Would it be cruel to bestow this acronym on a baby boy.....

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who will one day become a teenage boy but then one day become a man with no control over the format of his name appearance on bank cards and letters etc....?

BJ Surname....

Yes

yes why would you even consider it?>

Stick in another middle name in between.

Yes. Could you add another Mn so say, Benjamin Thomas John Smith?

No. Know two teenage boys with those initials. Absolutely not a problem for them.

However if you're worried stick another name in.

Really? Cruel??

Only the immature would think it's cruel IMO

I would avoid it.

It's not that bad, but I would avoid it too.

I would avoid. No one may bat an eye lid, but then again it could mean years of teasing. Why take the risk.

" Only the immature would think it's cruel IMO "

try telling years 4 and 5 to be 'mature' about 'BJ' then notamamayet.
When you have had a child, come back and tell us all how 'immature' we are for wanting to avoid a kid having the piss ripped out of him.

BJ surname and NOBODY, literally nobody has ever mentioned it. In fact I didn't realise before this thread.

It's fine OP.

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I would avoid too

Sorry Lisbeth but . If youre saying a 4 or 5 year old coukd be mocked with the initials BJ. Then I actually find it very concerning that a 4 or 5 year could even know what the initials BJ could potentially mean.
I mean there could be potential issues in the big school but surely not at 4 and 5 years old.

no.

not at all.
My son is BJ surname. So far not one other child has commented (he's 5) and I would be surprised if they did, and only the most puerile people I know have ever commented about it. They are easy to ignore.

I was just about to say the same thing do yr 4 and 5 age kids know about blowjobs?
Teenagers and immature Keith Lemmon lovers like me will find it funny though - if I see a car reg bj I automatically think blowjob!

Iliveinalighthouse - read my post more carefully. I said years 4 and 5, not age.

Mind you these days who knows

Nah I wouldn't do it. Although people may not go so far as to actually pass comment most would think, "Mhmm, interesting choice...".

I know of a BJ surname never been an issue for him

Oh I do apologize.

Boris Johnson's initials are BJ, he seems to have done alright.

ignores question of whether you want your child to turn out like Boris Johnson

Not strictly true, his full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

Don't do it, I laugh when I see those initials together!

I was going to give DS the middle name "Thomas" but when I realised he'd be "John Thomas" had to reconsider...

tali I'm the same - ps love your username mass effect geek here!!