If your first criteria for a spouse is that he/she has a similar name, your prospective marriage is already in trouble.

That said, it probably wouldn't be any more stupid than some of the reasons people DO get married.

Someone said long ago: If people didn't get married for such stupid reasons, they wouldn't be getting divorced for such stupid reasons.

Even when I was a kid, there was always the mother who hitched up with a dork just so she could name their kid Kelly Green. I once knew a Pete Moss. Jane Ayre. Jimmy Crackorn. Amber Griss. Rose May Bloom. Candi Sours. A lot of them probably changed their names as soon as they could, and the others probably ended up in the state penitentiary.

But today, parents are naming their kids all kinds of strange names; the little blond girl next door is Riley. Other girls are being named things like Jordan, Taylor, Addison (like the disease), Bailey, Brett, Connor and Kevin. Boys are being named things like Tatum, Ariel, Zion, Angel and Mhaxx.

And then there are all the weird spellings that make the parents look illiterate: Chanz, Britni, Rilee, Raychul, Jessikuh, Payj, Jakub, Natuhlee, Jorjah.

This brings up mental images of how the wedding invitations will read in 10-20 years:

John and Riley
Kevin and Taylor
Chanz and Raychul
Dengue and Addison

In another 20 years, people will probably be named after diseases.

Sue