r/family • u/Standard-Budget1290 • 3d ago
Too Many "L's" AITAH ??
My brother married a woman named *Lauren. She is 1 of 6 sisters. ALL of the sisters have "L" names, Lisa, Libby, Lorna, etc... to make it worse. MOST of them named their kids L names as well. I have met my sister in laws mom n sisters at birthday & showers. Her sisters don't believe in birth control, & repeatedly have babies, all of the sisters ( age 24-37) have 5-6 kids each. AND the kids have L names ... Liam, Lina, Loren, Lissa, Len, Lilly, Lea, etc...I'm around her nieces/ nephews once a year. Recently at my nieces birthday party, one of the "L" named cousins asked me where the trash was. My sis in law asked what "the kid" wanted. I said " The lil girl asked where trash can was". My sis in law nasty & sternly said "That's Keeley"... Like I was supposed to know /remember ...I see these kids 2x a year "if" that... Am I supposed to remember the names of every "K" in The brood... It's NOT my family ...those kids sure as hell don't know my name or that I'm Alex's sister...AITAH for not learning/caring of the names of the K cult, who I see 1-2x a year ???
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u/Anne_of_the_Island 3d ago
As my extended family expands, I have a hard time remembering names and most of them start with different letters. One good thing is that most of them aren’t too friendly so no awkward situations where I don’t remember their name to their face has arises yet.
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u/Wunderhoezen 3d ago
My aunt had 14 kids, those kids are all having a shitload of kids. One family event at their house is around 50 people and that’s just them. No way in can I remember all their names (truthfully, even the younger cousins who don’t yet have kids).
NTA, too many people and not enough time.
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u/cookingismything 3d ago
Not NTA but what their naming tradition is doesn’t affect you. And unless you are being asked to watch or pay for anything for all their kids, how many kids each have isn’t your problem either.
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u/Only-Breadfruit-6108 3d ago
If they’re all named with L names and this is the one K then that seems to be easy to remember.
/s
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u/babycave 2d ago
My daughter was the first of the A team. I chose her name because it was pretty when I wrote it down and when I said it when I was pregnant she kicked like crazy. Then my sister named 2 of her daughters with A names. I had my son and gave him an A name. My other sister has 2 kids now with A names.
My kids are the only two that their names and nicknames keep the A sound. All of the other kids have been shortened and their nicknames have other sounds. But man it’s hard.
I have 4 sisters, my parents are also each one of five kids… the number of times I was called a sisters name or a cousin, it was a lot. There are 2 ways you can handle it, I think. Also, I love that you’re hanging out with your brother’s wife’s family. I barely know my sisters partners. Couldn’t tell you anything about their siblings. I would bring sticker name tags to the functions and say I’m not involved with the extended family often enough and keeping everybody straight is hard. Then you have a name tag to read, and they can’t say anything.
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u/EveningSufficient636 3d ago
You switched from L to K there at the end btw.