Do "Jr's" sometimes resent being named after their dad?

[NFS4]

I was just thinking this, I dunno why, but do some Jr's resent being name after your dad? I mean, it's like you have someone else's identity instead of your own unique persona.

 

[Schadenfroh]

you ought to try being III

 

[Xionide]

It could be rather confusing. And also skrew you financially like the other poster who got pinned from his dads mortgages.

-Xionide

 

[PoPPeR]

if i didn't like my dad and I was named after him, then yes I would resent it

 

[Supermercado]

I don't so much resent it, but it is a pain sometimes. I'm named after my dad who is named after my grandpa. I'm always getting handed the phone from my sister telling me the phone is for me and I pick it up and it's the Veteran's Association telling me I have an appointment to have fluid drained from my back or that my prescription can be picked up at the pharmacy. Add into the mix that my brother and I apparently sound identical on the phone and it gets really confusing around here sometimes.

I do wish that my great-grandparents had given my grandpa a different middle name, though. It's nice to be named after two people but I dislike the name

Edit: What's the most annoying about it, and it's not their fault I know, but when people call and ask for John and I ask which one, they always say "Senior" or "Junior." I tell them that Jr. is at work or whatever and then the call ends up actually being for me, the III, or vice versa.

 

[jadinolf]

I'm a junior and yes it was a PITA.

I spoke to my eighty something aunt on the phone recently and guess what she called me?

You've got it.

 

[rh71]

million other names out there and they have to pick the same one... WTF ?!?!?!?!

 

[Imdmn04]

I've known a Richard jr.
Everytime I called his house I had to specify whether I wanted small Dick or big Dick.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: rh71
million other names out there and they have to pick the same one... WTF ?!?!?!?!

LOL, that's what I was thinking :laugh:

Is it just a control thing? Or is it for show?

Good lord, what about George Foreman's sons? George, George, George, and George...what an ASSHAT!!:|:|

 

[Reikon]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
I've known a Richard jr.
Everytime I called his house I had to specify whether I wanted small Dick or big Dick.

Lol

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: SuperCommando
I don't so much resent it, but it is a pain sometimes. I'm named after my dad who is named after my grandpa. I'm always getting handed the phone from my sister telling me the phone is for me and I pick it up and it's the Veteran's Association telling me I have an appointment to have fluid drained from my back or that my prescription can be picked up at the pharmacy. Add into the mix that my brother and I apparently sound identical on the phone and it gets really confusing around here sometimes.

I do wish that my great-grandparents had given my grandpa a different middle name, though. It's nice to be named after two people but I dislike the name

Edit: What's the most annoying about it, and it's not their fault I know, but when people call and ask for John and I ask which one, they always say "Senior" or "Junior." I tell them that Jr. is at work or whatever and then the call ends up actually being for me, the III, or vice versa.

hahahaha sounds like a sitcom for some reason.

no offense intended, just that I find that a bit humorous

 

[crab]

My younger brother is named after my dad...he was born 4 years after me. I'm glad.

 

[Entity]

No, but "Thirds" get sick of people saying "oh, you're a third?"

Rob (ert Lee Cole III)

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
I'm a junior and yes it was a PITA.

I spoke to my eighty something aunt on the phone recently and guess what she called me?

You've got it.

what?

 

[BullyCanadian]

Yes my brother was named after my dad, when my bro turned 16 he changed his name, and everyone supported his decision too.

 

[MDE]

It's a pain answering the phone and asking if they want me or my dad, and sometimes they can't even decide. Sorting the mail out can get a bit tricky too...