Popular and Unpopular Names

[David]

Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > It just now occurred to me that maybe I should stop dreaming 
about 
> > one day having a daughter whom I name Terra, since I'm unlikely 
to 
> > get my dh's agreement anyway (he likes plain names), and just 
> change 
> > *my* name to that.  Terra Ziffenplatzen . . . Terra 
> > Ziffenplatzen . . . what do y'all think?

Joywitch:
> 
> I think that you might want to consider getting rid of the boring 
dh 
> and naming your daughter whatever you want to name her.

Um... I see the value of a partner here: to put a spoke in your plans 
to blight your children's lives with the freight of your personal 
unfulfilled dreams.  You can get your revenge by doing the same to 
your partner, thus giving your offspring a chance to grow up.

David, thinking there might be a *reason* evolution ended up with a 
system where children play their parents off against one another