See, because you’re supposed to put so much time into your baby’s name, a lot of women get… overinvested, let us say.
and because people will judge you if you pick a name that’s “too boring” or “too weird”, it is already an intricate dance of finding something that’s “interesting” enough to pass muster but not so “interesting” your kid won’t survive kindergarten.Īnd that dance becomes even more intricate when Baby Name Drama gets involved. it’s something that’s supposed to be in the back of your head long before you have a kid. Mormon women start picking out names for their hypothetical future kids in fourth or fifth grade and snipe at each other for picking “weird” or “bad” ones. baby blessings are mandatory, and everyone in the congregation will watch and judge you.īecause of this, your baby’s name gets a good bit more of a spotlight in Mormon culture than it does in secular culture, and that’s saying something. It’s not something you can avoid doing- if you try, people will think that you’re trying to hide something.
#YOU MESS WITH THE MEOW MEOW YOU GET THE BIG GAY MEME FULL#
it begins by reciting the baby’s full name and then saying “I give you a name and a blessing.” the baby’s father, and a handful of other men in the family, go up in front of the congregation during a Sunday service and say a special prayer. You know how every culture has a “hey, welcome to the world, lil baby!” ritual? the mormon version of that is called a baby blessing. they’re chosen (or invented) by women in Utah they tend to filter out to the rest of the world through things like “mommy blogs” and “baby name books” and “parent forums.” Most of Those White People Baby Names are originally Mormon baby names.
specifically: the fireworks you get when sexist expectations and terrible petty drama collide. Okay so there’s actually a reason behind this that isn’t just “white people are terrible and really really boring!” it’s to do with Mormon culture.