So we announced that we're having a little girl to the Facebook world this weekend with her name as well. My SIL of course pipes in and comments on the picture about how "oh good now we'll have 2 Addy's and a Maddy in the family" and I replied back to her that we wouldn't be shortening her name and that she'd be called Adeline and nothing else. Why must family members feel the need to give pet names? What is so hard about just saying Adeline. She will have a cousin named Addison and I want my daughter to be her own person and not interchangeable with another A name kid in the family. Might be being petty here but I'm not sorry about it!
My DD is named Mackenzie and the first thing out of my MIL's mouth while holding her at the hospital is "I need to think about what I'm going to call you. I'm thinking Mac or MJ (context: DD's middle name is Jean)". Both DH and I immediately piped up "Ummm NO. Her name is Mackenzie and we want everyone to call her that. We can't help what her friends might call her someday, but we want family to call her Mackenzie". I mean WTAF. She still gives us grief about it which is absurdly hypocritical given she refused to let anyone shorten DH's name growing up and even bitches when I call him "Mike" instead of "Michael".
@kassyfry I had the luxury of driving on an ice covered dirt road in Northeast Ohio on Christmas Eve. Actually DH was driving (and he almost never drives us places) and I was laughing hysterically as he attempted to drive up the icy dirt hill. Ohio is pretty terrible to drive through.. though you get used to 77 and 71 after driving down/up them so many times.
@Xath The Mr and I were lamenting the looooooong list of celebs we lost this year and decided to look at the full list. There's a Wikipedia page dedicated to this year's list. They have a designation for December specifically, then the rest of the year. It's a really lengthy list! More than I feel I've noticed in previous years...
So we announced that we're having a little girl to the Facebook world this weekend with her name as well. My SIL of course pipes in and comments on the picture about how "oh good now we'll have 2 Addy's and a Maddy in the family" and I replied back to her that we wouldn't be shortening her name and that she'd be called Adeline and nothing else. Why must family members feel the need to give pet names? What is so hard about just saying Adeline. She will have a cousin named Addison and I want my daughter to be her own person and not interchangeable with another A name kid in the family. Might be being petty here but I'm not sorry about it!
Ughhh this! My Oldest's name is Maddox, firstly my grandparents REFUSE to pronounce it the way we do.. even know we have told them a million times in the last 5 years that it's not pronounced "ox" at the end. My husband gets heated every time my grandma blatantly ignores our corrections... her name is Clarice and my husband says he's gonna start calling her "Clare Ice" to see if she gets it! Anyways my point, she clearly hates the name and when he was born she decided she would name him max instead, and then proceeded to write on all cards or anything she sent for him "max" ummmm if I wanted to name my child max, I would have!!
So we announced that we're having a little girl to the Facebook world this weekend with her name as well. My SIL of course pipes in and comments on the picture about how "oh good now we'll have 2 Addy's and a Maddy in the family" and I replied back to her that we wouldn't be shortening her name and that she'd be called Adeline and nothing else. Why must family members feel the need to give pet names? What is so hard about just saying Adeline. She will have a cousin named Addison and I want my daughter to be her own person and not interchangeable with another A name kid in the family. Might be being petty here but I'm not sorry about it!
Ughhh this! My Oldest's name is Maddox, firstly my grandparents REFUSE to pronounce it the way we do.. even know we have told them a million times in the last 5 years that it's not pronounced "ox" at the end. My husband gets heated every time my grandma blatantly ignores our corrections... her name is Clarice and my husband says he's gonna start calling her "Clare Ice" to see if she gets it! Anyways my point, she clearly hates the name and when he was born she decided she would name him max instead, and then proceeded to write on all cards or anything she sent for him "max" ummmm if I wanted to name my child max, I would have!!
OK WTF to the Max thing. My DS is Maddox too, but my husband's aunt just doesn't get it. We keep getting cards to "Max" and despite several reminders and cards from us with his name clearly spelled out as "Maddox", we keep getting "Max" back.
DD is Elena, pronounced "el-En-uh". It's NOT "Ee-lay-nuh". We call her Lenny. My ILs pronounce the kid's actual name wrong and my side of the family keeps calling her Ellie. If I wanted Ellie or Elaina, I would have named her that...
Here to add to the nickname venting. My sister calls my son, "Ro" and I absolutely hate it. His name is Rory ffs. It's pretty damn short on its own. What is she going to call my daughter, "Slo*"?!
When we announced to my father in law he called his mother (husbands grandma) to tell her the news and she first asked us if this was going to be "a baby of our own?" And then said to my father in law "oh you've been talking about how you want grandkids!!"
My son was adopted as an infant and I'm pretty sure he's my own and that my father in law already has a grandchild. So pissed she went there but to be expected. She's never met our son (who will be 2 in feb) despite only living 4 hours away and being invited numerous times. My husband said she won't be allowed to meet our baby if she can't be bothered to meet our son.
People can stop being ignorant about adoption anytime now!!
This reminds me of my cousin's wife. When I was 26 she was all (and she's at least 15 years older than me) "I don't understand your nickname, you need something more modern for the new millennium," and she proceeded to give me nickname suggestions.
Um, bitch, my parents and whole fam have been calling me this since infancy and you need to take a seat.
