I've grown extremely attached to the name Milo. I think I like how it's uncommon without being weird, and I just like the sound of it. Unfortunately, my husband absolutely can't stand it. He says it sounds wimpy. His choices for a boy are Wendell and Emerson. Does anyone see any common ground in our names that I'm not seeing? Our boy may end up nameless.
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Re: Husband HATES my favorite boy name :(
My DH hates my favorite girls name so I accepted I wouldn't have a daughter with that name and together we picked a girls name we both like.
I I think you and your DH need to do the same.
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So we scrapped both names and started the compromise list. PP is right, both parents should at least like the name. We made a whole other list of names to choose from and decided when it came time (we were team green) we would choose from the top three.
It ended up that he came around to my original name choice tho, so we went with that. So don't give up hope, you may get Milo in the end!
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Well, naming is a compromise, so you both get vetos.
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I I guess you're going to have to keep looking! Good luck!
You both need to agree on a name. Time to compromise. If DH hates Milo, Milo is out. Fwiw, Milo will never not make me think of the cat from the movie Milo and Otis. Ironically, I think Milo is a cat name and Wendell is a person name and you have the opposite thing going on here. Start over.
My husband and I went through the same thing over four years ago, and funny enough, it was the name Milo and he also thought "It sounds like a kid who gets his a** beat on the playground...." He refused to budge. He also hated my favorite girl name (which is still my favorite girl name). In the end, we picked a name that we both liked (we ended up with a girl), but there was a boy name that we had both agreed on as well (and it sadly, wasn't Milo). This time around, I didn't even bother putting any names on the list that I knew weren't his style and he would never agree to....like my favorite boy and girl names. Instead, I put the names that I "liked" on there, that I knew he wouldn't hate and would be okay with as well. Now 14 weeks later, we still have the list looking the same, because we like all of the names the same and don't love one over the other. We will get there though.
I agree with the other posters, of each making a list and going from there. Then put the list away for awhile, and come back to it...then see how you feel about those remaining names, and start marking some off. But there has to be compromise on both ends.
Maybe yourself and your husband could compromise like this? I think it's a good way to use the names that you love, but your spouse isn't too hip on.
@PhoebeJune1984 I hadn't thought of the nickname Dell. That's really not bad! Still the cat's name, though.
Thanks everyone for the advice! I guess I need him to sit down long enough to make a decent list of names..
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