MemberMy boyfriend is a junior and it’s really confusing! I also have the same name as his sister…so the family dinners have several multiple names. Confusing!
MemberWe dont want any juniors. I dated a guy who was a third and his name was William Page III but everyone called him Tripper because apparently Tripper is the nickname for a III
MemberI am absolutely opposed to naming our kids any kind of junior, II, III, whatever. However, I put other – it’s a tradition in FIs family to give the first son the father’s name as a middle name. His grandpa is Jose Miguel, his dad is Miguel Jose (yeah, I think it’s weird that they just reversed the names), he’s Christian Miguel, and because of this tradition, we do plan on giving a boy Christian as a middle name. I’m completely against going any further than that, though – I really want our kids to have their OWN names.
MemberI don’t have strong feelings either way. I’m not against it but I don’t think it’s something we’ll do.
MemberUgh, never. My brother is a junior, and I have seen what he goes through, so I told hubs long ago that I hope he doesn’t want a junior, cuz it ain’t happening! Luckily, he agrees, and we’re not having kids anyway, so its really a moot point. My brother and dad have to check their credit a lot, since there have been a few instances where they have ahd things show up under the wrong name. Sucks for my dad especially, cuz my brother has bad credit.
Honestly, I could never do that to my child, I think sharing the same last name is enough, sometimes even a middle name, but come on now. Let the kid have his own name!
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MemberMy Fiance is a Junior and I hate it more than him….because when I say “Hey S, can you go get that?” at his family functions sometimes people think I am talking to his DAD. No! Obviously I meant my FI! Also some of his family members call him “Little S” which to me is strange because he’s 6’4 and taller than his dad….Fiance and I have decided to use their first name as our future son’s middle name if we have a boy one day. Keeps it in the family without being confusing and annoying.
My brother is a “II.” As in, my mom was cool with him having my dad’s name (dad goes by middle name, brother goes by shortened version of first name) but she didn’t want ANYONE to actually call him “Junior.”
MemberNo way. I think they should get their own name and identity. It also helps cut way down on the confusion!
MemberBeing a fourth would only be cool once the others had died – which is awful!
I would go with the middle name, though I would feel a bit guilty about ruining the line, especially seeing as it is already 3.
MemberMy husband is a IV, so if we ever have a boy he will be John V. Good grief. It was a deal breaker for my husband though- I doubt he would have married me if I had not agreed to it! I, however, was able to make him agree to call the kid Jack as a nickname.
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MemberMy Husband and my Dad both have the same name already- so having a 3rd person with the same name would make things a little too crazy.
MemberCrazily enough, I have an uncle who married a woman from Mexico named Jacqueline. She named her first child Jacqueline. She named her second child Ashley Jacqueline. Named her third child Mia Jacqueline. This wasn’t a family name or anything…she just really liked her own name!
My FH is a junior, and we won’t be passing the first name down. We will be keeping the middle name the same though.
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