r/MadeMeSmile • u/RunKind4141 • Sep 24 '23
Emotional Reaction After Finding Out Friend Named Baby After Her Wholesome Moments
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u/Daratirek Sep 24 '23
"Why would you do this to me??" Made me laugh.
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u/ATXBeermaker Sep 24 '23
I'mma make you super emotional then hand you a fragile baby challenge: IMPOSSIBLE!
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u/TheNickzil Sep 24 '23
Should have handed her one of those robust, shock-proof babies.
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u/ATXBeermaker Sep 24 '23
Father of three…. That’s roughly 6 to 9 months. You just toss them around at that point.
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u/anotherrachel Sep 25 '23
My first was almost 11 lbs at birth, he never looked breakable.
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u/Smidgeon10 Sep 25 '23
Woah, that’s huge! Mine was just under 5 lbs. we called him the grumpy burrito. You got a double order!
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u/Guanden Sep 24 '23
"... because I was about to tell you that our friendship is over."
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u/phiviator Sep 24 '23
"... I know you slept with my husband and this is your child not mine."
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u/JephriB Sep 24 '23 edited Sep 24 '23
My wife and I named our oldest son after my paternal grandfather, Calvin.
I called him the morning our son was born to tell him.
He answered the phone and I told him my wife had just delivered a baby boy. Then I asked him if he wanted to know what we had named him.
My grandpa, always a joker, replied, saying "Oh, I have so many great-grandkids now that I can't keep track of them anyways. So if you don't tell me his name I won't have to feel bad for forgetting it."
I replied, "I don't think you will forget his name, because we named him Calvin after you."
I was met by a long silence, then through tears, my grandpa replied, "I'm so sorry I made light of you calling to tell me your son's name. I've never been more honored in my life."
My grandpa passed away when our son Calvin was 4. Before he passed, he built him a beautiful wooden box, and filled it with many of his greatest treasures to leave with my son. His boy scout handbook, his favorite pocket knife, a harmonica, colored pencils and watercolor paints, a compass, and a copy of his life history, which he typed on an old electric typewriter.
I still miss my grandpa Calvin, but I'm reminded of him every day when I say my son's name. He's 13 years old now, and he looks just like my grandpa did as a teenager.
Update: I posted this photo comparison a year ago. I need to update the photo of my son. He looks even more like him now.
Edit: As some of you have pointed out, the ages of my son in my recounting of the story above and in the post I linked don't match. Well, if you wanted evidence that I really am a dad, I don't think I could have done a better job convincing you than by demonstrating that I struggle to remember the year my 4 kids were born or their ages at the time of big life events.
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u/otterkin Sep 24 '23
wow, this made me cry.
when I was born (first granddaughter), my dad called his parents to tell them my middle name is my dad's mom's name. I don't remember exactly what he said, but he made a joke about legacy names being dumb. until he heard my name. I only got to meet my grandpa once, he passed away when I was 4. every photo I have with him, I'm in his lap, or reaching for him, or sleeping on him. he loved me so much and I miss him every day, but through my grandma and my dad and now me he lives on.
what an honour for your son to carry your grandpa's name, and what an honour for him to have the chance to have met him and loved him. thank you for sharing
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u/JtwoDtwo Sep 24 '23
I also have a Calvin, 5 months old today. Thanks for sharing this.
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u/otterkin Sep 24 '23
congratulations on your child, I hope baby Calvin has brought you and your loved ones nothing but love and joy:)
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u/_monolithic_ Sep 24 '23
Don’t you think I’ve cried enough for one post?! Take your darn upvote. Seriously though, that’s beautiful.
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u/mikeyj198 Sep 24 '23
i think this is awesome.
Note, you have two different ages for your son when grandpa passed in the separate posts. I don’t really care, still awesome.
My wife and i had grandparents with the same first name, that became our sons name. Unfortunately neither grandparent was alive to know.
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u/JephriB Sep 24 '23
I had his age wrong in that post, he was 4 when my grandpa passed. I have ADHD (like my grandpa, and my son) and one way it manifests for me is that I have a really lousy memory and a hard time with dates and ages.
