Bullied into a name

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Bullied into a name
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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 1:52pm
Ok, maybe bullied is too strong a word, but during DH and my continuing name debate we decided we both liked Veronica.
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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 2:09pm
I am sorry you feeling bullied?! I understand that. My DH and I are going to have #2 on 5/6. We still can not agree on a name for her. We are both to stubborn! His mom passed away, very suddenly, a few weeks before our son was born in 2006 and now that we are having a girl, which was conceived 1 yr to the date after her death,and he wants to honor her. Which I am for. We can agree to use part of her name as a middle name but its the first name that is driving us crazy. We both liked one name but can not agree on the spelling, so I took it off the table.
The one thing we have decided on with both kids is we did not tell anyone any of our choices until we "show" them off. That way no opinion mattered but ours.
Both parents should be 100% sold on the name, that way there are no regrets. Do you think you will have any other kids? If so, you can let him have his way this time and make it clear you choose both FN and MN next time. I hope things work out for you.
Mom to Aiden (10/12/06) and "little miss" arriving on 5/6/08.
Mom to Aiden (10/12/06) and "little miss" arriving on 5/6/08.
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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 2:15pm

I vote for going back to the drawing board.

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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 3:33pm
Ditto this---scrap everything (at least in theory) so that you feel this is really a mutual choice between you two, not you two and have the civilized world. If, after a few weeks of quiet, you still like it, you'll know it's yours.

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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 4:47pm

I agree with many of the PPs.

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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 7:10pm

In your place, I would put the name issue aside for a week or so, and then take a fresh look (on my own)

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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 11:25pm

Why don't you quietly go back to the drawing board without bothering dh about it too much, to test yourself. If you find some things that sound

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Wed, 04-16-2008 - 11:35pm
I dont think u should name your child something if u absolutely dislike it but your dh loves it. You need to find a name that u both agree u like. Make him go "by himself" to look up baby names and when he finds one he likes write it down and show u and u just say yes or no and eventually he should come to one you like. you will regret it later if u name your baby something you don't really like.








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Thu, 04-17-2008 - 3:55am

I'm not hormonal but I think I would feel the same way you do.