January 15, 20179 yr Author They do it so that the whole world knows that they recently had a child. It's kind of showing that they're proud to have a child. It's overplayed and annoying, I agree, but the basis behind it is kind of respectable (unless they're just doing it to follow the trend). The hyphenated names thing I'm pretty sure is when a single mom has a child, she has to put the dad's name on the birth certificate if she wishes to get any child support or anything, but she wants to keep her last name as his, also. That or maybe the child wanted both names to show loyalty to both parents and to have more of an identity. The times I've seen it locally it is often a kid adding his mom's last name. Especially if dad is not in the picture.
January 15, 20179 yr Author To me, adding the Sr. thing signifies one of a couple things: • Dad assumes Jr will also be an otherworldly pro athlete and they will need to be distinguished from one another • Dad is proclaiming that no matter how good Jr. gets, he was the first, and the best, the original article. All others are copies. In both cases, the verdict is: pretentious as hell.
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