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Comment of the day. Thanks for the laugh.

• AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  Not all of us laugh. My first grandchild is going to be named for a childhood friend of my daughter, who was killed by a car. My daughter still hurts, 15 years later.
  • renewiltord 5y ago
    That is indeed sad and it’s true there’s always someone carrying trauma about something. That’s life. But it goes on. That’s why sometimes I say “kill all the apaches” and don’t even think twice about the fact that many Native American tribesmen were killed in the conquest of this nation. I think it’s sensible not to optimize to the person with the most trauma.
  • robbrown451 5y ago
    Sad story. I hope she reconsiders naming her daughter for the girl who died tragically. My sister was named for a cousin that, as a baby, fell out a window to her death, a decade or so before my sister was born. When my sister was a couple weeks old, my parents realized that they didn't want to think of that tragic story every time they said my sister's name. So they changed her name to one without the emotional baggage. There are other ways to honor someone's memory, that don't affect your relationship with your new child.