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[vaznetti]

Some of you may know that I call my son Spartacus here in part because A. lobbied hard for us to actually name him Spartacus (for variants of "lobbying hard" that involve knowing that I would never let that happen). Somehow this came out at dinner the other night, and now Spartacus is demanding to be called Spartacus in real life

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[k2daisy]

That is AWESOME.

[amelia_eve]

No, I am Spartacus!

[vaznetti]

No, I am Spartacus! (This was A's great argument for the name: years and years of homeroom chaos.)

[vaznetti]

He does in fact now say, "I am Spartacus!"

[bardsmaid]

This is too funny. Life imitates web.

[muridae_x]

*snort*

Good luck explaining it.

[vaznetti]

Her response was "Well, at least he's easy on the eyes." I didn't get a chance to ask which one she meant.

[muridae_x]

If in doubt, just assume all of them I guess. :-)

[midnightsjane]

LOL.
Years ago, one of my friend's sons decided to change his name..to Strawberry. He was five or six at the time. Being the free spirited hippies that we all were, we embraced the change and he was Strawberry for about 4 years, until he got bored and changed it again.
His younger sister decided that if he could do it, so could she. She wanted us to call her Rabbit.
;)

[vaznetti]

That's very cute! Although I'm amazed he managed to keep the name for 4 years. I think if we let Spartacus rename himself he'd be much less consistent.

[fourteenlines]

ADORABLE.

My sister was seriously considering naming her son Atticus.

[aceofkittens]

I know of two little boys named Atticus.

[aceofkittens]

One child is the son of two attorneys who, yes, named him for Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

[vaznetti]

Atticus is at least a real name. Sort of.