https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:12:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747170 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:15:36 +0000 PointeShoesTutus 747170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband does, although our son would be the "IV" Husband is the III and is very close with his family so he wants to keep it going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747162 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:13:49 +0000 DillonLion 747162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at all. </p> <p>He, his dad, and his grandfather all share the same first name<br /> His brother and his dad share the same middle name. </p> <p>He wants no one to share any more names :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747159 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:12:49 +0000 Ra 747159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I'm not a fan of juniors, so I am thankful we are on the same page. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747131 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:04:10 +0000 Charm54 747131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No - I brought up using his name for a middle name but he didn't like the idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747092 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:50:26 +0000 tbuzz 747092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. He's the II and refuses to continue the tradition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747037 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:29:17 +0000 Dandelion 747037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No...he's got a unisex name and it slightly bitter about it. He wouldn't mind using his name as a middle name, though, but only for a boy...even though it's a coed name. I think it would be cute as a middle name for a girl, but I think that's a sore spot, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747030 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:26:43 +0000 MamaJ 747030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate the tradition and was glad he didn't want a jr. DH is a jr and its already confusing enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-747024 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:24:35 +0000 autumnlove 747024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He doesn't! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746954 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:04:41 +0000 evenstar982 746954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: oh yes good point! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746795 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:07:04 +0000 lovehoneybee 746795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but it was important for him to pass on his middle name, Evans...it's his dad's middle name, and was his paternal grandmother's maiden name. We chose to modify and use it as a first names, though (Evan). If we hadn't used it a first name we still would have used it as a middle name, for a boy or girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746765 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:58:39 +0000 LindsayInNY 746765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: An ex-bf was the IV - I like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746762 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:57:31 +0000 LindsayInNY 746762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup and if LO is a boy, he will be a junior! His initial would be JJJJ (including the junior)! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746586 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:59:41 +0000 pl0508 746586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746585 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:59:09 +0000 IRunForFun 746585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but he does want to have a child with the same middle name as him, it's a family name (a maiden name) that has special meaning to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746536 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:45:47 +0000 Smurfette 746536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, he is a junior and hates it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746435 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:14:00 +0000 sera_87 746435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evenstar982: wouldn't it be III? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746431 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:13:36 +0000 sera_87 746431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! He's not the greatest fan of his name. We'll be carrying on his middle though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746272 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:37:03 +0000 evenstar982 746272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is a Jr himself... and has no wish to continue the tradition! His family still all call him 'junior' anyway so it would just be too confusing! </p> <p>Anyway, what's the 'rule' on "Jr, Jr" - does the LO become 'firstname lastname, II' instead of Jr at that point?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746270 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:36:47 +0000 ShootingStar 746270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, my DH has a very nice name but I'm glad because I think kids deserve their own name/identity. My uncle did this with his son and it only lasted about 3 days before it got too confusing and they decided to have him go by his middle name instead. And I'm sure that'll be confusing to people his entire life. I also particularly don't care for when the son is literally called "Junior". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746268 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:35:15 +0000 Springtime 746268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, he doesn't. Which I'm happy about. I don't like the whole "jr" thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746266 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:34:51 +0000 littlek 746266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, he has no interest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746261 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:34:07 +0000 meredithNYC 746261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. My husband thinks the tradition is very odd - like it demonstrates a weird, self-interested desire for a "mini-me" or something. It's not a thing in my family, either, so I've never given it much thought. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746223 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:27:56 +0000 shopaholic 746223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! If I was willing to name our daughter after DH, he would have been thrilled! And no, he doesn't have a unisex name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746210 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:25:15 +0000 GrapeCrush 746210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no. he's not a fan of his name, it was even hard to get him to agree to use his middle name for DS's middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746170 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:13:12 +0000 pui 746170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, he really is indifferent to our kids even having his name as a middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746166 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:11:38 +0000 Boheme 746166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but his parents have pushed us so hard to name our LO junior. Super annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746163 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:10:55 +0000 mrs. wagon 746163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always loved the idea of having a Jr.! But being Korean-American I knew the chances of myself marrying someone with a Korean first name were high, and I wanted something classic and American for my kids. So when I married a Robert I always held it in the back of my mind that maybe someday we'd have a Junior. But Wagon Sr. mentioned once while we were dating that he didn't like the sound of his first and last name together. Fast forward to getting pregnant with our first, after having a TOUGH time with names I mentioned the idea of naming the baby after him and he was very shyly thrilled! He had to get over the idea that it was egotistical to name his son after himself and we both love that he's a Jr.</p> <p>I love traditions, especially when it comes to family things like that. So WJ's first name is his dad's and his middle name is his Korean name, which follows the naming convention of his father's line. Every generation there is a syllable that needs to be included. The other syllable that DOESN'T depend on the naming convention, LMW's Korean name shares that syllable with WJ. </p> <p>LMW's name is also a name I dreamed of since I was younger so I just looooove both my kids' names... hence my blog's name! and my IG name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746158 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:07:58 +0000 MamaMoose 746158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Neither of us are fans of the tradition. LOTS of people in his family do Juniors but it's just not for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746140 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:49 +0000 runsyellowlites 746140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think so. He may have but I would've shut that down pretty quick, I always feel bad for the second son... like just because they were second they were "special enough" in the family for daddy's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-dh-want-a-jr#post-746124 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:55:43 +0000 lomom 746124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and we have one :)</p> <p>We both really wanted a Junior! </p>