say: Hi, Wes!
You think: Yuck
This is my son,
Stuart Josiah, nn
Stu.
You say: Oh, I love
JosiahYou think: Too bad I hate
Stuart
This is my son,
Elmer Obadiah, nn Elm. Yes, like the tree.
You say: That's interesting.
You think: In a bad way.
These are my twin boys,
Brock Everett and
Brody Kyle.
You say: How...um, cute!
You think: NOT!
These are my b/g twins,
Caleb Andrew and
Elisabeth Margaret, nn
Elise.
You say: What absolutely GORGEOUS names!
You think: What absolutely GORGEOUS names!
These are my twin girls,
Elsa Lindelle and
Priscilla Jessamine.
You say:
Elsa is lovely, and Pricilla is certainly uncommon.
You think: I like
Elsa and Jessamine...but the others? No.