Buying a book

I, a teenage girl, went into a bookstore to buy a copy of The Baby Name Wizard (sorry, Pam and Linda). As the clerk, in his late teens or early twenties, rang it up, he stared straight at my belly. "So. Baby name book."

I didn't think he'd believe that I just love names, so I tried to think of a more plausible excuse. "Um, yeah, it's, uh...for...my...aunt."

He continued to stare at my midsection. "Right," he smirked, "your AUNT." I blushed. "I used to hate my name," he said, STILL gazing at my stomach, "because it was so weird. Now, though? I think it's pretty cool."

In a very uncharacteristic gesture, I didn't ask; I was too flummoxed by the cashier's implication to want to speak with him further, so I just rushed out. But since then it's been driving me crazy -- what the heck was that guy's name??!

Any random guesses/other awkward stories welcome.

(PS - Needless to say, when I later discovered the wonderful world of Nameberry, I went someplace else to buy Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana. Someplace where some of the clerks only read Japanese.:))

Funny! I'm wondering what his name is now, too. The only awkward story I can think of, is that I have to tame my urge to critique people's choices. Of course I don't mean anything bad about the actual child, but sometimes I just want to sort of pick apart real people's names and that's just not nice if they aren't on the same level of name-loving. For example, an acquaintance of mine had a boy named Jacob and then had a baby and named him Jackson. All I could think of was: Jake and Jack??? Luckily I recovered quickly enough to say, oh he's adorable, how much did he weigh, etc.

gwensmom wrote:Funny! I'm wondering what his name is now, too. The only awkward story I can think of, is that I have to tame my urge to critique people's choices. Of course I don't mean anything bad about the actual child, but sometimes I just want to sort of pick apart real people's names and that's just not nice if they aren't on the same level of name-loving. For example, an acquaintance of mine had a boy named Jacob and then had a baby and named him Jackson. All I could think of was: Jake and Jack??? Luckily I recovered quickly enough to say, oh he's adorable, how much did he weigh, etc.

I know what you mean, here. I know someone who just named their little girl Aly. That's it, just Aly. No full name. I was stunned...