Who has the same name as a family member?
I'm not dating LOL but I remember when I dated a guy who had the same name as my brother. It was SUPER awkward and weird, especially during intimacy. So I ended up calling him by his first initial instead.
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Nope. Couldn't do it. They would have to be super amazing to convince me otherwise
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DH's cousin married a man with the same name as her dad!
I think it would squick me out
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@blackbird: my sister did this, too. I wouldn't have been able to!
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DH shares a name with my dad and my cousin. It's never been weird..... I don't really understand why it would be. I don't call my dad that name, I call him Dad.
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This girl I know has the same first and maiden names as her MIL. Seems so weird to me!
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My first mature kiss was with a boy that had my dad's name. My dad went by a couple nicknames, so it wasn't too awkward because the boy used their full name. I had a crush on a boy that had my brother's name. They both used the nickname versions, but my friends and I already referred to the crush as "Cool Name." Once again, a slight name variation save the day! LOL
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@skipra: I know a man married to a woman who has the same name as his mom. Neither women use nicknames.
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What about all of the people who give their son the same name as their husband? Is that not in a similar category? Assuming they continue sleeping with their husband... Lol
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I had a relationship with a guy who had the same name as my brother. They spelled it differently, however, so somehow in my brain there was never any confusing them. Sometimes when I talked about one of them, my mom would stop me to ask, "wait, your ***** or my *****?"
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@loveisstrange: exactly! I call my dad Dad... He and DH and FIL all have the same name. It's never been creepy.
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I think it would be too weird, however my brother is engaged to someone with my name, and it's not too weird, just a little confusing.
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I don't think it's that weird. I have the same name as my husbands sister. We don't really say each other's names when we're being intimate. I don't think it's an issue because he thinks of me and not his sister.
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My husband and middle brother have the same first name. It's only weird at family gatherings when I have to call for one or the other.
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Wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
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Wouldn't bother me.
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I don't get why it would be weird?
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My high school/early college boyfriend who I dated for 6 years had the same name as my twin brother! It was weird, but I got used to it after awhile. I actually got into the habit of calling my twin brother "my brother" rather than "Steve" when talking about him. This habit has lasted until today, almost 9 years after that old relationship ended!
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This is my unfortunate reality... My husband and a relative I don't like share the same name. It's not DH's fault lol! They're nothing alike, so there is absolutely no connection in my mind and it doesn't weird me out.
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I dated someone with the same name as my little brother. It wasn't weird though. But it's a pretty common name too.
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A friend married someone with the same name as his sister.
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DH has the same name as my grandpa, but I never called my grandpa by his first name so it wasn't a problem.
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I think the only name I would have a hard time with is my own (or if they went by the nickname I go by).
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Haha one of my bff's is married to a guy with the same name as her dad (Randy) and my cousin is married to a guy with the same name as her dad (Steve) too!! So I wouldn't have written someone off because of their name.
Actually my mum's long-term boyfriend has the same name as my dad (her ex-husband)... I always thought that must have been weird!
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Wouldn't bother me.
My dad's sister "C" married a man with the same name as their brother "M". "M" married a C! So I have 2 uncle M and aunt C's on the same side!
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@QBbride: my aunt's second husband has the same name as her first, too. It's also the name of her eldest son from the first marriage!
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My dad and my DH have the same nickname. I call DH by his full name and I call my father 'Dad'...problem solved! It does get confusing at family gatherings though.
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Wouldn't bother me at all for a 1st name
However in college there was a guy who had the same last name as me except for 1 letter (pronounced the same) and I just couldn't date him - that was too weird!!!
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I know two male/female couples that actually share the same first name. I also know one woman whose married last name is the same as her first name
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My mom's boyfriend of several years has the same name as my brother and one of her cousins - it is really confusing!
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Nope, wouldn't bother me.
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@Mrs. Jacks: Lauren Lauren?
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@Mrs. Jacks: I know a Morgan M. Morgan. She mostly still goes by her maiden name.
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@sunny: I don't want her to google herself and find this, but it rhymes with Hailey Hailey
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Wouldn't mind it for my dad since I only call him dad and never by his first name. But the idea of doing it with someone with my brother's name.... SHUDDER
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My DH's name is one letter different from my brother's. My brother's name is DH's with an "r" on the end. Honestly, I've never thought twice about it. It isn't a big deal to me.
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I dated a guy with my brother's name all through college. It's a common name. We had nicknames to make it work better!
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@Mrs. Jacks: in grad school I knew a Robert and Roberta who shared the same last name even before they got married!
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Haha. Yeah, all of the men in my family share my husband's name. I've honestly never ever thought of it like that. It's never bothered me.
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