'I gave my twins rhyming names — one is real and the other is made up'
A mom has been slammed for giving her twins rhyming names - with one being a "real'" name and the other being "made up."
A mom has been criticized for giving one of her twins a beautiful name while the other is stuck with a "made-up" moniker.
The proud American mom showed off her daughters' academic achievements on social media, posting a snapshot of their GPA (grade point average) scores. However, instead of focusing on their grades, many were sidetracked by their names.
The woman posted: "Paige has a 2.5 GPA, and Gaige has 1.45. I'm just saying pat myself on the back — single mom strong type s---." The post, which garnered 1,800 likes, left a number of X users puzzled by the decision. They addressed the decision in the comments section, sharing their brutally honest opinions, reports Daily Express UK. It comes after a mom who chose Harry Potter-inspired names for her twins regretted her decision.
The post was then re-shared on Reddit's tragedeigh thread, a forum named after an online term used to describe "a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is."
One user asked, "Why is she proud of her kids doing poorly in school?" The GPAs are the equivalent of a C+ and D average, which isn't all that stellar in the American education system.
The user comments continue down the page, and they are, for the most part, extremely critical. One user suggests the mother doesn't know how to spell, saying, "Well, maybe the mom did even worse. I mean, Gage is a name; she just really wanted it to match Paige."
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Another user chimed in, saying her niece is dating a guy named Caige, and she was hoping they'd break up just because of his name. The user wrote: "My niece is dating a guy named Caige. I've strongly discouraged the relationship based on his name alone."
Reddit users are not impressed
One user saw this as an opportunity for some wordplay, showing how the words can have different meanings and doing so in her comment: "I can gauge that Paige is the gifted one. Gaige is going to need to take a page out of Paige's book."
One Reddit user took it a little too far, making fun of the child's name and their aptitude, suggesting she was doomed from the start: "I am not shocked that Gaige is nearly failing out, kid's life has been a nightmare on the roll call sheet since day one of school."
GPA's explained
In the U.S., GPA functions as a standard measure for evaluating academic achievement, with 4.0 roughly equating to A, 3.0 to B, 2.0 to C, 1.0 to D, and 0.0 to F. According to this framework, Paige's 2.5 converts to approximately a C+, showing she is successfully completing her courses.
Meanwhile, Gaige is achieving around a D+ or D, which is considered a "very low" pass. Students who fall below 60% earn a failing grade, as this is when their GPA falls into the 0.0 range.