for those keeping the name a secret...

EBathory997Wed74688

What kind of tactics have your family and friends tried to get you to spill the names?  Mine have tried bribery, blackmail, rhyming, first letter, trickery...

BeenThere22

They tried bribing my 5 year olds.

StrawberryAlarmClock

My friend kept hers secret and only said "it's a family name.". Everyone guessed a family name and tried to slide it into conversations and get her to agree. For example: "Are you getting Jesse a new carseat?" Her mom also tried to get her a monogrammed sweater set. Didn't work. As for me, we honestly could not decide and wanted to meet DS first to see if he was a Remy Oliver or a Desmond Lucas. MIL couldn't stop putting in her .02 and didn't believe us that we hadnt picked. She thought we were keeping it from her and even flipped on DH saying everyone knew but her. Which wasn't true because we didn't even know.

AJplusKev

We joked that we were going to name him Rain, or Raina if it was a girl, which is funny if you know us.

michellechacon

When asked if we have chosen names, I say ''Yes we have'' and indeed we have.

When asked what the names are, I say ''Mind your own, we'll tell  you when we feel like it, not before'' 

The sharpness of my response usually does the trick, we have never been asked twice by the same person!

iteachk

BeenThere22:

They tried bribing my 5 year olds.

This.  We had to tell DD that we changed the baby's name to "Baby Sis" so she wouldn't let it slip.

colorschemer

I told my mom that we're naming it, whatever the gender, Sunshine Appetite. She hopes I'm kidding.

damabo80

Just tell them that you haven't really thought about names seriously yet, or that you're still hashing it out.

Honestly, it's kinda annoying when you tell people you have a name picked out but then follow that up with "oh, but I can't tell YOU because it's a seeeeecret". Are we in 6th grade?

If you're so annoyed by people trying to get you to "spill the beans", just tell them that you don't have any beans to spill. As soon as you tell them it's a secret and they just aren't cool enough to know, then they'll want to know more. It's really very simple.

starskristen79

This topic always makes me think of this video. TOO funny!

https://www.garfunkelandoates.com/music/clips/7/pregnant-women-are-smug/

It looks like we will wait to name her upon arrival, so we truly do not have an answer yet. However, I never thought it was rude for people to ask.

buckeyeki

"Just give me a little hint"  "Just tell me the first letter"  "I just want to know her initials" 

With DD, we only gave up that her middle name would be Ann (just like mine, my moms, her moms).  I figured that would be a given.  If the begging persisted I would just spout of the most horrible name I could think of and that would quiet the requests.  This time, we just say we have no idea.  Because we are still clueless either way.  But, hopefully it will be less of an issue this time since it's Baby #2.