Today, my husband and I were talking about names for our expectant child. I told him since I named our daughter he could name our son. He's decided on a name from 'God of War'. My son is going to be named after a make-believe cartoon character - Kratos. FML
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Today, my boyfriend has had name ideas for his future son and daughter even before I met him, but so have I. He disregards my ideas and suggestions, and is hell bent on giving our kids names because he likes "the way they sound." 'Hippopotamus' sounds good, but who’d name their kids that? FML
Today, my husband and I agreed that he would name our first born and I would name our second. He's dead-set on naming our child "Raindropp" no matter whether it's a boy or girl. FML
Today, me and my husband are having our first big marital argument. Our baby still doesn’t have a name, all because I want to call her a normal name and he wants to call her some obscure name from an anime he really likes. I’ve never seen him this stubborn about anything this stupid. FML
Today, I found out that my wife named our son after her ex boyfriend. FML
Today, I found out my wife named our son after her ex-lover. FML
Today, I learned that I'm expecting twins. A boy and a girl. My husband, upon finding out about this, immediately suggested that we give them Star Wars names. But not Luke and Leia. Oh no. He wants to name them Darth and Vayda. And he is absolutely serious about this. FML
Today, I heard my brother and sister-in-law discussing whether they should name my soon-to-be-born niece Annabelle or Samara. My nephews are named Jason, Freddy and Chucky. See the pattern? FML
Today, my father-in-law announced the name of his new son, my husband's half-brother. The first name and last name is the same as our son, who I gave birth to 4 months ago. FML
Today, I found out that my 6-year-old son was named after my wife's "Favorite Uncle" because he might also be the father. FML
Today, I learned that the hardest part of marrying a historian is choosing baby names. His top choices derive from two Roman magistrates, two abbesses, a tenth-century author, and an obscure Greek official. I already let him name our pug, for whom he chose the name "Tertullianus." FML
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finn_fml 0
i dont get the "i name one kid, you name the other" mentality. why dont you just work together to find a name you both like?
Shiniku 0
"Make-believe cartoon character"?! Whoa whoa whoa, you've gone too far, there. Besides, it's a totally cool name, you must admit.
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the_space_pope 2
If you are Greek, this might work as Cratos is an actual mythological figure. Even Kratos is a real Greek word meaning strength. But if your last name is something like McGee or Flannigan or Hernandez or Worthington or Aalam (you get the idea) anything not Greek, this is fail. How old is your husband? Don't get me wrong. I like video games on occasion too, but I am not going to name my kid Master Chief or Samus. In fact, even normal names that would be acceptable for my cultural background, like Mario (it's a Spanish name too) are now off limits and reserved only for pets just because of video games.
LloydsGirl500 0
Actually, Kratos is from a fairly unknown video game, manga and anime series Tales of Symphonia, and he is one of the most powerful characters. I would love to name my child Kratos xD
Poxag 0
Kratos is a greek word, just cuz a few videogame charactersarenamed that doesnt mean, its a badname, there are game characters named alex and andrew as well. honestly this isn't really that funny which is why you posted it here in the first place, It's a cool name but I don't think it fits real people tho.
Poxag 0
@#30, that comment is way out of line, If someone said that about women you would flip a massive shit
gpstyne 0
thats why you need to retain veto power over ridiculous names and F*ck taylor with comment #30
THECHARMANDER 0
ok i doubt that this name willl actually pull through
kurukururock 0
Hey, at least it's not Bowser.
scgirl2108 0
I like names that aren't common that have a cool meaning. Mine is Charity, meaning love. I don't like the name kratos though but I think naming should be a joint decision. I know people having a twins: A boy and a girl. The mom is naming the girl, and the dad is naming the boy. They both hate each other's names. I don't understand this. AND it could be worse. My friend's mom taught a kid named 160. Because when his mother had him, her life took a 160.... That's an idiot.
Moon_Kito 0
#46 Cool it! Kratos is a cool name and in a job interview I'm pretty sure they're not going to blame Kratos for his name. I don't think there's any interview I've heard of where they asked you where you name came from. You're over reacting. I have a generic name and sometimes I wish I had a unique name even though I like the name I have. You should let your husband pick the names more often, sounds like he has cool ideas. You might have picked something like Matthew or something really plain and ordinary. Not that those names are bad, but break the mold every once in awhile! How is this an FML? Sounds like a story that someone should be taking to marriage counseling. Have a problem with your husband's choices, take it up to him not FML.
shwntfndm 0
?????? meant Strength among the ancient Greek. Relax; worse things have happened.