Today, my daughter finally gave birth to twin boys. She informed me that she named them Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck. My grandsons are named after Hobbits. FML
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Today, I discovered that my wife named our kids after her former lovers. We have two sons and a daughter. 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, 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 heard my daughter-in-law refer to her twin daughters, my precious twin grandbabies, as “the good one” and “the shit stain”. FML
Today, after my wife gave birth to another of our daughters, she announced that this was the last one. When I reminded her I still needed a son to carry on my name, she replied, "Well, you've got four girls. You want a boy? Birth him yourself!" FML
Today, I went to my first ultrasound appointment. The daughter I was hoping for is actually going to be boy triplets. FML
Today, I came home to my wife crying. She had mixed up our newborn twin girls and couldn't tell which was which. I looked at the girls. Neither could I. 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 announced my fourth pregnancy, this time with twins. I heard my mother mutter, “Finally two kids from the same dad.” FML
Today, my partner convinced both of our little brothers that we are naming our son Obi-Wan. They now won't stop rubbing my belly and quoting Star Wars. This is going to be one long Christmas. FML
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Enslaved 38
Those names have a nice Ring to them.
mfjkr 10
You can drink your fancy ales you can drink em by the flagon but the only brew for the brave and true... comes from the green dragon.
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Comments (278)
Salasar22 12
I don't think you should be ashamed. Their names are actually nice and have a nice middle age sound to them.
aclumsypolarbear 2
I'll admit, the names themselves are awesome. However, I do believe that she would give her children such ridiculous names, no matter the epicness, is somewhat unnecessary.
zuelhater 7
Do you feel like you failed as a parent?
gottageek 17
Could be worse. They could be Edward and Jacob. At least your daughter has good taste in literature.
DazedSiren 5
Yikes....
SophieTheSnail 4
These kids are going to get made fun of so much
scr_sensei 14
They'll be totally fine by the time they hit high school. And moreover, they aren't necessarily going to go by Merry and Pippin. They could easily be Doc and Perry, and those names are a lot less likely to give them grief in grade school.
Bloodangel4ever 14
I was named samantha and called samanda and samanturd so unusual names mean nothing
buckdharma 38
When they reach their terrible twos your wife may find it difficult to dress her bad hobbits.
birdcagereligion 10
Merry and Pippin are awesome! You should be proud!
CrazyManCraig12 9
This is actually awesome! Why be ashamed?
NikkiAmber09 12
You people make it sound like they can't change their names in the future. They have that option. I'm sorry but I love lotr.
SoylentCandycorn 10
By the time they can legally change their names, they'll have gone through the years where children are at their most vicious to anything that is deemed "weird" or "funny sounding". If you love LOTR, forcing your obsession on your children in such an obnoxious way is an excellent way to make them absolutely hate the series. Anyone who thinks children don't get bullied for having overly eccentric names has either never experienced bullying themselves, or is ridiculously naive.