ah, my mother; baby names

[flea]

Email subject line: How many mothers and grandmothers

Content: Are discussing the article "Whose Bed is it Anyway?"
in today's NYT. Don't all those exhausted families
sound silly and wimpy? And don't their bedrooms seem
too fancy for them to deserve everything going right.
Too bad raising good kids, kids with boundaries, isn't
their top priority...Can you imagine sharing your bed
with 5 year old Dillopie?????And 8 year old Casper?
Oops you mean you intend to?
Actually, the part of the article I did like was the
statement by the mental health pro that setting
boundaries for children is important and the bedtime
is a part of that. KEep up the good work! (KEep
trying, that is.)
Do not be offended by this message. IT is meant to be
funny.
love, D

Note to mother (and everyone else watching): If you have to SAY "Do not be offended; this is meant to be funny," maybe you should just keep quiet.

I haven't even read the article yet. Ugh.

Born to Beth and Matt: Jonah Peter
Born to Connie and Truman: Truman, to be called, we think, Tucker, or something. Sisters are Wilder and Annabel.

Comments

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

Wilder? They named their daughter Wilder? It's a cool name, in a way, but I feel like they're just asking for trouble...and somehow I feel like Annabel will either be jealous, or all "HAHA, I GOT THE NORMAL NAME!"

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Double funny because Wilder (who is now 5) is very blonde and has ringletty curls and generally looks like a little angel-child from a catalog - not 'wild' at all! She behaves pretty normally, too. I think it must be a family last name; that's fairly common down here.

[susanw.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, Wilder is one of my family names--all the elders in my family say I look just like my dad's Granny Wilder. But I have to admit it's hard for me to wrap my head around sisters named Annabel and Wilder. I feel like that, having named my first child Annabel, I've committed to giving our hypothetical second child a name that matches it in being clearly gendered and classic yet not too common--Annabel could have a brother named Edmund, but not one named Jaden, or a sister named Eleanor or Teresa but not one named Bailey or even a common classic name like Elizbeth or Katherine.

Of course, it's entirely possible I overthink these things!