Causing me undue stress

Rharold · July 2013

My hubby has decided our son's name first boy after 5 sisters is to be named Angus Danger. I absolutely hate it. Can't get him to budge on it or even consider anything else. I think he's trying to put me over the edge. Thoughts?

Guillerma · July 2013

Tell him no. Then suggest you find a compromise. Did you get to name the five girls or did you all compromise? If you chose those names together, you choose this name together, regardless of the gender.

And also, I agree that Angus Danger is an awful name. Angus alone isn't so bad, maybe you can suggest he keep one of the names and you decide on the other together.

Rharold · July 2013

Thank you for having my back :

moonfaerie · July 2013

How pg are you? If you just fond out it's a boy, I'd table it til 3rd tri and see if he's more reasonable then. If not, I like mj's plan about telling him to sleep on the couch until he learns how to compromise. :P

Rharold · July 2013

We came up with the first 2 together. He really has horrific taste in names... Just awful. He was absolutely bent in naming our last daughter January. She was born in January, and I told him people were going to think we had run out of girls names and were just naming them after the birth month. Other boys names he has suggested for past pregnancies are Lemuel and Norbert after his dad. His dad even said not to curse another child with that name. I'm liking the sleeping on the couch suggestion.

inthelost · July 2013

I agree he's acting like a child and he needs to take your thoughts and opinions on a baby name into account. This is your child too and you have a say!

Rharold · July 2013

I'm 20 weeks. I'm not pushing it, but he keeps telling people and it gets me so riled up .

Kedra231 · July 2013

My husband is really bad at names, too, but he's never been mental enough to try to insist on a name that I hate. I carry the kid, I get final veto. I can see where you'd hate it; I usually try not to comment on other people's name choices, but yeah. That's bad.

I'd tell him that he can bring another name to the table, or forget it. And if his father is against Norbert, I can't see him voting for Angus Danger, so feel free to speak up when he tells people, & tell them it's not happening, or, get his own parents to chime in on how bad it is. Tell DH that he's not a kid any longer, & you're not going to help your kid get teased & beat on for life simply b/c his dad had bad taste & couldn't focus on what's best for his kid rather than some fantasy name.

Hope you two find middle ground. If not, stand yours, & tell him either the name goes, or he does!

bwralc · July 2013

All I can think of when I hear Angus is beef. Dangerous Beef is a REALLY bad name....

ho11yday · July 2013

I initially read Angus as August, which I really like. Then I realized it was Angus. Good luck getting your husband to see reason.

Knelson84 · July 2013

I think you should definitely come up with a name that you both like. The name isn't bad, nms but remember we don't use our middle names very often so it will just be Angus on an everyday basis but if you hate it, then definitely tell him no.

theimpossibleastronaut · July 2013

The middle name Danger makes me roll my eyes. Angus is fine, but if you don't like it, tell him you need to agree.

What about Austin, Aaron, August, Amos, or Archer as suggestions for YH?

ktpaladino · July 2013

bwralc:
All I can think of when I hear Angus is beef. Dangerous Beef is a REALLY bad name....

This. The first thing that popped into my head was dangerous cow. Then I started thinking about E Coli and food poisoning. Horrible association.

MissyCee · July 2013

bwralc:
All I can think of when I hear Angus is beef. Dangerous Beef is a REALLY bad name....

That's all I think of too. It's terrible. I'd tell DH where he could shove it if he tried to insist on a name like that, or any name I really disliked. But then again my DH isn't a jerk and wouldn't want to push a name I hated on our child. Tell him straight up it isn't going to happen.

LC122 · July 2013

I think he's just messing with you and trying to get a reaction out of you. Let him tell other people that's what name he likes. Eventually other people's reactions will tell him how the name would be received. Hopefully not everyone he knows would just be nice about it.
My husband thinks that you should let him have one name but not the other.
I think you should both at least like both names.
Out of curiosity, what are your other children's names?
sorry if that info is in your sig, I'm mobile and can't see it.

Rharold · July 2013

You guys are great! I actually suggested today we could keep angus as a middle name, perhaps Scott Angus Scott is a family name on both sides, and we are both of Scittish heritage, although not Scottish enough fur an outright Angus. My daughters names are Kathryn Joy, Allyson Noel, Caroline Grace, Lucy Rose and Lily Claire.

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