Breeding....Follow

Easier said than done.

Okay, that's fair. I forgot that I went through a period of a couple years where my self worth was valued on what guys thought of me. That's rough. The only thing I can suggest is to help her get involved in things that interest her and see if that helps. I really wish society didn't make us think that our value is centered on what kind of guy we can get our hands on. Self evaluation helps too. Trying to figure out what all those guys had in common, and try and avoid those types of guys in the future.

I'm glad to hear your ability to sympathise depends wholly on having experienced exactly the same thing yourself.

Sorry I've been away

Um Names....

We have talked about it a little. Husband man hates every name I like so the other day I asked him if there were any names out there he did like and he came up with Amelia. I hated it at first but the more I play around with it I'm actually starting to like it alot. I think we could call her Mia for short.

As for boys, I'm finding this much harder to find things we like but will probably go with a family name.

I love that name, but I might be biased since that's what my mage's name was for a good three years or so.

My birthday is December 2 and my family never pulled any of that combo present BS on me. Although I did use it to my advantage once when I wanted something that was more expensive than my parents would usually spring for for my birthday. I told them to give it to me and it would be my birthday and Christmas present.

Of course when Christmas came around, I still got some nice gifts from them. Score!

Separating the days becomes less of an issue as the children get older as typically, their "wants" go up in price and they're happy to combine things if it means they actually get what they really wanted. At a young age, making birthdays special is where it counts.

That name is too common. Then again, I grew up having one or two other Kristins (with spelling variations) in my class, so I am bound and determined to give my kids uncommon names. Just my

He or she is probably going to get teased at school anyways... I got teased and my boyfriend both got teased, so it's just going to be in their genes. Besides, I didn't say I was going to give them a weird name, just an uncommon name. It's not like I'm going to name my kid Moon Unit or something. Actually, my favorite name for a boy is Brennan. Different, but still relatively normal sounding.

Tofu, I think Amelia is a very pretty name.

My friends have found that the middle name, and getting it to jive with the first name, has been more of a challenge.

Is that what Ulysses S. Grant's parents did?

I have three middle names (my three most recent female ancestors). Two of them are polytheistic, each in a different language and it just doesn't work. As soon as I'm able I'm just gonna get a full Hindustani/Arabic name. And then deal with the drama with my parents.

I think my whole name was actually born out of random drama.


Also, Amelia is very nice, yes. Just watch out that her initials don't spell out something silly, that's always a concern with vowels!