You think of a name you want to use, but you are worried enough about the teasing potential of whether you are "brave" enough that you come on a the internet and ask a group of random strangers what they think.
Surely, if you have concerns (and posting about it means you do) then you just don't do it?
Yes, the chances are that your child won't be teased, but why run the risk?
Yes, by the time your child is applying for jobs maybe everyone will be called by a random collection of letters or a geographical feature so employers will no longer make judgments about people based on their names. But this may not have happened, so, once again, why risk it?
And yes, people will always find something to tease people about, but why hand them the opportunity on a plate?
Yes, your child might be a strong, confident person who can carry off their unusual name and love it, but he or she might be quiet, timid and unconfident, and may find it a burden to be called Basingstoke-Montmorency. Again, why risk it.
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This is what I don't understand.
seeker · 04/07/2010 08:55
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