An Arkansas mother recently tried to sell naming rights of her unborn son on eBay. For reals.
FoxNews.com reports:
An Arkansas woman is offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder, starting at $150. The unemployed mother of six has posted an auction on eBay in hopes that she will receive enough money to buy a “trustworthy” car and to relieve her sister’s burden of supporting her cash-strapped family.
“It sounds really crazy but I thought maybe there’s someone out there who could help me out with a good name,” Drummond told FOXNews.com. “I’m running out of names.”
Drummond — whose six children are 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1 — said the proposal hasn’t exactly struck friends and relatives as a savvy financial move. And her husband, Richard, a Navy sailor stationed in Virginia, doesn’t even know about it yet.
Not a savvy financial move.. um, is that really the biggest issue here?
The baby boy, who is due September 16th, would have likely ended up with the auctioned name– Drummond promised to honor the agreement and even let the highest bidder visit with the child– but the auction listing has now been removed.
If the intention was simply to have fun with suggestions because she had run out of names after six children, then fine. There are a multitude of free ways to get feedback on baby names such as BabyZone’s Baby Name Polls, BabyNames.com’s Vote on NameLists feature, or good old fashioned phone calls to friends and relatives. But if it was all about earning a few extra dollars, that just doesn’t sit well with me. Names are SO personal and SO closely tied to identity. Maybe I’m biased because I spend my time helping people decide on names, but it seems like a big deal.
Would you sell naming rights to your baby? Even if you really needed the money?
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