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Really B!tch? ....Really?
This is a rant. If you couldn't tell....
Ok so my Husband's parents invited us to dinner last night, and we're sitting at the table quietly eating when OUT OF NO WHERE his mom goes, "I don't think i like your name choices." I was like "uhhh....What?" and she goes, "They have nothing to do with MY side of the family. They're also weird." I was dumb founded. I also had a vision of me taking my fork and stabbing it violently into her jugular repeatedly. My Husband said nothing and neither did my FIL, i think they where just as dumbfounded as i was. WHO DOES THAT! HONESTLY?? 
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Re: Really B!tch? ....Really?
MILs do that.
Unless you're a lucky betch like Locash.
::hand raised:: This IS my MIL. She told me she didn't care for my name either. And, she continues to tell me this EVERYTIME we see her. She's a prize.
This!
LOL That's better (by just a bit) than what my mom did to my SIL. When SIL told my mom that they chose the name "Brayden" (not sure how they were going to spell it) if it was a boy, my mom replied "What the FRIG kind of name is that??!?@!?!?#@!?!"
My SIL was 8.5 months pregnant at the time. She burst into tears and had to leave the room.
And that is why we will NOT be sharing our name choices before the baby is born.
Sorry you had to deal with an unsolicited opinion!
Sadly, almost every single person we told about our names! People would say such astonishingly rude things that we decided once we picked a name, we wouldn't tell anyone what it was. And we aren't going to, even though we have gotten tons of crap about it!
I don't know how to deal with it, some people just brush it off but it made me mad. I personally don't like most of my friends childrens names but that is okay, they are their kids and they can name them whatever they want. But I think it can be harder with family.
My fiance's family has a family name they love and no one used it last generation. Umm because it is is CASPER. Yes Casper. His mom flat out refused to go near it. I kinda hedged a little and said maybe for a middle name but thank god she is a girl so now it is out!
I'm sorry to hear that. That sucks! I would have told her that the name has nothing to do with her and she should keep her opinions to herself when it comes to the baby.
I'm lucky to have a great MIL, I feel really bad for all the women on here that are constantly complaining about their inlaws. I got lucky all around, both with my husband's family and my brother's wives.
She calls our baby Elvis.
I bet she'll come up with her own when we find out the gender. how i can't wait for that day.....
Not sharing name choices, either...with ANYONE, other than the bump and another message forum I'm on! haha
I don't think either of our parents or relatives would be mean about not liking our names, but I don't want to hear alternative suggestions, or "you should name the baby after so-and-so...", etc., etc. They will find out when the baby's born! My mom's not thrilled with this, but she'll live. She's satisfied with at least knowing the sex after our big u/s the 25th!
Our baby site: Baby Cragg
Seriously? That would make me so pissed.
Well now, even my perfect MIL gave an opinion. We were considering Marion as a mn (after my gma) and it just happens to also be MIL's mn. She said she didn't care much for it growing up. But, it may have been out of love for our daughter...
My dad didn't like the name that we had picked out if LO was going to be a girl, but he would not have made a big deal about it.
DH and I are possibly thinking of naming LO after DH's dad, who passed away about 7 years ago. MIL told me that she doesn't like the name and things it is ugly! I was like, you were married to this man for 25 years and we want to honour his memory and THAT is your response....
Seriously, do we all become that kind of MIL when we have sons?
My dad didn't like the name that we had picked out if LO was going to be a girl, but he would not have made a big deal about it.
DH and I are possibly thinking of naming LO after DH's dad, who passed away about 7 years ago. MIL told me that she doesn't like the name and thinks it is ugly! I was like, you were married to this man for 25 years and we want to honour his memory and THAT is your response....
Seriously, do we all become that kind of MIL when we have sons?
The fact that my children have the same last name as the ILs is PLENTY close to "their side of the family". No need to add anymore family nods to them.
MIL hated DS's name and kept asking us to please use his middle name instead. She asked me on FB IM today what names we were considering, and I'm not telling her this time.
A possibility was born the day you were born and will live as long as you live.
Ahhh, MIL's. Making pregnant women miss booze since the dawn of time.
Sorry she was such a slore.
I'm really sorry. That really sucks. So far nobody has said a word about our names besides the fact that they think they are beautiful.
I'm just really glad my in-laws are super excited about the baby and could care less what we named it.
Anyone who nicknames my kid Elvis will have NO say in what I name my children. So far my Mom and a family friend dislike the name for our daughter but oh well. My husband vetoed the middle name I liked which was Severina
Don't you HATE that?! My MIL's response to our baby boy's name was "Well, I hope you decide to change it."
Really? Hm. It was all I could do to keep from losing it.
tell her the kid gets her last name and some of her genes and that's plenty!
I'm guessing she calls it Elvis because our girl name is "Presli", and I'm convinced it's a girl.
But it's still not ok. I want to punch her mouth every time she says it.
EDD 1/31/13, MC May 17. EDD 3/31/13, MC July 26. I miss you so much already my angel loves
And if for no other reason, since she said this, come hell or high water, I would not be changing my names, even if I wanted to.
DS Born 4/13/11
I know right? I didn't plan on changing them in the first place, but now I might as well tattoo them across my forehead.
this seriously would never bother me.
you should have just said, "well it's probably a good thing we're the parents and we're doing the naming, huh?"
my entire family (ILs and parents alike) give their two cents, which is really our fault for telling them anyway, but at the end of the day - they got to name their kids so i don't really care what they think.