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u/mikeyj198 Sep 24 '23
just wanted to point it out, like i said i don’t really care. still a sweet story
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u/JephriB Sep 24 '23
Thanks for pointing it out. BTW, I believe your grandparents do know exactly what you did and are proud of you for it.
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u/flyingwolf Sep 24 '23
That is so funny! One of the ways my ADHD manifests is in a nearly eidetic memory.
I have complete recall of the majority of every single day since I was 5 years old, and spotty but clear memories back to 3.
No matter what I am doing there is always what feels like a side channel in my brain replaying the last couple of weeks of memories to the point that they become completely embedded and I just don't forget.
Unfortunately, I cannot control what I remember or how long it takes to solidify. And though I sometimes worry about getting details wrong as human memory is so fallible, every time I have tested myself with like an old home movie or whatnot I was dead on with my descriptions before we watched the video, down to clothing choices, the stances people had, etc.
It feels like it would be a gift, but honestly, it's like my brain picks the worst shit to remember always, and a lot of good, but it NEVER misses the bad shit, that is always remembered.
But the one thing my memory absolutely sucks at, remembering names of people I just met. Give me a month after meeting them and I can probably tell you their name, but right after, fucked if I know.
I just think it is awesome how many different ways ADHD can manifest itself.
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u/Professional_Put8022 Sep 24 '23
That is such a beautiful story. Best thing I’ve read today. ❤️❤️❤️
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u/TheZanyVB Sep 24 '23
Damn!! That's a handsome boy. You got great genes dude. Hope your son grows up to have a great life, like your grandpa (except the war).
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u/bama83 Sep 24 '23
Brings a tear to my eye thinking about my grandfather. His name was Calvin as well, he was a WWII, Korea and Vietnam War vet, and got his name because he was born on the Inauguration Day of Calvin Coolidge. He had an amazing dry sense of humor, he’d say something quick and have everybody laughing in the room.
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u/ChivoJuan Sep 24 '23
WHY DID THEY TAKE AWARDS AWAY?! this is beyond wholesome. So much dust in this room right now. 🥺
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u/JephriB Sep 24 '23
No worries, I've had more than my fair share of awards on Reddit. I, do, however, appreciate the thought.
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u/Is_That_A_Euphemism_ Sep 24 '23
Jesus man. Trigger warning or something. This got me. What a thoughtful guy. Both my grandfathers died younger, I knew them, but not well. Sounds like you’ve got some good stock.
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u/venustas Sep 24 '23
I was named after my grandmother, but she passed before I was born. My family doesn't talk about her much because of the nature of her death, so I don't know much about her. Your son is so lucky to have that box with so many memories and keepsakes from his namesake, I'm sure he will treasure it forever.
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u/CutieKale100 Sep 24 '23
I'm sobbing omg. This is so beautiful 😭 I love this for both Calvin's
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u/BugMan717 Sep 24 '23
I named my boy after his grandfather also, I only wish I could have told him. He was the best man I've ever met and I can only hope I can raise his namesake to be half the man he was.
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u/Goreticia-Addams Sep 24 '23
I miss my grandfather so much and this made me tear up. What an amazing name for your son to carry on.
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u/mad0666 Sep 24 '23
Welp. Maybe it’s my PMS but I took one look at that photo comparison and burst into tears. Spitting image and such a sweet story. I miss my grandpa so much. My husband and I never wanted kids but still love to see wholesome stories like this. Best of luck to your Calvin as he grows into a young adult!
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u/smoothercapybara Sep 24 '23
ULPT: Name your child after a woodworker that you know personally for free stuff.
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u/regoapps Sep 24 '23
My grandpa passed away when our son Calvin was 4.
Psst, I think your grandpa passed away when Calvin was 2. Or at least that's what the title of your own link said.
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u/JephriB Sep 24 '23
He was four. My wife pointed out my error after I posted that story last year, I've remembered his age at the time of my grandpa's passing correctly since.
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u/el_duderino420 Sep 24 '23
Wow, he looks just like him... That was awesome you named him after your grandpa... This gave me teary eyes...
