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Thoughts on the name Roberta Leigh?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:16 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:16 am
Our baby girl is due 2 weeks from now and this was the name I proposed. Our agreed upon rule was that she would get final say on the first name and I would pick the middle name, since I picked our boys first name. She wants to name her Roberta after her father and I almost immediately chose Leigh.
Shes having none of it because she thinks our daughter may get targeted with a name like that or be at a disadvantage in a progressively more easily offended society.
My response was that he will be removed altogether from history by the time shes old enough to ever be at any disadvantage...and even more of a reason to keep his memory alive. A frick you to the idiots trying to erase history. Also, I doubt most people would even make the connection. Theres never been a historical figure so wildly misunderstood. My wife is no idiot and knows how honorable of a man Robert E Lee was. She read Clouds of Glory. Shes not opposed to honoring a great man, just the potential consequences for our daughter.
Am I being unreasonable here? I think it's a great name and shouldn't be scrapped as a possible name just because some snow flakes might get offended.
Shes having none of it because she thinks our daughter may get targeted with a name like that or be at a disadvantage in a progressively more easily offended society.
My response was that he will be removed altogether from history by the time shes old enough to ever be at any disadvantage...and even more of a reason to keep his memory alive. A frick you to the idiots trying to erase history. Also, I doubt most people would even make the connection. Theres never been a historical figure so wildly misunderstood. My wife is no idiot and knows how honorable of a man Robert E Lee was. She read Clouds of Glory. Shes not opposed to honoring a great man, just the potential consequences for our daughter.
Am I being unreasonable here? I think it's a great name and shouldn't be scrapped as a possible name just because some snow flakes might get offended.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 3:12 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:19 am to YoubeHillin
I think you’re both ridiculous:
She’s ridiculous to think she’ll be ridiculed and also for wanting to name a girl Roberta after 1950
You’re ridiculous for wanting to name your daughter after a civil war general.
But frick it. It’s your kid. Be ridiculous.
She’s ridiculous to think she’ll be ridiculed and also for wanting to name a girl Roberta after 1950
You’re ridiculous for wanting to name your daughter after a civil war general.
But frick it. It’s your kid. Be ridiculous.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 1:20 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:20 am to YoubeHillin
Don't get upset about it
Probably not your kid anyway
Probably not your kid anyway
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:21 am to YoubeHillin
Just name her LeBronia and be done with it
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:21 am to Kafka
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Probably not your kid anyway
Wouldnt that be some shite? Kid comes out black. Lol
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:23 am to YoubeHillin
If she’s going to play travel softball, then do it. She’ll be a dyke after it’s all said and done.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:27 am to YoubeHillin
With a name like that she’ll probably shift supervise her father at the local Jiffy Lube in 23 years.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:28 am to Odysseus32
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Name it poop.
Lol I guess I had this coming, asking for perspective on the OT.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:31 am to YoubeHillin
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A frick you to the idiots trying to erase history.
..really though?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:33 am to Ash Williams
I agree with everything Ash Williams said.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:35 am to YoubeHillin
Jesus Christ man pick your battles
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:49 am to BruceJender
Fair point. Well, that about solves that mystery. I'm an idiot. Lol, trolled by my own wife.
Serious question though, would Robert Lee be such an unreasonable name for a boy? I wouldn't think so, but then again I'm probably autistic
Serious question though, would Robert Lee be such an unreasonable name for a boy? I wouldn't think so, but then again I'm probably autistic
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:57 am to YoubeHillin
OP has to be trolling. No one could be this fricking stupid.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 2:14 am to YoubeHillin
Oh, like Robert E. Lee.
I get it.
I get it.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 3:07 am to YoubeHillin
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A frick you to the idiots trying to erase history.
Just sounds like you’re kinda giving your daughter an uphill battle before she’s even born.
...Here’s the way I look at it... it’s “your” message to those who are living in present times towards people who you don’t even know- likely haven’t been born. It’s highly likely that your daughter will have to do most of the explaining for her name than you ever will. Which, in case, you’re shoving (projecting is the current term) the explanation onto her.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 4:25 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 7:03 am to YoubeHillin
Why do people want to name their daughters after a man? It makes no fricking sense. I know a couple and they had a girl first and named her Charlesey after the wife’s father (Charles)
Then they had a boy a year later and his name was Bryan, just a random name.
Honestly it seems selfish and forced and it’s a shitty name.
I think Leigh is a a good one though. It’s your kid so do what you want but do you really want your baby girl to be names Roberta?
Don’t be mad when she wants a sex change because she’s felt like a man all of her life. You’re the one who named her after a dude
Then they had a boy a year later and his name was Bryan, just a random name.
Honestly it seems selfish and forced and it’s a shitty name.
I think Leigh is a a good one though. It’s your kid so do what you want but do you really want your baby girl to be names Roberta?
Don’t be mad when she wants a sex change because she’s felt like a man all of her life. You’re the one who named her after a dude
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 7:26 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 7:16 am to YoubeHillin
you should be hit in the head with a brick if you name her roberta
Posted on 7/12/20 at 7:23 am to YoubeHillin
quote:Are you going to call him Robert-Lee or Robert?
would Robert Lee be such an unreasonable name for a boy?
How many people ask you for your middle name?
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