Jennifer Garner

[sumire]

Once I read about brothers named Merlin and Steve. To this day, that makes me laugh.

I laughed, too. On a similar note, last year I saw sisters Kayley and Arwen in the newspaper.

"Violet and Serafina" is an awkward mouthful to say, but they both have a kind of old-fashioned, frilly femininity to them, so to me, they do match as sibling names.

[teehee]

Once I read about brothers named Merlin and Steve.

I actually don't think siblings' names need to go together, but that pair does remind me of my reaction to reading an article about Bear Grylls (Man vs. Wild) and his sons: Marmaduke and Jesse.

If you're going to saddle one with a name like Marmaduke, it just seems mean to let the other one off the hook with Jesse. I don't care if every first-born male in your family since the dawn of time was named Marmaduke. It's just wrong. Name the other kid Archduke or something.

Topic? I kind of get a kick out of the fact that Ben and Matt both have had nothing but girls thus far.

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Both Violet and Seraphina got pretty names so in that sense they match.

I think it's awful when one child gets sddled with a horrible name that will affect their job prospects and making friends while the other one gets a name that will attract everyone to them. Just seems so unfair. In this case, neither Violet or Seraphina got shafted though I do think Seraphina is somewhat more unique. Nevertheless, neither child will have to go through life asking why the other one never gets laughed at when she says her name.

I'll feel even more sorry for Audio Science than I already do if he winds up with a brother named Michael.

[litzikohanovich]

Marmaduke? What the hell is wrong with people?
O/T, I wonder why Jen and Ben live in L.A.? I wonder if they lived in NYC or Boston, they could live more anonymously? Doesn't Matt live in Miami? I rarely see pap photos of him and Ben always looks so irritated in all his pap photos. I would get so tired of being bothered every time I went to pick up my daughter at school.

[diablique]

O/T: Matt mostly lives in Miami, due to the fact, that his wife's ex husband lives there and they have joint custody of their daughter. Matt owns an apt/loft in NYC too.

[kostgard]

Jan 15, 2009 11:41:23 GMT -4 @litzikohanovich said:

Marmaduke? What the hell is wrong with people?
O/T, I wonder why Jen and Ben live in L.A.? I wonder if they lived in NYC or Boston, they could live more anonymously? Doesn't Matt live in Miami? I rarely see pap photos of him and Ben always looks so irritated in all his pap photos. I would get so tired of being bothered every time I went to pick up my daughter at school.

The paps seem to follow them to some degree. I remember when Jen was on Broadway her neighbors were complaining because the paps knew where she lived in NYC and were clogging the street. They seemed to do better in Boston (though they were still photographed occasionally) and I seem to remember some discussion about them moving there, but then that never happened.

I don't know why they stay in LA. It isn't like either of them is attached to a television show that films there anymore and Violet is still young enough to where a move isn't going to be that traumatic for her.

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I actually don't understand why the paps follow them. They're both kind of dull and rarely look good in the photos taken.

[gran4]

I had an uncle named Merlin. Way back in the day the Priest of the Catholic heavy town my grandparents lived in said they couldn't call him that because Merlin was a wizard. So the town knew my uncle as Mern, but my grandparents kept Merlin on the birth certificate.

[inuit]

If you're going to saddle one with a name like Marmaduke, it just seems mean to let the other one off the hook with Jesse. I don't care if every first-born male in your family since the dawn of time was named Marmaduke. It's just wrong. Name the other kid Archduke or something.

Or Snoopy, or Scooby-Doo.

I think that Violet and Seraphina go together well. I also agree with whoever said that it was probably Ben's turn to name the baby.

Topic? I kind of get a kick out of the fact that Ben and Matt both have had nothing but girls thus far.

So do I, especially considering that neither of them had sisters (to my knowledge). Now they are surrounded by girls/women. Kind of sweet.

[angelaudie]

Yeah, I find amusement in the fact both Ben and Matt have nothing but girls either. Inuit neither of them have sisters. Both came from families of boys. I think many were expecting Seraphina to be a boy because of that.