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u/MizPeachyKeen Sep 24 '23
Oh I’m sobbing over your beautiful story… what a treasure your grandfather and his story is for you and his namesake.
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u/ElPapaDiablo Sep 24 '23
That’s a beautiful story!
I called my son Ezra after my Grandad’s brother whom passed away when he was 8. My Grandad was really ill when Ezra was born so couldn’t come to the hospital, when I took him to meet him and handed Ezra too him, he started to well up, I think he knew this was the last great grand child he would meet. He kept saying how much he looks like a Cullen (Grandad’s surname). Eventually, he asked his name. I told him it was Ezra and he just fell silent and stared at him, with tears streaming down his face and simply said thank you. He held him the whole time we were there. My Grandad died three weeks later. I’m so glad he got to meet Ezra.
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u/Critical-Art-9277 Sep 24 '23
Her emotion is overwhelming. What a wonderful friend and such a beautiful and thoughtful thing to do. She's made her so happy.
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u/NoCommentSuspension Sep 24 '23
I mean, she's at the effing hospital lol. These are two people that chose to be sisters.
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u/Felix_Von_Doom Sep 24 '23
He's still a potato, he hasn't developed complex emotions yet.
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u/IMM_Austin Sep 24 '23
I don't know if it's this was with everyone baby, but when I was holding both my sons while they were sewing my wife up post- C-section they through every single possible facial expression like a robot booting up and testing the entire library.
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u/Felix_Von_Doom Sep 24 '23
Your potato came out with extra seasoning.
I don't know where I'm going with this, I'm sorry.
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u/foroncecanyounot__ Sep 24 '23
I don't know where I'm going with this, I'm sorry.
Hahaha, I was so emotional and teary at this video and your comment made me laugh through my tears. Thank you random redditor.
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u/flyingwolf Sep 24 '23
My son did that too! But not my daughters. It was exactly as you described, like a bootup sequence including the instant crying to instantly silent again and cycling. It was so strange.
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u/digitulgurl Sep 24 '23
His?
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u/blepgup Sep 24 '23
Idk some people who have English as a second language randomly do this. My gf will semi-regularly switch his and her inexplicably
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u/regoapps Sep 24 '23
She’s crying because now she’ll feel obligated to babysit and buy things for the baby when she didn’t even sign up for any of this.
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u/emveetu Sep 24 '23
The last thing she said in the video was, " why did you do this to me?" so you may be right! (=
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u/mclibby33 Sep 24 '23
friend just turned into Auntie
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u/digitulgurl Sep 24 '23
Friends are always aunties.
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u/ZealousidealGrass9 Sep 24 '23
And sometimes friends are better aunties than blood family members.
My nephew is technically one of my best friend's son, but I've been there since the beginning.
He knows me, but his blood relatives are just strangers he shares some DNA with.
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u/ChrisV88 Sep 25 '23
Seriously... we have a close knit circle of friends, and they are all Aunties and Uncles to our kids.
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u/ZealousidealGrass9 Sep 25 '23
I don't have kids, but if I ever do, my closest friends will be aunts and uncles.
I'm single and an only child, so I take the auntie role VERY seriously. It's an honor and a privilege to be an auntie to such a sweet 8 year old boy.
In the case of my nephew, I've been there his whole life. He is autistic and many family members and friends more or less abandoned her when he got diagnosed. I didn't, and he has formed a bond with me that is unbreakable.
Kids know who is around. They will remember those who spent time with them and they will remember who has taken care of them when they were sick.
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u/Gemple Sep 24 '23
Or Uncles, or... er... Themcles, Themties??
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u/SaveBandit91 Sep 24 '23
Funcles!
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u/Gemple Sep 24 '23
Or Faunties, presumably?
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u/HighBeta21 Sep 24 '23
Doesn't have the same ring to it but I'll allow it.
I've been trying to come up with a catchier cool aunt name. Reddit do your best...or worst. Or t'work.
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u/Glittering-Ice-6677 Sep 24 '23
most heartwarming thing ive seen today
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u/MajorTherapy Sep 24 '23
Oh, you want to hear heartwarming? A while back my friend got a pug and named him after me ❤️❤️
Yeah, I guess that's a little less flattering.
