In real life: In my son’s elementary class days starting with Kindergarten, there were 5(!) boys with the same first name in that class alone. They solved it among themselves by asking the teacher to call them by their last name. They went by their last name until they finished elementary school.
The girls, on the other hand, were unusually attached to their first names, and wanted to be called by their first name. Remember the Michelle craze? Well, my girls were the ones where that name popped up endlessly throught out their elementary and highschool years. My daughters always qualified their names with their first initial of their second name, since sometimes, their last names would have had the same initial…
Thankfully, we didn’t name our kids by any of those “in” names… We gave them good old-fashioned names that were in our family for ages…
While in elementary and middle school there were two other boys with the same first name as mine. And our last names all started with the same letter. We solved it the same way those in IJennyJenkins’ story did. We didn’t solve it so much as our first grade teacher, a retired Marine, imposed it on us. But she did that to everyone.
codycab about 19 hours ago
There’s another “Kat”, isn’t there?
droosan Premium Member about 18 hours ago
Where I work, there’s three Kevins, two Erics, two Jennifers, two Sarahs .. and a partridge in a pear tree.
LadyPeterW about 13 hours ago
Just noticed that the girl they’re talking about spells her name as C-a-t. Doesn’t Heart’s pal spell her name K-a-t???
Decepticomic about 12 hours ago
At this point, “Cat” better be a person’s name and not a feline.
HarryLime Premium Member about 11 hours ago
I wonder how many “Taylor’s” have been born in recent years … or Justin’s.
vanaals about 8 hours ago
We’re not confused.
I C D K N D C.
RandomTroll about 8 hours ago
I guess I’m gonna be the one to say ‘kitty cat’ eye surgery…
Cactus-Pete about 7 hours ago
Yes, I see that it’s “cat” vs “kat” but that tells me nothing. Are we supposed to know what he’s talking about?
1JennyJenkins about 7 hours ago
In real life: In my son’s elementary class days starting with Kindergarten, there were 5(!) boys with the same first name in that class alone. They solved it among themselves by asking the teacher to call them by their last name. They went by their last name until they finished elementary school.
The girls, on the other hand, were unusually attached to their first names, and wanted to be called by their first name. Remember the Michelle craze? Well, my girls were the ones where that name popped up endlessly throught out their elementary and highschool years. My daughters always qualified their names with their first initial of their second name, since sometimes, their last names would have had the same initial…
Thankfully, we didn’t name our kids by any of those “in” names… We gave them good old-fashioned names that were in our family for ages…
Teto85 Premium Member about 6 hours ago
While in elementary and middle school there were two other boys with the same first name as mine. And our last names all started with the same letter. We solved it the same way those in IJennyJenkins’ story did. We didn’t solve it so much as our first grade teacher, a retired Marine, imposed it on us. But she did that to everyone.
del_grande Premium Member about 1 hour ago
Wait…Cat’s a person? I thought they were talking about somebody’s cat
Aladar30 Premium Member 40 minutes ago
The huge insecurity of teens. It’s nice to have survived that age.