I’ve known Robin & Robin, Simon & Simone, Chris & Chris, and Jerry & Geri. How about you? Any Lees or Andys or Leslies? Are you part of such a couple yourself?

I wonder if the attraction is at least in some small part a sort of innocent narcissism, just as some couples almost look as if they could be related, say, as cousins. I also wonder if they ever kind of resent the duplication or if they get exasperated with the inevitable mix-ups—or if they are just forever charmed by the irresistible cuteness of it.

Tags as I wrote them: couples, names, identity.