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kittylovekittylove member
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your babies name before birth, do you think your name pick is controversol? Mrs.Wubbins post made me worder about it. 

Some people think we have picked a controversal name just because we won't share. I don't think our name is controversal at all. It isn't Jack but it isn't uncommon/unusual either. I just don't want to hear other people opninons like my Aunt who when I shared that we weren't naming the baby Gavin because DH had vetoed it said "good because if you did the baby would be gay" SERIOUSLY??? I hate crap like that, and obviously don't want to deal with it for the name we chose. Not to mention a name doesn't make you more or less likely to have sexual feelings for someone of the same sex.

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  • linnychanellinnychanel

    It does kinda annoy me when people aren't thrilled over the name. Like dh passive agressive family for instance!

    But I figure if they don't like they don't like it. If they are the type of people to comment on a name, they will do so once the baby is born anyway I figure. I'm just going to get it out of the way now, so they can get used to it before the baby is born.

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  • NotJustAnAuntieNotJustAnAuntie
    We didn't share because we wanted a surprise thing to announce when he was born. We found out the gender, so we figured his name was the next best thing. I just wish I could have been there when DH made the announcement!
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  • KellyMarierockstarwifeKellyMarierockstarwife

    We shared, but luckily, everyone loved the name.

     I've mentioned a lot of names that I like for #2 and my m om has had a ton of negative things to say about each one of them. So for that reason, we might not share when #2 comes about.
     

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  • we-love-to-trywe-love-to-try
    we didn't share and Jenna is hardly controversal. We just didn't want to hear other's opinions. It also gave us something to announce once she arrived.
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  • green*eyesgreen*eyes
    We shared two possible names per gender.  Since we weren't sharing the gender, we felt we should give them "something".  Next time we might share the gender but not the name.  It is pretty fun to have a surprise to announce.  Plus, personally I find it weird for people to refer to an unborn child by its name (other than the parents, if they want to).
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  • Meg_MegMeg_Meg

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    we didn't share and Jenna is hardly controversal. We just didn't want to hear other's opinions. It also gave us something to announce once she arrived.

    Those are my feelings exactly.

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  • Mama_v2.0Mama_v2.0
    I don't name my children till I see them, but I do try to have a few name ideas going in :)
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  • danandkellydanandkelly

    We shared some of our names and we got less than great responses so then we decided not to tell anyone what our final name was.

    When it got closer we narrowed it down to two Natalie and Caitlin, and if people wanted to know what names we were thinking of they had to agree not to say anything bad. 

    And actually, when she was born I couldn't decide on her name until the day we left the hospital, secretly I was hoping dh would get on board with Elizabeth, but it never happened.

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  • tri-readertri-reader
    Our name was different so I didn't want opinions on it.  I guess even with a common name I know people in my family would say something so it's best kept unsaid. 
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  • ZoeMay06ZoeMay06 member
    I've only been sharing with people I know will be supportive. If I'm not sure, I don't share. Besides, we are going to wait until we see her before we make the final decision. People seem to be satisfied with that answer.
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  • Mrs.WubbinMrs.Wubbin
    Just to clarify my original post: I did not say people who don't share names are doing it because the names are controversial.  I said if we were picking a controversial name ( a name for which my family would give us a lot of grief about), we would wait to share it.  I realize that there are many good reasons to keep it a secret until after the birth; it all depends on a parent's preference.  Smile
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