funny convo with my father

[breathbox.livejournal.com]

when i revealed to my dad that we'd be naming our son ocean he had this to say:

"please. no. a boy named ocean in los angeles? he's going to be SUCH a c**ksucker."

my reply?

(laughing hysterically from shock) "i know, isnt it great?"



my dad makes me laugh and laugh. i know the name ocean will impart a sense of originality as well as mystique in a person. he'll be set apart (teased, im sure will be part of that...but who isnt) as well as objectified by the reference of his name...and my whole life i have been drawn to the sea, its in my blood and the name, to me, is a symbol of something that resonates in my heart...

but hearing my dad's reaction really got me giggling. leave it to pops to really put it out there.

becky*

Comments

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

tee hee hee. i like your dad already. :)

i agree your son's name should mean something to you. (but, um, he IS gonna have a middle name right? mayhap something more mainstream america?)

i think it's funny how most dad's from previous generations are all:" i like james, and john and sarah, etc" ya know? simple names. usually monosyllibic. mom's were usually more creative.

mine was the opposite. my mom HATED all the 'out there' names as she called them. Dakota *if i'd been a boy*, Paris, Austen *instead of Austin for a boy*, .... and those were the more normal of the names she could remember. lol. artist dads are bizzare.