Wait, it’s all bullying?
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months agoWe gave our daughter a somewhat disused but normal and formerly not uncommon name which was the name of a plant. We just wanted a name that wasn’t religious but still normal enough that she wouldn’t get bullied for it (she got bullied anyway). We realized later that it actually made sense in terms of her ancestry because her mother has a plant name, her grandmother has a plant name and her great-grandmother has a plant name. One long lineage of plant names.
whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
She was bullied for other reasons. Most significantly being as eccentric as her parents.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That does tend to happen to children that are half human and half flying squid
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
At least she can spray ink on her enemies and then fly away.
Zekas@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Honestly being bullied for a weird name just feels like victim blaming. It’s just someone else’s shitty behaviour we’re expected to dance around? That was the one problem with the name.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t disagree, but it’s also a parental responsibility, in my opinion, to help your child avoid bullying. It’s not possible to avoid entirely, but there are definitely ways to make it worse. And a weird name is one of them.
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It may be someone else’s problem, but as a parent , you should consider your child’s well being when naming them, and try to avoid obvious pitfalls
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Always has been.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 months ago
a somewhat disused but normal and formerly not uncommon name which was the name of a plant
Describing it like that makes it really tempting to try and guess the name. Out of respect for your and her privacy, I won’t, though.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Okay, I admit it. Her name is Cannabis Indica.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
What an awful parent you are, doxxing your own kid on the internet!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Never post while high.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Same boat. I think I guessed it, and it’s absolutely killing me knowing I’ll never know if I’m right. But also, my brain itch doesn’t trump doxxing a person (or even a squid) or their kid.
crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Dude I see you around here on the regular, so I’ll mention that this is ironic for me to read this, because we also named our daughter an old, obscure but “real” name that is also a plant (a flower, specifically).
It’s from France, so I asked a French friend before using it if it was ok to use and not a weird name, and they said “sure it’s ok, but it’s like an old grandma’s name no one uses anymore.” And that’s when I knew it was the one!
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yep, that was basically our reasoning. Vintage name, so it’s memorable, but not a weird one and spelled normally.
And absolutely not religious.