Friends and family giving MY baby a nickname...ugh.. ::VENT!::

orion09 · February 2009

So DH and I have chosen the name Orion Richelle. I think it's very simple and classic but family and friends are starting to get on my nerves.

1. FIL said he's just going to call her Richelle because he doesn't like Orion for a girl... and I'm like.... well damn.. i'm sure some people thought your name was wack too but they still call you by what your parents named you.

2. Aunt has decided that the name Orion is stupid and too complicated because it can be pronounced too many ways... of course my response is... not if you can read. She also said we were dumb to name her after stars because she's going to get beat up by all the black kids for having a white name... which really pissed me off because there is NO SUCH FARKING THING! She also said regardless of what we name her she's going to call her something else. So i'm like well you keep acting like that and she won't be around you. PERIOD. B!tch!

3. My BF has told me she's going to call our DD Rah-Rah.. like a cheerleader... and i told her... she needs to call her by her d@mn name! The name Rah-Rah mispronounces her name... i mean is it that hard?? Orion = (or-I-on) ....

My family is getting on my nerves.. these are the days where i'm happy DH and I don't live in the same city as either of our families! ugh... Super Angry

IselaCid · February 2009

Yet another reason to keep the name on the DL until the baby is born!

grinsandgiggles · February 2009

I know this can be frustrating, but maybe you will have your own nickname for her and it will catch on...there's really not much else you can do, because they're going to do what they want, but if you pick the nick name at least they'll be calling her something you like.

jolis_petits_bijoux · February 2009

Well, if they don't like the name, too bad. It's up to you and your DH.

I do think it's hard to prevent people - especially close friends and family - for coming up with nicknames for your LO, that may or may not be related to her name. Wink

I am one of those annoying nicknaming people, I have a special nickname (that only I use) for almost everyone close to me (DH, best friend, both of my sisters, etc).

Josh & Calendi · February 2009

Well first off the names you guys picked are great. Second I would not be a happy camper either if everyone was bombarding me with what they are going to be calling MINE AND DH'S baby.

FirefightersBride · February 2009

Seriously?? I would be pissed too if ppl kept snarking on my name choice!

peachypear · February 2009

orion09:
She also said we were dumb to name her after stars because she's going to get beat up by all the black kids for having a white name... which really pissed me off because there is NO SUCH FARKING THING!

LOL. I didn't realize constellations were "White." Wink

This is totally frustrating. DH's family are nicknamers, so I have resigned myself that whatever we name our child will be irrelevant. But still pick whatever name you want and use it to refer to her. These three people may be hold-outs, but everyone else will use her real name if you do. That's really all you can do, so don't get too upset. It won't do any good.

Chunk'sMom · February 2009

They are being seriously douchey!! You should tell them it's fine to call her by those stupid names, but you're going to call them Grandpa Fart Eater and Auntie Cvnt Nugget and see if they like it when those are the names Orion learns!!

I think Orion is a beautiful name!!

margeincharge2 · February 2009

This post made me think of the old and crass saying: opinions are like a-holes. Everyone's got one and everyone thinks that theirs doesn't stink. People suck. You certainly have a right to name your child what you want and to not have them use nicknames that you don't like. It is one reason why we're not telling people the name of our baby in advance. It avoids all the commentary. GL!

techsan1298 · February 2009

IselaCid:
Yet another reason to keep the name on the DL until the baby is born!

Amen

suscq · February 2009

My cousin went through something similar and I remember it being very frustrating for them. The rest of the family didn't like the grandfather he was named after and refused to call him by that name.

When they call her something other than Orion, can you just act like you don't know who they are talking about? "How's Rah-Rah doing" "Who? Oh, you mean Orion. She's doing fine." Eventually they'll get the message.

MissRedEorNot · February 2009

What about the opposite? My SIL has nicknamed my nephew Nicholas, "Squirty" She says it in the most annoying voice ever (not even baby voice but screechy) and no one in the family calls him that.

Jessied1982 · February 2009

I am having the same problem. We aren't set on a name but my family thought naming him Raymond Copper after FI would be great. His name is Raymond Neil(he goes by Neil). I put my foot down bc I HATE the name Raymond(no offense to those who like that name its just not for me). So now that they know it isn't happening most of my family still insist on calling him lil ray ray Angry

I have finally started telling people if they ever wanted to hold him they would go by the name we pick and NEVER refer to him as ray ray. So I feel your pain and it sucks when people think they have the right to do that even when you ask them not to.

hula_lula · February 2009

How freaking stupid.

My FIL did the same thing with my daughter. He wanted to call her Becky instead of Becca. So we said, no, if you have issues with that call her by her actual full name Rebecca.

Then he decided that he was going to call her Reba. Reba. REBA!?

Her name is REBECCA. It's not pronounced REEbecca.

j9lovey · February 2009

IselaCid:
Yet another reason to keep the name on the DL until the baby is born!

agreed...dh and I have decided not to tell the name this time around.

liongish119 · February 2009

I guess my only problem with Orion is that in the story Orion is a boy. But who the hell cares, really? It DOES make a pretty girl's name and its original and interesting.

The name we chose for DD has a nickname that I don't prefer, and when people call her that I correct them. If DD later wants to go by it that's her choice, but while I'm still running the show she won't be called that.

Its not their choice its yours- just threaten to ditch the middle name entirely if they don't respect your wishes!

liongish119 · February 2009

I guess my only problem with Orion is that in the story Orion is a boy. But who the hell cares, really? It DOES make a pretty girl's name and its original and interesting.

The name we chose for DD has a nickname that I don't prefer, and when people call her that I correct them. If DD later wants to go by it that's her choice, but while I'm still running the show she won't be called that.

Its not their choice its yours- just threaten to ditch the middle name entirely if they don't respect your wishes!

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