"What are their names?"

I'm tired of people asking me what my twins' names are. Why do they want to know? Are they just making small talk? What does t matter? Do i look like I want to get into an involved discussion of how we decided on our boys names every time I run to the store to buy dog food?

I swear I'm going to start answering "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"!

 

QUOTE(ladybenz @ Nov 11 2008, 06:59 AM) [snapback]1065726[/snapback]
I swear I'm going to start answering "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"!

:laughing:

You should!! I get that question all the time as well and its super annoying. I assume its people just trying to buy time to stare at the babies because I seriously doubt they care what my babies names are.

 

One time I answered honestly and the lady proceeded to tell me how she thought it would've been better if they were more similar (mine are totally different from each other). Did I ask for advice?

 

People like to hear that they are matchy-matchy twin names...that is my guess! Who knows! No one ever asks what my 4yo's name is.
(your boys do have super cute names though I must say )

 

this question annoys me, too. i should ask them what THEIR name is after they ask what my twins' names are. then i'll ask what their LO's names are. then i'll ask why he/she chose those names.

 

:blush: I kind of think it's sweet. A cashier in the grocery store, after seeing the baby stuff I was getting, asked me their names (even though they weren't with me).

But making up funky names sounds like a fun game to me!

 

Yep, totally agree with a pp because when I get asked that and I tell them Derek and Tyler, they say, "oh I thought they would be more similar or start with the same letter. So its just pure curiosity about what "we" picked.

 

We get asked this ALL the time. Not sure why? No one has ever made a comment about them not being "twinny" or anything.

 

Next time, tell the person their names are Ronald and Donald, and your last name is McDonald.

 

When I was pg we called them Tater and Spud at first, and then Veranda and Lanai once we found out they were girls.

 

We are asked as well, it has never bothered me. I have had comments that people are glad they aren't "twin-like", whatever that means. They ask when I just have Molly too what her name is, people speaking to me about my babies has never really bothered me. Now ask me if it bothered/s me when they touched them, a whole other story!

 

I think it's both - buying time to stare at the babies and wondering if they rhyme or start with the same letter or what. I think people are just fascinated with twins!!

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Nov 11 2008, 12:48 PM) [snapback]1065885[/snapback]
Yep, totally agree with a pp because when I get asked that and I tell them Derek and Tyler, they say, "oh I thought they would be more similar or start with the same letter.

to which i have replied, "they're two individual people, not just a matched set." i've also said, "they already look alike, they don't need matching names, too."

i don't mind people asking, but i do think it's rude when people give you their opinion about their names. the polite thing to do when someone tells you their child's name is to say, "great name!" even if you secretly hate it.

 

We get this question all the time, too. Not sure why. My boys names are nothing alike, other than they both end with the letter "N" but people always think I'm saying Vin and Fann or they think Fan and Finn. Even if I reverse the order and say Finn and Van, they still misunderstand. It's a no win for me, I guess. Should have named them Bill and Bob, I guess....

 

They ask so they can have something else to judge. ardon: That's what it boils down to. Will you pass their name test or not?

I have discovered since the boys were born that Sean and James sounds great on paper but sounds too much like John and James in person.

I have been tempted to tell people "Well, we named this one Maletestar, Lord of the Underworld and this one is Herman. We didn't want their names to be too matchy-matchy."

 

QUOTE(Her Royal Jennyness @ Nov 11 2008, 05:30 PM) [snapback]1066318[/snapback]
I have been tempted to tell people "Well, we named this one Maletestar, Lord of the Underworld and this one is Herman. We didn't want their names to be too matchy-matchy."



lol!!!!!

QUOTE(bkpjlp @ Nov 11 2008, 04:30 PM) [snapback]1066259[/snapback]
Next time, tell the person their names are Ronald and Donald, and your last name is McDonald.



lol!!!!

 

I must be in the minority... I love it when people ask about my babies. If I took my twins out and NOBODY wanted to ask about them I'd think we smell or something... I think when they ask the twins names, they just want to know who to say good-bye to. In my case my son is "Costantino Salvatore" who we call "Cos" (pronounced Cause) and "Gianna Isabella" who we call "Effect" (JK - but that is our joke!)

Do ya'll really want to go out and have no one recognize your hard work??? I thrive with people telling me they are beautiful so I must be doing a great job.

 

I get this asked constantly too, and it can sometimes be annoying to repeat their names OVER and over, but it's better than some of the other questions, like their weights and which one is "the better baby" and stuff. But as someone said that a better comment on names might be "Great name" I don't like that response...I get it ALL the time, about how precious and good our names are...well yeah, I think so too, or I wouldn't have named them that!

I know people have mentioned this type of thing before, but it seems like they always fuss more over Hannah. She has these really big bright beautiful eyes, wider than a lot of babies (I guess), and people are always ooohing and ahhing over her, and not so much over Evann...but for the fact that they are twins. :huh:

 

:laughing: I totally kwym...a lot of times I get asked and then they will compliment me on not naming the girls something rhyming or alike sounding and then share a story with me about some twins they knew who had alike sounding or rhymy names....

 

QUOTE(ladybenz @ Nov 11 2008, 09:59 AM) [snapback]1065726[/snapback]
I'm tired of people asking me what my twins' names are. Why do they want to know? Are they just making small talk? What does t matter? Do i look like I want to get into an involved discussion of how we decided on our boys names every time I run to the store to buy dog food?

