Steve Sloan II wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> > Also, I'd be happier if no two had the same first initial,
> > and if none of them shared a first initial with either of
> > their parents. (My sister and I had to go to middle initials
> > in labelling things that were labelled with just initials,
> > and I know one family where the father and all 3 sons have
> > the same first, middle and last initials. Don't want to
> > mess with *that* problem....)
>
> From personal experience, a father and son with the exact
> same first, middle, and last names isn't too fun either. ;-)
The only time I've seen it be really advantageous was when the father
(with the mother) moved out of the house and the son assumed various
bills. He switched them over to himself eventually, but in the
meantime, there wasn't any problem if someone called asking for the
person paying the bills....
I dated a guy who was named after his father, and it got rather
confusing. To top it all off, his *mother* was named Julia.... Ended
up marrying someone else, a second son, and *his* father had taken care
of the passing of the family name on the first one (the father is a III
and the son is a IV), so it wasn't *quite* as confusing, but I seethe
sometimes when I have to add parenthetical stuff on Christmas tags to
make sure that one of them doesn't end up with the other's present
(which happened one year). Then again, when you're the third, naming
someone the fourth may be more important to you or something. But the
only third I know who's close to my age had no intention of naming a kid
the fourth.
Julia
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