Pregnancy brain? Lapse in judgment? Ugh!! I told my step-mom that we're naming her Allison Brooke (my son patted my stomach and called the baby Allison so the cat was out of the bag). Her response "Allison Oberlin is a mouthful". Then nothing. No other comment at all. My sister already told me she hates the name (she was hoping for Piper and some other names that were NOT on our list).
I should have known better. My step-mom refused to call my son Brady for the first few days- she called him Brad- because she didn't like the name Brady. It took her friends telling her it was a great name for her to change her mind.
So if you're on the fence about telling family- don't!!! Let me be the example of why NOT to tell family- LOL!
Re: Why did I tell family the name?
wow i would have some not so nice words for my family if they acted like this! If i were you i would tell them they arent being very nice and to shut there pie holes! THis is your child you have the right to name them what ever the hell you want! they had the same thing why cant they just be supportive! I think the name is very cute! Dont worry about rude comments from the fam
That's awful. And for what its worth, I love the names Allison and Brady.
Im glad you posted this though because DH and I were just saying maybe we can tell people our names now.....so much for that idea!!!
I feel your pain. We haven't told.. but my genious husband decided to tell his parents our 4th and 5th place choices that we are considering while I was out of the room.. we are pretty much set on a name.. but have some others in mind.. just in case.
I walk back in to an all out yelling match.. well.. just his very opinionated father yelling that we can't name him that blah blah blah.. stressing once again how we have to chose something Italian (they are off the boat). Now.. bear in mind.. our #1 choice is actually an Italian name.. but we aren't hell bent on going with an Italian name. So when we leave I tell DH that I decided I want to name our son the most Irish name I can think of just b/c his father is a PIA! He really pissed me off.. especially b/c the name in particular that he had a problem with is Irish (I'm Irish/Italian).
Ugh, isn't that the worst??? Why do people say those sorts of things when a) it's not their choice and b) your mind is already made up?!?
Noel - August 2010
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I can't believe people act like this!!
Every person we have told, family..friends..acquaintances..EVERYONE..has said 'Oh cute!' or 'I love that name!'. Not one bad response, nor would I expect to get a bad response. Around here, if you don't like it, you just say oh that's neat/cute/different and go on...nobody woud dare say they hated it!
(Although, when we didn't know if it was team pink or blue my dad vetoed Brynlee Jo because BJ Bone just didn't work.)
Ugh Jagger and Avionna? Haha JUST KIDDING! I actually like those names they are unique.. And if I didn't SFW. they aren't my kids. I hate when people react to name choices like that. Who care's what you would name them if they were your kids? Guess what they're not. So you go ahead and pop a baby outta your cooch then you can name them what you want! My MIL goes 'TAIDEN? TAIDEN?' when we told her what we were gonna name my son. I simply said yeah that's his name and we're not changing it so you better get used to it. Then she had they nerve to say.. We'll as long as your not naming him one of those ghetto names.. oh and don't put braids and stuff in his hair. (I'm black and their white) uhm excuse me?!!? I just had to walk off at that point. Then she said something similar when we found out we were having a girl.. We already had a name, but I was really tempted to go my entire pregnancy telling her we were gonna name the baby Shanaynay! or something like that.
Oh and I wouldn't have even thought of Evian.. I don't think it sounds the same at all... I swear people just sit around and think of ways to mess up names. My SIL was thinking about a name that I think is the most horrible name ever, but she never asked my opinon and if she had I would've said I wouldn't use it but it's not my kid. (She ended up not using that name. I think they just didn't want to tell anyone the real name as it ended up being the second choice they had for their first DD.)
Holy crap this turned into it's own post! I'm done now haha
Evangeline is such a pretty name!
We're naming the baby Reid, boy or girl, after my Grandfather and FIL has referred to the baby as "Reidette" if it's a girl. OK. I know that Reid is unusual for a girl, but it's not unheard of, and anyway - I could name my baby Sidewalk and everyone would just have to deal. Not make up new names.
Felix is adorable- it's my cousin's son's middle name (Dylan Felix).
I'm amazed at how many relatives are downright rude! The funny thing about my family is I asked them to submit names they liked. Some were horrible (sister liked Loki) and some like my step-mom never submitted any. It's just taught me to be a better and nicer person when other people tell me the names they chose (especially when I am not fond of the name).
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