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Thaddeus and Balthazar

189 replies

SleepingStandingUp · 14/07/2019 19:19

My lovely possibly boy matching twins.

Yes????

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macdhui · 14/07/2019 20:26

Love Thaddeus

IggyAce · 14/07/2019 20:26

Balthazar was the name I didn’t have the guts to use plus I’m sure dh would have vetoed it. So I say go for it.

SpanishTiles · 14/07/2019 20:21

James and John are very nice this time of year Confused

EdWinchester · 14/07/2019 20:20

Balthazar? Come ON!!

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ErrolTheDragon · 14/07/2019 20:18

Together they sound like a pair of shady characters in a Victorian melodrama.

Kanga83 · 14/07/2019 20:17

I love Thaddeus!

LittleFairywren · 14/07/2019 20:16

Those poor children.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/07/2019 20:13

r I prefer Castiel

Who wouldn’t Grin

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SleepingStandingUp · 14/07/2019 20:08

@S112Toddlerteaplease @MikeUniformMike
Did you seriously just wish TRIPLETS on me???? Grin

should really be Casper I prefer Castiel

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EarringsandLipstick · 14/07/2019 20:03

Thaddeus was a disciple - and also known as Jude or Judas the Apostle 🤔 (no, not that Judas!)

These are awful names to inflict on your lovely babies, sorry OP.
An apostle and of the Wise Men. Just...why?

MikeUniformMike · 14/07/2019 19:57

Lovely. Like both. Use Nebuchadnezzar if it accidentally is triplets. Or Nicodemus, which is the fabbest name ever.

Toddlerteaplease · 14/07/2019 19:56

Crisis post with @C0untDucku1a

Toddlerteaplease · 14/07/2019 19:55

Should really be Casper, Melchior and Balthazar after the three kings! Thaddeus was a disciple.

C0untDucku1a · 14/07/2019 19:43

Thaddeus was one of the twelve disciples. Normal name.

Balthazar, while traditionally the name of one of the magi, my mind always goes first to the demon. But I do love julien mcmahon so...

MrsDimmond · 14/07/2019 19:42

It would be a no from me

starfishcoffee · 14/07/2019 19:42

Love Balthazar, not so keen on Thaddeus though. I know a Balthazar and think it's a great name - also - (to give you a bit of hope) he's a grown man and people don't question it.

TheRLodger · 14/07/2019 19:40

Love Balthazar really not keen on Thaddeus

Moominfan · 14/07/2019 19:39

Never ending story is an amazing film. Sadly I think the reference will be lost on kids.

DickZillaofTheVilla · 14/07/2019 19:38

I wouldn’t

Bookworm4 · 14/07/2019 19:38

Really? I think your pregnancy brain has melted. Poor wee souls getting landed with such try hard we’re quirky names/ parents are knobs.

PerrysWinkle · 14/07/2019 19:37

Do you live somewhere very very posh?

FloatingthroughSpace · 14/07/2019 19:37

sleeping
Well if you don't live in Sloane Square or South Ken and aren't aiming for Eton, I would say a firm "nope" unless you want you kids to have the mickey ripped throughout their formative years.

I guess it will be character building.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 14/07/2019 19:35

Yes he was sue

Ted has always been short for edward..wouldn’t occur to me that it may be short for Thaddeus

sue51 · 14/07/2019 19:32

I dated aThaddeus in the 70s, I haven't met one since. I liked the name though it did get shortrned to Ted by most people. The other name is good too. He was one of the three wise men I think.