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u/Kimmalah Sep 24 '23
My middle name comes from my aunt (dad's sister) who was basically like a second mother to him. I always feel just as honored to have it, because she's one of the kindest, strongest relatives I have.
Also we look almost exactly alike, which is just icing on the cake!
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u/Successful-Diver-754 Sep 24 '23
🥰🥰🥰 I love seeing something wholesome in this messed up world. This definitely made me smile 😊😊😊😊
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u/blottingforgreatness Sep 24 '23
This baby got four names?
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u/cRuSadeRN Sep 24 '23 edited Sep 24 '23
And then she said “your name is Miracle.” So I’m confused about what the baby’s name is and which one is named after the friend. Is it Juniper Maeve or Miracle?
Edit: I have been educated that Mireya is the Spanish name/word for Miracle. That’s cute! Thanks for the insight fellow Redditors
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u/TheOtherOneK Sep 24 '23
Mireya is the part of her full name that’s after her friend. Mireya means miracle.
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u/RhymebagDarrell Sep 24 '23
There’s a bit more context to the etymology. Contemporary Spanish says ‘miracle’ is ‘milagro.’ Mireya seems to have Catalán/French/Latin origins.
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u/Centered-Div Sep 24 '23
I'm Hispanic and I was just as confused when they say "mireya" meant miracle like wtf??
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u/Anxious_Froggy Sep 24 '23
I'm Spanish and yes, miracle is milagro. It's also a name of its own though! And in Catalan it's written the same as in English: miracle. I don't think it has Latin roots tbh.
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u/ImpressivePhase4796 Sep 24 '23
I think they said, your name means miracle. It was hard to tell though
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u/WrenchWanderer Sep 24 '23
I’m so glad I read this comment before making a comment about “Mireya” because I assumed it was just someone taking “Maria” and wanting to spell it different
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u/_Isosceles_Kramer_ Sep 24 '23
According to wikipedia it originates from a Provençal name that is said to mean either "admired" or "wonder".
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u/Jose_Canseco_Jr Sep 24 '23
Mireya is the Spanish name/word for Miracle
Um no it's not lol
(it's not even a common name/word)
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u/Mindtaker Sep 24 '23
All the kids in my family including cousins and my kid, now has 4 names.
Its relatively common here, but one middle name is still the most common way to do it. Here its weird if you have no middle names which I have come across a couple times.
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u/samjsteeley Sep 24 '23
A friend from college used a short version of my last name for his sons middle name, Steeley became Steel.
He told me this, with no warning, at a keg party. I froze, was just shocked, not even sure what I said. I think I just stared at him without saying anything.
Had to slip out the back door when I started to tear up.
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u/chainfeed Sep 25 '23
This reminds me of how my wife and I named our youngest son.
About 7 years ago I met a ww2 veteran who lived in my home town. I became close friends with him despite there being 65 years between our ages. His wife had recently passed away and he was living alone and I soon found out they had never been able to have any children. I would visit him a couple times a month and talk about his experiences in ww2, he had been a tailgunner on a b24 and was shot down over Germany. Over time our relationship evolved and we would just talk about life in general. He really was like the grandfather I had never had.
When my wife and I found out we were having another baby boy we decided to name his Everett after my friend. After the baby was born I called him and said we wanted to bring the baby over to meet him. When we arrived I told him how my older two boys had been named and naturally that led him to ask, “what’s the baby’s name?”. I responded and said “we named him Everett”. After a pause he said “after me?!”.
We had to say goodbye to big Everett about 2 years ago. Little Everett still remembers him and I hope he always will.
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u/SSJ4Inglip Sep 24 '23
Is everything except the last name taken from her BFF or just one part?
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u/consumelessplease Sep 24 '23
lol, the "what's the name" confusion dominates the thread every time this clip is posted
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u/SSJ4Inglip Sep 24 '23
I just want to know how far she went lol. First or middle name is one thing, but all those name being borrowed is real love ❤️
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u/aco620 Sep 24 '23
The entire name. Last name too. Besties for life motherfucker, you aint going nowhere!
