name game

sailor says, "i want to call silver 'sarah.' "

i say, "but her name is silver."

"yes," sailor says, "but i like sarah better."

"well," i tell her, "i guess you can call her sarah if you want."

"no, i want EVERYONE to call her sarah."

"honey, that's not going to happen. her name is silver."

"why? ' sarah' is prettier."

"sailor," i say, now eager to move on from this topic, "when you have your own baby, you can name her whatever you want. silver is my baby, and i named her silver."

"but you SHOULD have named her sarah."

sigh.