Oh, enough already!! (Vent)

kgabardy

Ok, so my boyfriend and I haven't yet decided on a name for our little girl...we're having trouble agreeing, for the most part. But we did decide on one name we are considering as our 'front runner.' We haven't shared this name with ANY of our friends/family, mainly because we don't really want to hear the opinions/negative thoughts/etc. of others in regards to the name. We figure it's our baby, so they don't get a say, lol.
So the best way we've decided to handle this, is to just tell people, when they ask if we have a name picked out, that we have one in mind, but we're keeping it to ourselves until we're 100% sure.

So WHY does every single person I know/work with/talk to/etc. feel the need to tell me EVERY SINGLE name suggestion they have??!!?? And then to follow it up with "Oh you HAVE to name your baby this!!" Someone tell me I'm not alone in having the entire world offer an opinion on what 'the perfect' baby name is? At first I appreciated it, but now it's just annoying, since I hear it about 15 times a day, sometimes from the same people. Ugh!!

braveangel2

Tell them if they can squeeze a sweet potato through their nostril, they can name your baby.

PoetSorrow

Pick decoy names. Tell them you are naming her something outrageous like Sunbeam Fancypants and you are firm on it.

forensicmama

Oh, I'd be so guilty of this, but I usually direct people to a site like this to keep from doing it lol.

 Maybe you should say, "It's a surprise. We'll tell everyone when she's born!" So that it quells the urge to suggest names.

queenbone

Perhaps you ought to suggest they go out and get a pet that they can use those names on. 

I can't think of one person who has suggested a name to me. At least not in seriousness.  I'm surprised so many people feel the need to give unsolicited advice if you aren't looking for it.

Spookster

PoetSorrow:

Pick decoy names. Tell them you are naming her something outrageous like Sunbeam Fancypants and you are firm on it.

HAHA I love this :-)

laurenbrooke_09

PoetSorrow:

Pick decoy names. Tell them you are naming her something outrageous like Sunbeam Fancypants and you are firm on it.

HA!

kgabardy

braveangel2:

Tell them if they can squeeze a sweet potato through their nostril, they can name your baby.

 OMG, you almost made me pee from laughing at this image!!

*As a side vent, I also want to say very rude things to a coworker who just stated that "You don't look pregnant at all. Just in the stomach"
Um....excuse me? Isn't that where pregnancy typically shows the most? Sheesh, people amaze me sometimes.
(And for the record, I SO look pregnant, haha)

A-D

PoetSorrow:

Pick decoy names. Tell them you are naming her something outrageous like Sunbeam Fancypants and you are firm on it.

My friends told everyone they were naming the baby one of three things when pressed for the name:

Thor, King of the Dandylions

Mini Me

Cletus Redneck Bumf*cker

Personally... Cletus was my favourite, if not only for the 'Cletus the Fetus' jokes I got to make.

To PP, your potato through the nostril was amazing. I'll keep that one in mind.