PSA

Cissi64

 If you don't want to hear the bad and the good, don't post your name here.  People are allowed to have opinions and they may not be pretty.

No matter what you name your child, you will  encounter someone who thinks your choice is stupid, trendy, trashy, weird, or some other negative adjective I can't think of right now.  Or they will be misspelled or mispronounced.  My kids have pretty main stream names ( 1 we picked the other 3 were adopted from foster care and came already named) and we still get comments and mispronunciations. 

It is your child and if you and your DH/BF/SO love the name, use it.

Ain't it grand that most of us live countries where we have this right?

HannahO28

Ugh, I feel like I've seen more of this than usual:

"...but who cares what we think!  It's your baby, not ours. If you and DH love it, that's all that matters!"

Sorry to be such a snarky biotch, but duh. Is there anyone on here that is under the impression that when they post, they run the risk of us thinking it's our baby?

evaazalea

HannahO28:

Ugh, I feel like I've seen more of this than usual:

"...but who cares what we think!  It's your baby, not ours. If you and DH love it, that's all that matters!"

Sorry to be such a snarky biotch, but duh. Is there anyone on here that is under the impression that when they post, they run the risk of us thinking it's our baby?

I think it has been the same person saying this in most of the posts and honestly it kind of irks me too, that should be a given and if you don't actually want honest feedback then just don't bother asking. Going to add, I don't think that is all that matters, if you and your DH both love a really terrible name that is not all that matters, the kid that has to live with it is what really matters.

AwBeth

TysMomPlusOne:

HannahO28:

Ugh, I feel like I've seen more of this than usual:

"...but who cares what we think!  It's your baby, not ours. If you and DH love it, that's all that matters!"

Sorry to be such a snarky biotch, but duh. Is there anyone on here that is under the impression that when they post, they run the risk of us thinking it's our baby?

I think it has been the same person saying this in most of the posts and honestly it kind of irks me too, that should be a given and if you don't actually want honest feedback then just don't bother asking. Going to add, I don't think that is all that matters, if you and your DH both love a really terrible name that is not all that matters, the kid that has to live with it is what really matters.

You're not talking about me because I don't post often, but sometimes I say that when talking about the popularity of a name.  Especially if it's a great, classic name.  DD2's name is more popular than I'd like, but it was the only name that DH and I both loved and it's a family name, so it's perfect for us. 

brooklynesque

TysMomPlusOne:

HannahO28:

Ugh, I feel like I've seen more of this than usual:

"...but who cares what we think!  It's your baby, not ours. If you and DH love it, that's all that matters!"

Sorry to be such a snarky biotch, but duh. Is there anyone on here that is under the impression that when they post, they run the risk of us thinking it's our baby?

I think it has been the same person saying this in most of the posts and honestly it kind of irks me too, that should be a given and if you don't actually want honest feedback then just don't bother asking. Going to add, I don't think that is all that matters, if you and your DH both love a really terrible name that is not all that matters, the kid that has to live with it is what really matters.

This. 

Kids (and adults) have a difficult enough time navigating life without being named, essentially, MyParentsFailedSpelling or MyMomsHighestHopeforMeWasChildPageantPrincess.

sagoon

I think there's a huge difference between saying a name is not your particular cup of tea but you wouldn't be repulsed meeting someone with that name and encouraging people to name their kids LaBraydynn and MacKynzleeigh.

 

That said, I'm naming my kid Braydenkiller Velociraptor (it's unisex) and nothing you say will stop me!