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my favorite shakespeare play, Rhomaeyoh and Ghiuliyette

Father, now that youre married, when will new mother come again to be part of our weekly bedtime stories?

There's a difference between a name that's unique because it's not western or english and a common english name being spelt with purposely butchered spelling as a way to feel special. It's about context. It's a weird almost red flag to give your kid a name that's ridiculous on purpose with no care for the child's feelings. It's not the same as a traditional/foreign name.

All bullying and problems with other people aside, poor 5 year old kindergartner Ghiuliyette is gonna have to try to spell that on all of her papers for school.

I think Arasha's closing argument in the first story is completely valid and I agree with in isolation, but it has nothing to do with parents making their child's name super difficult to spell for no reason, this isn't a cultural name, it's just a weirdly spelled name for the sake of being different.

Y’all, Lin’s final performance in Hamilton was ALSO Leslie and Pippa’s final performance…the energy in that room was electric. I’m glad that OP and her mom got to be there; they deserve it. Screw brunch boy

I’ve always hated the “Don’t tell parents how to treat their kids” mentality because it just allows parents’ shitty behavior. You shouldn’t be afraid to call parents out if their actions seem harmful. Someone should’ve told my parents how to act.

That is straight up parents wanting to be quirky and not realizing their child is a person

the difference between arashas name and ghuliyette, is that her name is cultural and unique. while ghuliyette is a “basic” name with a spelling absolutely no one will pronounce nor write correct the first time, without any reason, since it’s a common name

Dude. That Hamilton story. The relief I felt knowing she still has the tickets. My heart was RACING.

AS a kindergarten teacher Ghiuliyette is an APPALLING way to spell that babies name. it doesnt even follow proper phonetic rules.

"Do not tell them how to raise their children" assumes that parents always know how to best care for a child; as a teacher I've had to file enough abuse or negligence reports with CPS to know that's certainly not true.

"Why is your name spelled like that?" "Because my parents wanted to feel special"

If your boyfriend calls you a c-u-next-tuesday for standing up to him because he tried to STEAL YOUR THEATER TICKETS, that’s more than a “dump him” situation. That’s a “nuke every last trace of your relationship because this is a psycho” situation. WTF.

Poor Ghiuliyette is gonna get bullied so hard with “yo mama cant spell” jokes

Regarding names, I want to say this: there’s a difference between naming your child with a name that’s common in your culture/language vs a name that’s already common but spelled differently bc you want to be “quirky and new”

Sorry but what kind of psycho's first thought after reading cute texts between his gf and her mom being excited about a show is to GIVE THE TICKETS THEY HAVE TO THAT SHOW TO SOMEONE ELSE???? THEY AREN'T EVEN YOUR GODDAMN TICKETS!!!!

The Juliet one, my moms a teacher and I can tell you that little girl is gonna struggle with her own name so much when learning how to read and write, that's not cultural or anything it's just a pain😭

Now imagine y'all's names were spelt AUGHRAUGHSHUGH, AUMENNDUH and CHXAIYGNE 💀

10:30 I understand Arasha’s and Amanda’s take on the first story, OP made an unwarranted opinion, fair enough, but imo I think some parenting behaviour needs to be called out. There are parents that do name their children like they’re naming their pet dog or car because it’s “cute,” “unique,” and “quirky” without considering how it’s going their child’s life as they get older. Maybe if they were named differently they would understand. Objectively, the spelling is tedious and the child is going to have a hard time spelling it out for others and correcting people how to pronounce it.