As a teen I would totally have gone by Isis. And probably really leaned in to eyeliner. My first name is incredibly common, and I was melodramatic. So I feel her. I would have been majorly annoyed at life for ruining my awesome middle name at that point too haha.

I don't know how it works now but in the wayback days of 2005 when I flew as an un-attended minor (aged 11) they took our passports at the beginning of the flight and gave them back to us after we had cleared customs. I flew with Air NZ so I don't know if that policy is universal but they pretty much just assumed we…

My heart goes out to you. I was a model diabetic child, so I don’t really have any advice besides scaring the crap out of your stepson with descriptions or pictures of diabetic retinopathy, renal failure, and diabetic neuropathy. Therapy is also a really good idea. Anxiety and depression are common comorbidities of…

Not true. We just put our daughter on a flight to D.C. over the summer, and my husband and I were allowed to accompany her to the gate. In fact we had to wait until the plane took off before we could leave.

As a celiac, you stop seeing bread as food. Like roses, they smell pretty but you have no inclination to eat them. Resisting sugar is (for me), so much harder because I can still eat some. There's more of a choice about what point to stop.

Hello from another Jennifer whose mother has never been wrong either!

Provisional Irish Republican Army? Kind of a mouthful, but so many of those traditional Irish names are.

#whitelivesmatter is a weird middle name. :P

Did the mom at least give the new kid a chance? Maybe he was much better than her own kid! Upgrades!

I feel ya. My youngest son’s middle name is Donald (after my husband’s beloved and deceased grandfather but still *blergh*).

Taliban? weird choice.

Maltese mix? My dog is a Maltese/Bichon/Poodle mix. Here he is as a pupper :)

Isis is such a pretty name. And an Egyptian goddess. On behalf of every Isis in the world, I thank Obama for using ISIL, but it’s never going to stick.

Isis ?

Poor baby Al Qaeda. It used to be such a pretty name.

After the goddess?

I’m sure she regrets ever having me, but I don’t think she’d change the name.

Oh, you shouldn’t be shamed for flirting with women. But you should be shamed for reading the original article and coming to conclusion that the blow-back is about shaming men for flirting with women.

i named my daughter Blogosphere and we couldnt be happier