Today, I found out from my first cousin whose teenage daughter is pregnant that she has chosen to name her child after mine. I would be okay with this, if it weren’t the same first name, and if they weren’t just a couple of years apart. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I found out that my parents are first cousins. FML
Today, I found out that the one who got away just had a baby, and named it after me. My current longtime girlfriend and I already decided not to have kids. 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 found out my ex-boyfriend used the baby name I wanted with the girlfriend he’s been dating for less than a year. FML
Today, we found out that my 13-year-old cousin is pregnant. My mom then turned to me and asked why I decided to wait so long. I’m only 20. Instead of being worried that this young girl has potentially ruined her entire life, my mom just complained that her sister "gets to be a grandma first." FML
Today, I found out I'm going to have a sister. Who’s the mom gonna be? It’s my cousin from my mom’s side. My dad’s excuse? "Well, she ain’t blood related." FML
Today, I found out I was named after the woman my dad used to stalk when he was in high school. FML
Today, I found out the girl I hit on at the store I work at is my second cousin. FML
Today, my wife had our first child. He's identical to her coworker. FML
Today, talking to my boyfriend about each others families, we noticed we both had an aunt with the same name. After a while of trying to figure things out, we decide to call her. Turns out that we are long distance cousins. FML
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fettslaab 16
You don't mind the baby being named after your child... except that the baby will thus be given the same name as your child. My headache is worse. Must get off the Internet now.
Ilmoran 20
I'm impressed you got the correct cousin terminology, pretty sure most people don't know how it's actually determined.
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Comments (8)
RichardPencil 32
They're going to be second cousins, once removed, so what does it matter if they have same name? Just call the new kid "Beyoncé 2," or "Little Beyoncé."
Ilmoran 20
I'm impressed you got the correct cousin terminology, pretty sure most people don't know how it's actually determined.
fettslaab 16
You don't mind the baby being named after your child... except that the baby will thus be given the same name as your child. My headache is worse. Must get off the Internet now.
PenguinPal3017 19
I came here looking for answers! The words, what do they mean?
spinspinsugar 12
thats how I ended up not being named Kimberly. that's my oldest cousins name so it'd awkward to have 2 first cousins (25 years apart might I add) named Kimberly
TxKitten 8
This is a silly thing to be upset about
gimpy_girl 11
To have two cousins a few years apart with the same first name? I disagree. It’s awkward
DarkAngelsBlade 25
My mother’s best friend named her second kid the same as my younger sister. They’re a few years apart, she swears she didn’t learn if the name from my mom. It’s a rather uncommon name.
Evolving_Squid 15
TBH, it's not really any of your business.
gimpy_girl 11
Yes it is! We are together ever f’ng holiday
jobekka 20
my sister named her 3 year younger than me daughter the same name as me, just a different spelling. I don't talk with her