I've been looking for a new domain since my main one is really hard to tell people in person, and I'm annoyed at having to spell it out every time. So, the TLD

I've been looking for a new domain since my main one is really hard to tell people in person, and I'm annoyed at having to spell it out every time. So, the TLD .family was coming to the public, and I kept my eye on it. I wanted <my last name>.family. I learned a lot about TLDs during this time (which I've now forgotten). There is some kind of pre-buy period where you can buy domains before anyone else at an increased price. It was too much for me though, so I waited for the public release. Then it went public, but, my last name was marked as premium for $1000/year. I felt this wasn't fair, as I can't control my birth name! So I emailed the company in control of the domain, and they got back with me with a deal. $1000 one time payment and $20/year thereafter. Still too rich for my blood...