jueves, 26 de agosto de 2010

Naming the embryo

I think the guy that got me into this and I are experiencing denial. Faced with the uncountable issues that we should solve before the embryo develops lungs and fingernails, I say uncountable meaning that we don't know which issues we should solve, hence, we cannot count them. I was saying, faced with the need to find a proper nest and a not-too-terrifying hospital, we focus instead on the small insignificant details. Such as naming the embryo.

We shouldn't even get too attached to the embryo, at least until it is upgraded to fetus, but I guess we cannot avoid start looking at the options. Most women do this as soon as they meet a theoric partner anyway. And of course, as an international couple, there is a number of issues to consider. The surname, for example. It could be Knyr, Knyrova, or Knyr Rodriguez, the latest being the preferred one if we can convince Czech bureocracy that we are not joking. His mum thought we were joking. We are not. People in Spain has two surnames and my embryo is not going to have less.

Then the first name. It has to be Spanish, of course. My embryo cannot be called Rostislav Knyr. People would wonder if I bought it in Ukraine. However, not every Spanish name is acceptable. A boy's name cannot be ending in "o" because that sounds femenine in Czech. That eliminates, Antonio, Francisco, and other hundreds of options. We have to eliminate also anything that makes Czech people laugh. Jesus, for example. Don't ask me why it makes them laugh. And the guy that got me into this would like an international name. Nothing mexican-sounding, like Pedro or Carlos.

And finally, we need to put all of this together and make sure that name and surname goes fine, so the baby doesn't hate us when it grows up. Let's admit it, not many things go well with Knyr. And anything starting with K goes really bad. Like Kenny or Katka. So basically we don't have anything. It's terrible. But we will keep on thinking, since this topic diverse the attention from the need of a mortage, car, and a somehow mature life.

Pregnancy Symptons: All of them. Morning sickness the whole day. Pregnancy is a rather annoying thing so far.
Mother instinc: 2. Because giving the embryo names must count as mother instinct

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