I don’t mind the practice of bestowing two middle names on a baby at all (three of my five siblings have two middles, and they’re all happy, well adjusted adults who haven’t been held back in life because of so!many!names!), but I do see how it might be hard to figure out if/how to do so, especially if all you’re hearing are all the negatives.

Swistle’s post from yesterday addressed two middles, and I thought she did a great job of noting and then dismissing some of the common criticisms of two middle names.