entertainer@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat do you think of generational suffixes (Jr., II, III, etc.)?message-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think of generational suffixes (Jr., II, III, etc.)?entertainer@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
I’m a “John Smith IV”. My son, due in September, will be a “John Smith V”. Personally, I’m a huge fan of this tradition.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days ago my middle name is my dad’s first name This is what I went with: my elder has my first name as a middle name and my younger has my Dads first name as a middle name. It seems like a good way to honor someone or connect someone while still giving them their own identity
This is what I went with: my elder has my first name as a middle name and my younger has my Dads first name as a middle name. It seems like a good way to honor someone or connect someone while still giving them their own identity
Yeah, I prefer this to being a jr.