I swear I'm going to start answering "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"!



The other day this old lady stopped, stared and my babies and says, "Well look at that...Tweedledum and Tweedledee"

I don't mind this questions too much either, but it also depends on the mood I'm in and how much time I have on my hands. If we're in the mall strolling, bring it on...if I'm grocery shopping with fussy babies, it can bug the crap out of me!

 

My sister hates the name question. She told someone the twins
were named Jack and Jill. :lol:

 

I don't mind this question much but I don't understand it. I would assume to see if they have 'twinnie" names. Our names are not American so people either get quiet and look away or try to say it so many times that it is so butchered I don't know how to make them say it right. And we picked EASY names. Even if I say my DD's name they still pronounce it wrong over and over. Not really annoying but makes it weird and uncomfortable. I have an American name but it is unusual for a girl and that throws people off even more. I think people just assume I picked their names out of a hat and when with it.

 

QUOTE(MamaD @ Nov 11 2008, 05:45 PM) [snapback]1066336[/snapback]
I must be in the minority... I love it when people ask about my babies. If I took my twins out and NOBODY wanted to ask about them I'd think we smell or something... I think when they ask the twins names, they just want to know who to say good-bye to. In my case my son is "Costantino Salvatore" who we call "Cos" (pronounced Cause) and "Gianna Isabella" who we call "Effect" (JK - but that is our joke!)

Do ya'll really want to go out and have no one recognize your hard work??? I thrive with people telling me they are beautiful so I must be doing a great job.

Cool names. I also love it when people ask - they are only being nice - and twins are so fascinating they just want to look. I don't mind it. I love the attention they get as am proud smug mother of twins!

 

This post made me laugh out loud - it's midnight so my hubby looked at me a little goofy. Must be the sleep deprivation =) Gave me a good (and much needed) laugh.

 

I got asked that about all the kids, especially when they were babies. It didn't matter if I had both twins or not. People are just interested in babies and, as far as questions go, it's a pretty polite question to ask. It never occurred to me to be bothered by it. It's just small talk. I never got any negative comments though. People have always just said their names are pretty or something they had never heard before.

Now that the girls are older, people ask them directly.

 

Depends on my mood and if I am in a hurry. When they were infants I got tired of ppl asking if they are identical they are b/g twins.
My older ds use to get so upset he would tell ppl yeah until you get to the diaper area.

 

I think it is them trying to make conversation and also hoping to hear "matching" names. I have had a few people tell me I should have given them rhyming names. People are rude, have no common sense and I could never imagine going up to total stranger and telling them what they should have named their kids....

Dianna

 

I think when I posted this, I was just really annoyed because I hate buying dog food with the twins (my dog eats 10 cups of food a day, so you can imagine the size of the bags) and the last thing I want to hear when I'm pushing a stroller and toting a 40 lb. dog food bag over my shoulder is "Did you name him after Dan Akroyd's character in The Great Outdoors?" (seriously, this is what I was asked!!!)

 

QUOTE(ladybenz @ Nov 12 2008, 06:52 AM) [snapback]1067048[/snapback]
I think when I posted this, I was just really annoyed because I hate buying dog food with the twins (my dog eats 10 cups of food a day, so you can imagine the size of the bags) and the last thing I want to hear when I'm pushing a stroller and toting a 40 lb. dog food bag over my shoulder is "Did you name him after Dan Akroyd's character in The Great Outdoors?" (seriously, this is what I was asked!!!)



Oh I can one-up you on that question. I get asked if I named my girls after the movie "The Princess Diaries". Apparantly in that movie the princesses name is Amelia but she goes by Mia, and her best friend's name is Lily.

Yeah, sure, I named my girls after some children's movie.

The other thing kids say to me is I should have named Amelia "Miley" or "Hannah" so that I'd have the characters from Hannah Montana.

When the girls were born I'd never heard of Hannah Montana, I've still never watched it, and I've never seen The Princess Diaries either.

 

I really liked when people asked me about my twins. And when they are young, the name question might be to determine whether they are boys or girls. I didn't like the comments like "Poor Mama (which I heard last week)" or "Better you than me", but if people show an interest in my kids, I really don't mind at all.

 

I wouldn't read too much into it ladies. I often ask the parent of a single child that I'm talking to what his/her name is. It's just conversation.

 

We get that all the time too. People LOVE twins! I ask other twin Mommies what they named their kids too. LOL GUILTY!

When I tell people my kid's names I have had people say that it is "cool that I picked two totally different names". My DH and I just look at each other and laugh. I guess some don't get the connection unless you write it out.

On the other hand I have had people get it right away and they always say they think it is cool. Like WHEW! Glad we picked those names because otherwise, it just wouldn't be cool for this person. LMAO

People just don't think about what comes out of their mouths before they say it sometimes.

 

QUOTE(ladybenz @ Nov 11 2008, 09:59 AM) [snapback]1065726[/snapback]
I swear I'm going to start answering "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"!


I started calling them Frick and Frack to strangers and then walking away.

 

I don't mind the name question -- I did have one person say "oh you gave them the same name !" she obviously hadn't heard me right. We just liked both names and finally agreed on names. We have been teasing everyone we are going to name our next girl Sarah or Serena.... hehe

I do hate when they touch the girls or say "double trouble" that just burns me ! Most times I would just be happy if someone would hold the door for me, or move asside when my double wide tries to get through... but I guess I don't live in a country of manners......

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