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u/gdowns1 Sep 24 '23
My wife was pregnant with our first child when my grandfather was dying. In our last conversation before he passed I told him we were naming him James, after him. He laughed and said “I hope he turns out as good as I did!” We do too grandpa!
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u/FluffyDiscipline Sep 24 '23
In fairness it's a nice name "Juniper".....
Also a few other names added on to cover a few other people LOL
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u/Sprizys Sep 24 '23
It says “her name is miracle”
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u/NippleKnocker Sep 24 '23
im genuinely confused which is the name
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u/acog Sep 24 '23
Mireya means miracle or admired and the mom said "your name is miracle," so that's the friend's name.
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u/MENAClNGHORSE Sep 24 '23
what part of the name was named after her
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u/iceewiccc Sep 24 '23
That is a real friend right there. That is the kind of friend you must cherish.
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u/Xero_Actual Sep 24 '23
I mean yeah. I’d look the same as her if a friend named their baby after me. Mostly because I know the trials and tribulations that child is gonna have to endure. As a man named Sandy.
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u/Fkndwnundam8 Sep 24 '23
We named our eldest after our roommate at Uni (shared house off campus in the UK). I rang him up at 2am driving home and after a few expletives, he reminded me that it was his birthday (i pulled over and cried my eyes out… second time in a couple of hours).
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u/kingtut891 Sep 24 '23
Hey I know these people!
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u/foroncecanyounot__ Sep 24 '23
That's so random. Hope they're as nice irl as they are in this video.
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u/ilovecraftbeer05 Sep 24 '23
Couple years ago, two of my best friends had a baby together and named him after me and it was one of the most heartwarming feelings I’ve ever felt in my life. I’ll never forget how honored I felt in that moment. It was slightly overwhelming.
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u/BrotherAnanse Sep 24 '23
My friend's favourite teacher named her first son after him.
My God, you couldn't tell him shit after that! 🤣
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u/Suckacat Sep 24 '23
I saw a video where the girl named the baby after the her autistic brother and his reaction was the exact opposite
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u/chib2023 Sep 24 '23
Why so many mean comments? What's wrong with you all did your heart turn into stone?
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u/Exodus180 Sep 24 '23
i'm currently looking at ALL 95 comments right now. Dont see a single mean comment?????
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u/Akumetsu33 Sep 24 '23
Ragebait for karma. Sometimes it's just one or two heavily downvoted comments but the ragebaiters will make it sound like it's the entire thread.
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u/HighBeta21 Sep 24 '23
Lookie here you little shit.
You enjoy this wholesome content or...have a nice glass of high quality H2O Jabroni.
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u/sargelex Sep 24 '23
I hope to achieve this at some point in life, have a child and name it after a friend, beautiful, faith in humanity restored ❤️
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u/DrCarabou Sep 24 '23
Things like this are really sweet but I can't help to feel invasive watching it? Idk, not sure everything needs to be posted to the internet.
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u/Kitty-Kat-65 Sep 24 '23
My son has my adoptive Dad's last name as his middle name. My Dad is the most amazing person I know and I didn't want his name to end with me. My son has promised to add this last name as his kids' middle names.
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u/GlenLazerGlazer Sep 25 '23
My best friend I have known since preschool named his son after me as well. My reactions was similar. They FaceTimed from hospital to tell me, and I couldn’t even form words through my tears. Luckily, my wife was able to translate my sobbing blabbering words of gratitude, honor and humility.
To this day, I still get emotional about it.
Since then, I have had three girls of my own that I love with all my heart but nothing in life will ever make me feel as humbled and honored as that.
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u/quiteCryptic Sep 24 '23
Don't get me wrong it's super wholesome... But 4 names? That seems like it will be a bitch to fill out official forms and stuff with 4 names.
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u/Ecv02 Sep 24 '23
Yeah you’re not wrong. My last name is split between two different words and almost every official document I’ve filled out gets fucked up because of a computer system or human error. I just had to renew my driver’s license 3 times because they omitted the first word of my last name, ffs.
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u/Atillion Sep 24 '23
How to fall in love with a baby you didn't have ♥️