00:00So Aiden wrote us a note saying that his wife is about five months pregnant.
00:05Jeff, this is something you can relate to.
00:07Yeah.
00:08And they're getting into some serious baby naming drama in Aiden's household.
00:13He said, I never thought something like this could be so complicated.
00:16We know our baby's going to be a boy.
00:19Okay.
00:19My wife is insisting that her son's name be special.
00:24Okay.
00:25So if it's Rob, it'll be Rob with two B's.
00:30If it's Sean, it will be spelled S-C-H-A-W-N-E.
00:37Oh, my gosh.
00:38And if it's Kevin, it's got to be Kevin with two V's.
00:44Oh, my God.
00:45Aiden says, I think it's stupid.
00:48And the poor kid is going to have to live with explaining why his special name is so weird.
00:55Is this as pointless as I feel it is?
00:58Or should I just let her have this one?
01:00Wow.
01:01Okay.
01:02So right off the bat, when you said special name, I was like, oh, it's going to be a family
01:07name or something, which I totally respect and love.
01:10Or a word that's not really a name, but you're making it a name, which is also, that can be
01:14an interesting take.
01:15Right.
01:15I think that the spelling of a name is not nearly as detrimental to a child and then an
01:22adult than the pronunciation of said name.
01:25You know what I mean?
01:26Yeah.
01:27So like Aiden, if his parents insisted his name was Aidan.
01:31Right.
01:32You know what I mean?
01:33Right, right, right, right.
01:33Then it's like Aiden, it's Aidan.
01:36Right.
01:36Versus like if I saw Kevin with two V's, I would say Kevin.
01:41You know what I mean?
01:42And then he would say, no, it's Kevin.
01:45Kevin.
01:45Now, if I would take that too far, I would put my foot down if it were a pronunciation
01:52specialty.
01:53But if I were Aiden, I would say, meet me halfway.
01:56It has to be something like Rob with two B's.
01:58Yeah.
01:59It's Rob.
01:59Rob.
02:00Yeah.
02:00Or R-A-B-E.
02:02You can even spell it like that.
02:03Like broccoli Rob.
02:04Broccoli Rob.
02:05Exactly.
02:06Good point.
02:07Very good point.
02:08That's pretty special.
02:10Very special.
02:11But I draw the line at pronunciation.
02:13Okay.
02:14And even that Sean, S-C-H-A-W-N-E, a little bit of a stretch, but I still
02:19see Sean.
02:21Yeah, it does look like Sean.
02:22Okay.
02:23Maybe I could get with this.
02:26So I think you've got to meet halfway.
02:28Remember, she's the one carrying the baby, so you've got to really respect that and give
02:31her more than halfway.
02:32Shan.
02:32I think this is something for you to fight about.
02:35This is a decision that is going to affect your son's life for the rest of his life.
02:40Yeah.
02:41I'm really big into naming your baby to also be an adult.
02:46Yes.
02:46And to live an adult life.
02:48Right.
02:48Because they will be living with that name as an adult much longer than they will as a
02:54child.
02:54For sure.
02:54Good point.
02:55And I'm just thinking of poor baby Kevin with two V's, you know, having to correct people
03:01in an email saying, oh, it's that's not how you spell my name or just getting offended
03:06by someone who has my name is misspelled all the time.
03:11Yeah.
03:11Right.
03:11People make it their own.
03:13It's my name.
03:14Names are very important.
03:16Yeah.
03:16You get A-N-D-Y, A-N-D-I all the time.
03:19And I get it.
03:21Sometimes spell check will just will just auto correct it on you.
03:26And but then it's usually turned into Angie because, you know, that my name ends in an
03:30I-E.
03:31Right.
03:31So that Angie summer show just doesn't roll off the tongue ring.
03:35So like I like it.
03:36I kind of agree with both of you about digging your heels in.
03:39And I'm going to say, yeah, Aiden, you are you should you need this battle.
03:43Oh, you need this battle.
03:45Take the fight.
03:47Yes.
03:47Do not screw up your child.
03:49And I'm sorry if anyone feels differently.
03:51And I'm sorry if there's anybody out there named Kevin, because we might have offended
03:56you.
03:56And I want we want to formally.
04:01Imagine writing that in cursive.
04:03The two V's.
04:04Right.
04:04That's you're never going to find that on a key chain either.
04:07No, never.
04:09No, we're not.
04:09So I'd also be curious on top of advice for Aiden or Aidan.
04:14I want to know, does anybody have a name like this?
04:17Yeah.
04:18Where it's misspelled in a way.
04:20Yeah.
04:20That.
04:21And are you OK with that?
04:23Are you annoyed with that?
04:24Are you OK with that?
04:25Because I think that's going to bring that personal to give a voice to this little kiddo.
04:28Great idea.
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