What Could Have Been…: a house log

When we are painting we talk about all sorts of weird things that we likely would not otherwise get around to. And while painting the bedroom we got to the topic of “names that our parents nearly gave us.” Get this. My mom hoped to name me Gina. We would have been John & Gina. That made us titter. Not sure if it is a had to be there thing though. Either way, John’s dad’s choice of names takes the cake. He hoped to name John… wait for it… Lars.

Lars Petersik.

How funny is that? If I had seen tall dirty blond John at work and asked a coworker “oh who is that?” and heard them respond with ” that is Lars Petersik, he’s an account manager.” Let us simply say I would have been all “niiiiice to meeeeeeet you Laaaaars” with that over-enunciated-because-I am-not-sure-you are-strong-at-deciphering-especially-speedy-NY-talkers connotation. The same long drawn out delivery I use with my only-speaks-Italian grandmother. It would have been hysterical. John likely never would have let me live it down. Or asked me to marry him a year-ish later.

But that is not all. Apparently John’s dad also hoped to name John “Vector.” Because he liked math. How I was able to continue painting with tears of laughter streaming down my face is beyond me. So it got us wondering what you folks were nearly named. Come on… someone out there can beat Vector and Lars, right?