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(HT: Rational Jenn)
It's actually quite convenient that I married a man with a rare name since I don't have a middle name to distinguish me. My parents thought it unnecessary, given that my maiden name is Afflerbach. That fact accounts for my short first name as well, which I appreciated very much growing up, having to write Afflerbach over and over. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
Adam doesn't have a middle name either, but we did give Samantha a middle name, Miriam, after Adam's mom who died about 13 years ago. I'm not a fan of naming children after relatives, but this was a special case.
Speaking of names, it looks like Samantha might become a Sammy. She calls herself Sammy most of the time, even though Adam and I use it rarely. Now that she started it, though, we've been using Sammy more often. Whatever you call her, she is unique.
Hi Amy. Are you related to the Andrew Afflerbach who (at least as of the late 90's) did astronomy/astrophysics research?
ReplyDeleteNo - never heard of him.
ReplyDeleteI sure envy you people with your unique names. I like my simple, monosyllabic names but good gravy is it impossible to get good domain names or user names. I hope my girls marry well in that regard. (That's a First World Problem, if ever there was one.)
ReplyDeleteLove that, Bill, about domain names being a First World Problem. Ha! Reminds me of the video I posted a while back about how everthing is amazing but nobody is happy.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, a lot of people use First World Problem as a sneer against our modern ways. For me, though, I mentally append "a good problem to have" whenever I use it.
ReplyDeleteI'd say that domain name concerns are foremost to me because I work at a registrar, but I've been that way long before I ever started here. Before 6browns.com, there were fourbrowns and fivebrowns. :-)