I can't even imagine the rage of imposing a nickname on my child. *applies for concealed gun permit*
This chick at our church calls DD Mimi. First: her name is Amelia, we already call her Milly. This immature woman who still acts like a teenager is the only person who calls her Mimi and it is so annoying that she won't stop. She works in DD's class and the kid won't listen to her because she uses a weird made up nickname, then she complains that DD doesn't listen. Maybe try calling her by her name?
@lmudra, that breaks my little heart. What jerks. I don't blame you guys one bit for saying if you can't meet our son, then you can't meet his sibling.
@hjphillips dd1 got in trouble the first two months of preschool because she wouldn't listen or stop crying. Come to find out they were calling here Madeline... Her name is Madison. It got so bad that she thought Madeline was her school name. It took me complaining 5 times to the teachers and the principal. If I had anywhere to switch her too I would have, but all the programs were full.
Mom to Madison- 5 and Lillian 2....and now surprise baby #3!
@awoodruff27@hjphillips we have issues like this at my school (I teach elementary school). On the first day of school, I will ask kids to pronounce their names and ask if they go by a nickname or not. Twice I had kids say, "at school my name is.....". Other teachers were Americanizing their Hispanic names. I had to retrain my class (who had been following the teachers lead) to say their names correctly. I teach THIRD grade, the poor kids were having their names mispronounced for 3 years.
Me: 34 DH: 35 Married: July 2009 BFP: November 2012 after 2 years of TTC DS born August 2013 Diagnosed with PCOS April 2016 3 months of trigger shot with timed intercourse BFN x3 First IUI: 9/17/16 BFP: 9/30/16 EDD: 6/11/17
@kahlan82 I have to do that same thing with the ADULTS I teach. It makes me so sad for them!! It's one thing if, as adults, they decide they don't like their given name. It's totally different to feel compelled to come up with a different name to use because people think your name is too ethnic or too hard to pronounce.
I'm a teacher and I would never purposefully mispronounce or change someone's name. I did have a student named Mariella one year, and I tried, but it seemed like she corrected me every day, and it was because I wasn't rolling my R enough, but I CAN'T. I was proud of her for standing up for her name, but it got very frustrating because I was physically unable to make the sound that she made.
i know its wednesday, but my MIL! She told many of her family members that we were not "allowed" to have any more children and it would be life threatening since my first son was premature. So, imagine the reactions we received from his side of the family when we announced we were expecting our second. None of what she said was remotely true, while my pregnancy is "high risk" it is NOT life threatening. I have a lot of anxiety due to my last pregnancy and I have just begun actually getting excited. I was happy to share the news but when my husband's aunt said to me "Isn't that a no-no?" and I found out what she said, I LOST IT. Best yet, my MIL is a chronic liar and denying it, despite every family member having the same story.
@mrt yeah, I have that too and that's is a little more understandable. These examples were not from that though. One boy was named Julian. They were pronounce it with the American "j" sound instead of the "h" sound. Seriously, not hard.
Me: 34 DH: 35 Married: July 2009 BFP: November 2012 after 2 years of TTC DS born August 2013 Diagnosed with PCOS April 2016 3 months of trigger shot with timed intercourse BFN x3 First IUI: 9/17/16 BFP: 9/30/16 EDD: 6/11/17
Re: Monday Bitchfest
Ohio is pretty terrible to drive through.. though you get used to 77 and 71 after driving down/up them so many times.
DS1 - 7/2011, DD 12/2012, DS2 - 4/2014, MMC - 12/2015
DD is Elena, pronounced "el-En-uh". It's NOT "Ee-lay-nuh". We call her Lenny. My ILs pronounce the kid's actual name wrong and my side of the family keeps calling her Ellie. If I wanted Ellie or Elaina, I would have named her that...
Gives me allllllll the rage!!!
*We are naming her Sloane
edit: posted too soon
My son was adopted as an infant and I'm pretty sure he's my own and that my father in law already has a grandchild. So pissed she went there but to be expected. She's never met our son (who will be 2 in feb) despite only living 4 hours away and being invited numerous times. My husband said she won't be allowed to meet our baby if she can't be bothered to meet our son.
People can stop being ignorant about adoption anytime now!!
Um, bitch, my parents and whole fam have been calling me this since infancy and you need to take a seat.
I can't even imagine the rage of imposing a nickname on my child. *applies for concealed gun permit*
Mom to Madison- 5 and Lillian 2....and now surprise baby #3!
we have issues like this at my school (I teach elementary school). On the first day of school, I will ask kids to pronounce their names and ask if they go by a nickname or not. Twice I had kids say, "at school my name is.....". Other teachers were Americanizing their Hispanic names. I had to retrain my class (who had been following the teachers lead) to say their names correctly. I teach THIRD grade, the poor kids were having their names mispronounced for 3 years.
Me: 34 DH: 35
Married: July 2009
BFP: November 2012 after 2 years of TTC DS born August 2013
Diagnosed with PCOS April 2016
3 months of trigger shot with timed intercourse BFN x3
First IUI: 9/17/16 BFP: 9/30/16 EDD: 6/11/17
Me: 34 DH: 35
Married: July 2009
BFP: November 2012 after 2 years of TTC DS born August 2013
Diagnosed with PCOS April 2016
3 months of trigger shot with timed intercourse BFN x3
First IUI: 9/17/16 BFP: 9/30/16 EDD: 6/11/17