Our family is conscious of what the initials look like... it's important they don't spell anything unwanted... AFL is funny, not offensive unless she ends up hating Aussie Rules! I do a lot of cross stitch and am always embroidering our intials on things which are then hung around the house. DH and I were also conscious of each family member having their own initial so that if something arrives in the mail for A. Surname it's clear who it is for before opening the letter. Imagine the Duggar family with 18 or so members with the same initial: J. Duggar!!! Poor kids who get their names printed on trophies etc and it only has their first intial.