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2nd Trimester
Most definitely NOT telling the name.
DH and I had decided we were going to keep the name a secret, half because we wanted to surprise everyone, and half because we didn't want anyone's opinion.
Well today I was buying a sandwich from the canteen at my school and just decided to spill and tell the canteen ladies (who I normally love) a few of the names we are considering. They immediately told me everything they didn't like about them and then suggested some other random craptastical names that I should use instead. WTF?
Then DH blurted out one of my name suggestions to MIL this afternoon and she flat out said she hated it and then sort of laughed at the suggestion, along with my BIL, who was also in the room. Bastards! I was so pissed!
Why does everyone feel the need to bash name choices? If someone told me names that they loved, I would never have the nerve to tell them I hated them, even if they were hideous!
From now on, not a SOUL will hear ours.
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Re: Most definitely NOT telling the name.
When we were thinking of names we told my grandmother and she just said... " Well, I guess I'll love her no matter what her name is" ?
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O_O?
We've told people the name was have picked out and so far no rude remarks. The only thing that has irritated me a little bit is people keep asking me if I got Bella from Twilight (She's going to be Isabella Reese but I've already gotten used to calling her Bella, eventhough daddy insists on calling her Izzy lol). My sister was the first to mention it and I didn't even know the name was associated with the books/movie. We chose it for our own reasons and I don't understand why people think it came from the movie. *shrug* I dunno. I just like the name.
And as far as people being rude about your name choices, if I were you, I'd (not so nicely) tell them they better get used to the names, because they don't have a choice.
LOL, that's kind of sweet.
I'm not telling anyone after I witnessed DH's cousin get reamed out by family for "Madeleine". You would think she selected Herpes or Orangejello or something. What's wrong with madeleine???
I think about the only time I would comment on a name would be if the parents seemed clueless about some inappropriate aspect of the name.
I'll admit I was drunk one night and at a party. The couple said they were going to name their baby "Ariola" and I cracked up like Beavis... they didn't know that was the name of the brown area around your nipple. In retrospect I hope this was a joke, otherwise I killed their name for them... but maybe if they were for real I spared that little girl some teenage angst.
Agree. No need to share. Once the baby is here and the name is on the birth certificate only the real asshats with still voice their opinion. If they do you can politely tell them to fvckoff!
For real? Ariola? Oh wow..that would suck for the child! I dont blame you for saying something about that... But normally I dont say anything either..I told my parents our boys name and girls name..My grandmother said she hated the girls name..I said well you will get used to it (in a nice way) But we are having a boy..and everyone loved our boys name..But even if they didnt..Im the mama
I'm rather biased, but I personally love the name Aiden! It's not like it's some weird, made up name either- it's been around for ages! Thankfully, everyone I've told our baby names to thinks they're great, but we also chose pretty traditional names. A good friend of mine named her son Wade... NMS, but you certainly didn't hear me saying a word about it!
DH's family called us day after day to beg us to change our LO's name. They wanted him to have a "regular" name and were furious.
Oddly enough, their dislike of our name made us like it even more!
DH and I joke that if we have another one we will make up a terrible name, let them think that is the kids name, and then when s/he is born we'll do a switch up!
oh, MEE...I'm sorry.
We kept ours a secret until we were 100% set on his name, then we said "His name is Harrison Douglas." It's amazing that even though we're set on it, some people still have comments -- which means, they would have made comments even after his birth.
A certain member of the family told us that she "simply couldn't do it," as in, she hated the name so much that she couldn't call him that. hahahahaha, that was my favorite reaction. Nate told her that she could call him "Tom" if she liked that better. I practically sneezed water out of my nose at that one.
Two of my best girlfriends, one of which is pregnant are furious and barely speaking to me because I'm not telling anyone the name. Isn't that crappy?
I'm not telling for a) I don't care what anyone thinks, but would like to spare myself the next few months of crappy comments b) people stealing it because they aren't creative enough to come up with their own.
I always said we'd keep ours a secret but of course we've been blabbing ... and getting PLENTY of unwanted opinions. I could kick myself for not sticking to our not-telling policy.
Erin, I see you're having a girl - congrats!!
I'm keeping mine a secret too. I've seen too many ladies spill the beans and get, "I had an ex-boyfriend with that name! You can't do that!" But yes, once he arrives, everyone will have a new precious face to associate with a name they previously hated.
Whenever someone asks me about baby names, I joke about it. My BF's last name is Brimm, so I tell people that if it's a boy, his name will definitely be Jim, and if we have a girl, she'll be Kim. I think I piss off the future in-laws, but they'll get over it in a few months.
thats why im telling ...KNOW ONE!!! the name... they will find everything out when my baby is here!!!
We joke that we're going to name the boys Cleatus and Bubba, just to get everyone off our backs.
His father is furious that we're not making one of the boys a "fourth"...my husband is the third with the name, and he told me long before we even knew it was boys, that his name stopped at him. Our arguement is, how can you name one son with that name, and not the other?? If we were having 2 boys seperately, it MIGHT have been an option, but not when it's twins. And we've decided not to use any names from either of our families. Our boys are going to have their own names.
We had decided on her name before she was a her..everyone seems to like it except my Mother had this awful name in mind that she keeps calling her..
Her name will be Camryn..Cami for short lol we switched it up a tiny bit , i dunno...seems more feminem to me..anyways..my mother constantly calls her Olly....i told her..if she wants to name a baby so bad. have one or get a dog. :-)
soooo..we got her a puppy..now named Olly..haha got her off my ass ;-)