# Do you feel that people who get proprietary over baby names have a point?

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> In middle school, my daughter had FIVE friends named Jessica, so I told her she could only have friends of that name, to make it easier on me. 😁

I have often counseled that folks married or in other committed relationships should only date other people with the same name as their SO.

That can avoid a LOT of embarrassment after using the wrong name in a moment of excitement or inattention.

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