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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anglcazn 0
omg! It's a fictional character so the name sucks! Don't be a snooty bitch.
Medcrit 0
Kratos is an awesome name. He may have gotten the idea from God of war but it is in no way a fictional name.
asmidiske 0
I can see both sides of this. The bottom line is that kids are creative. Your son will be made fun of in school for his name no matter how innocuous you think it is. Even if you pick something safe and utterly normal like 'Nathan,' just about the time he hits seventh grade, a guy named Nathan will make international fame for showing his junk on the Internet and your son will suffer for it. Would I personally name my son from a video game? Probably not. (And I do play video games.) But I might name him from Hebrew tarot cards or after an artist whose work I like, and that's really no different. More and more parents are shunning traditional names in favor of names with meaning or cultural significance. To the person who made the point about his first job interview, I'd imagine that interviewer will have seen plenty of Aaliyahs, Rivers, Qabbals, and Aphrodites. I doubt it will be as 'odd' in twenty years as it is now. Let your husband name your son Kratos. And give him a normal middle name so that, if he really does grow up hating it, he has another name he can use.
Indiana_fml 4
Totally agree with #8. I mean, what would've been your favorite? Michael? Tom? Would that be original?
yomomma_b 0
yeah i'm pretty sure your husband is awesome. hell if it doesn't work out, pass me his number will ya?
shawnarawwwrr 0
i am now inspired to name my kid zeus. awkward names ftw
pixistix 0
Kratos is an awesome name.
Deader_fml 0
Expectant child? So the child is expecting something? Or is pregnant? You are expectant. Not your unborn child. Furthermore, cartoon character != video game character, lady. Plus it's Greek and perfectly reasonable... AND AWESOME
pete275 0
It's not a cartoon character, it's a videogame character. And also some kind of god from greek mythology probably (god of war was Ares I think). if you can't make that distinction, I don't see how your marriage can work at all.
Gotz_No_Love 1
i wish my name was Kratos . i would hate to play football or wrestle against a guy named that.