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Thoughts on the name Roberta Leigh?

Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:16 am
Posted by YoubeHillin
Lake charles
Member since Sep 2019
671 posts
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.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 3:12 am
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
18564 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:19 am to
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.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 1:20 am
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159142 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:20 am to
Don't get upset about it

Probably not your kid anyway
Posted by lsuguy84
Madisonville
Member since Feb 2009
28101 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:21 am to
Just name her LeBronia and be done with it
Posted by YoubeHillin
Lake charles
Member since Sep 2019
671 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:21 am to
quote:


Probably not your kid anyway


Wouldnt that be some shite? Kid comes out black. Lol
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
10230 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:23 am to
Name it poop.
Posted by immobileman
nowhere in particular
Member since Nov 2014
1862 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:23 am to
If she’s going to play travel softball, then do it. She’ll be a dyke after it’s all said and done.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118276 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:25 am to
What about Seven?
Posted by ellishughtiger
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Member since Jul 2004
21182 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:27 am to
With a name like that she’ll probably shift supervise her father at the local Jiffy Lube in 23 years.
Posted by YoubeHillin
Lake charles
Member since Sep 2019
671 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:28 am to
quote:

Name it poop.


Lol I guess I had this coming, asking for perspective on the OT.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:31 am to
quote:

A frick you to the idiots trying to erase history.

..really though?
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
38930 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:33 am to
I agree with everything Ash Williams said.
Posted by BruceJender
Houston
Member since Dec 2016
687 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:35 am to
Jesus Christ man pick your battles
Posted by YoubeHillin
Lake charles
Member since Sep 2019
671 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:49 am to
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
Posted by johnnydrama
Possibly Trashy
Member since Feb 2010
9207 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 1:57 am to
OP has to be trolling. No one could be this fricking stupid.
Posted by FightingTigers138
In your thoughts
Member since Dec 2016
6011 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 2:14 am to
Oh, like Robert E. Lee.

I get it.
Posted by TchoupitoulasTiger
NOLA
Member since May 2011
1330 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 3:07 am to
quote:

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 by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
35199 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 7:03 am to
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
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 7:26 am
Posted by oldcharlie8
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
7906 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 7:16 am to
you should be hit in the head with a brick if you name her roberta
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
35199 posts
Posted on 7/12/20 at 7:23 am to
quote:

would Robert Lee be such an unreasonable name for a boy?
Are you going to call him Robert-Lee or Robert?

How many people ask you for your middle name?
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