Though neither of us spelled it “Rebecca”, mine being “Rebekah”, and her’s being “Rebekka”. Additionally, neither of us had ever gone by the popular nickname “Becky”, both having exclusively settled into “Beka” and “Bekka” . And it was cutesy, and we really leaned into it, taking on the couple name of “The Bekas”.
BuzzFeed Goodful Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. Out of my last 3 boyfriends, two have had the same name and one had one very very similer. I generally don’t even call people by their names that often but I might bring that up with her as we spend more time together.
If I was to include the first names of cousins/cousins’ wives and girlfriends/cousins’ daughters/aunts/neices/sisters-in-law in the rules, I’d struggle to find the name of a girl that I could date. Funnily enough the other Samaya I have added on Instagram is a hot queer woman so that makes me proud, would be cool to meet her one day. I’m not likely to encounter this problem (though funny enough I have met two other S/Chandras who were gay). However my wife and I use the same title and have the same first initial, middle initial and last name, a loophole which we sometimes exploit to sign documents for each other. I dated another Ashley for a bit over a year and while we were dating it was fine.
So basically they are cousins who are not related by blood but rather by marriage. They might also refer to themselves as “domestic partners.” Relationships between siblings of any kind are always special because of the intimacy that exists between them. Even though they are not physically connected through blood, they can still feel these emotions deeply because they understand each other so well. It’s the same way you probably identify a close friend’s or ex’s name with that person and their importance in your life. “It’s not uncommon for people to be in relationships with people who have names that are similar to family members,” Edelman notes. “For example, there is a theory that Shakespeare created many of his characters on Richard III because he was obsessed with this one man who had the same name as my mother.”
You send each other pictures when you see something with your shared name on it.
I go by my initials a lot though so I’d probably just do that full-time if I were actually dating one. I love “empathically straight.” Idk what it means but it’s a great typo. I think I could date someone with the same name as me, I chose it, I like it, I’m happy to have more of it in my life. But I do have a quite strong ‘no’ response to the idea of dating someone with my birth name. People still ask if we’re sisters even though we have basically the same name which would be a bizarre choice for our imagined parents.
But I have been the “love of their life” for many women, who form incredibly deep bonds and end up devastated after they realize our relationship will not progress and it ends for seemingly no reason. In some of these relationships I have even been entirely up front that I simply don’t “feel” the way most people do and they have not been deterred. I don’t enjoy hurting others, but I do enjoy when others care for me.
It hasn’t been an issue, and I’m all monogamously married and don’t anticipate that changing, but in a hypothetical world where I was single and trying to date people, I just couldn’t do it. As is the case for many of us who had Extremely Common Late 80’s names, a formative experience for me was being one of many Rachels in my school and social circles. Nancy Derentis is a dating advice guru. She has been in the matchmaking industry for over 15 years and is an expert at helping people find their special someone.
Also, my very first crush had the same first AND middle name as me. There is no wrong way to feel about it. It’s just another example of how large some families are. Sometimes two people who are related will fall in love and want to spend their time with each other. That’s what these two siblings are doing – they are falling in love and wanting to spend their time together.
Would you ever date someone with the same name as a family member?
If it’s common, you shouldn’t have to avoid women with common names. One of my brothers is dating a girl who I don’t particularly like. Please call her by a nickname and introduce to your friends and family as only that nickname. I don’t anticipate running into another Soup, but I can imagine it’d be a lot like when a dog meets another dog while out and about.
It’s really confusing when you get coffee together and they call your name.
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