my impression of Korean names is that all siblings would have half their first name be the same, like Sung Ho and Sung Jee
Korean family names are first. Is that what the deal was?
My aunts' shared first name is "Mary," btw. Irish Catholics! My grandfather, uncle, brother, and husband all are "Roberts." My grandfather and uncle were/are "John Roberts" really but were/are both known as "Bob."
Here's my name question at the moment: The not-hippocampus side of the family uses a nickname for me, different from what the rest of the family calls me, but this is a significant number of people and it is a real name, not a joke name. I always use that name with them, announcing myself on the phone, signing my xmas cards -- it is my name when one of them is in the room (my parents and sisters will use it then).
My niece, who regularly uses my other name, (the one hippocampus uses), had a baby this year and named the wee girl my other name.
I'd love to think she named her after her favorite aunt (ME ME ME) but I think they just liked the name (and I won't be sad if that is true). No one else in the family has ever mentioned this, but I am curious what happens when we are all in the same room together -- will the not-hippo-side start using my other name so the baby can have the L name?
My family used Big K and Little K for that type of situation. It works for a dozen+ years before you have to figure something else out.
My brother-in-law and I have almost the same name (he's Jesse), which mostly just means both of us look up when someone says "Hey Jess" at a family gathering.
My sister-in-law and I have the same first name and both use our husbands' last name (our husbands are brothers). Her middle initial is the first letter of my maiden name. I have gotten calls from bill collectors for her, and of course bill collectors always think you're lying.
My old boss has a very unusual (married) last name, but a very common first name, so she does have the same exact name as her sister-in-law and they are both nurses.
No one else in the family has ever mentioned this, but I am curious what happens when we are all in the same room together -- will the not-hippo-side start using my other name so the baby can have the L name?
My grandmother had a niece named after her, and they just called them Big and Little [Name] if it was ever relevant. So that's fun!
I hate to say it because I do miss my family, but I am so not stressed about Christmas this year. Most of the gifts I usually buy for people and have to wrap have been shipped directly to their recipients from the website they were purchased from.
Yeah, honestly, I've been asking myself if I'm okay being by myself at Christmas this year, and I think I am? It's nice not having the burden of coordinating gifts as much and traveling cross-country. My gifts largely have been shipped to my parents' house and my mom will wrap them for me (for which I have apologized and said thank you). I'm planning to stay in my pajamas, eat what I want to eat, watch what I want to watch, and sleep like it's my job.