to find the names 'Bronte' and 'Merrily' intensely irritating. . . ?

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www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1217340/I-told-stranger-disciplining-child--wonder-danger- producing-generation-brats.html

My sons' best friend has a little sister called Bronte. I think its a lovely name (but I am probably biased, cos she's lovely)

Bronte because the 'incident' portrayed here is fiction of the most melodramatic kind.

Merrily - because she is merrily laughing all the way to the bank as her children's 'bad' behaviour is a lucrative source of journalistic income.

YANBU

I wouldn't choose those names but I don't think they are awful.

The article was similar to a situation I witnessed recently. A mum was scolding her little boy who looked about 2.6 and she said "right thats it I've had enough, if you don't sit down now, your icecream is going in the bin". Cue other mums shaking their heads and saying they felt sorry for the poor child.

With the exception of abuse (physical or verbal) I think people should keep their opinions to themselves.

Am I the only one who noticed a similarity between the childrens names and the surnames of the authors of the book Nutureshock?
Bronson = Bronte
Merryman = Merrily

Just me then...

producing-generation-brats.html link

try again!

I heard some calling their son Tintin the other day. I did kind of squirm. Sorry if any of you have Tintins.

When the twins were in the special care unit, there was a baby girl who had been called Cinderella.

Perhaps they needed some extra help round the house and couldn't afford a cleaner?

I know a Cinderella poor thing

YABU.

Live and let live. We can't all be called Isobel and Jack .

I came across a Cinderella once too.

There can't be that many of em surely? Mine was in Oxford. Is it the same one?

yes it was

I know a Tintin - but it's a pet name (as in affectionate, not the name of an animal!).

I was about to say YANBU because the author of the article was so irritating, but actually MaMight is probably right.

Now I'm puzzled I am getting an article about a woma popping her DDs balloon !

Bronte and Merrily are her daughter's names.

One of my favourite fictional characters is Merrily Wakins in the books by Phil Rickman-interestingly Merrily's teenage daughter is called Jane!

I read that article (online, as it is a guilty pleasure reading the "outraged from Tunbridge Wells " comments...and I thought what stupid names.
Those outraged mothers would have strung my dh up for cutting the head off ds's favourite toy when he was 3.....looking back, it was very funny, but maybe not the best parenting decision.

I do hope Tintin was a nickname. Did he have a sibling called Snowy?