Baby Naming Trouble

[loki-quinn.livejournal.com]

I don't know if anyone else has run into this problem, but I'll give it a shot.

Have you been afraid to tell your friends/family baby names you picked out because you didn't want to hear their negative reactions/suggestions for improvement?

I'm only fifteen weeks along and already my grandmother called with a suggestion my husband and I absolutely loathed. When I told her I didn't think that was what we were looking for, she got all huffy and asked what we had come up with. It's not that I'm superstitious about naming the baby before it is born or anything but a.) we wanted to be surprised by the sex of the baby at birth and b.) we wanted our name choices to be a part of that surprise for our family and close friends. It seems I have apparently not made anyone happy because now everyone is obsessed with knowing the baby's sex (for shopping purposes) and knowing what names we have picked out. Any suggestions?

Oh, and a big reason why I've decided against finding out the baby's sex is so that my child isn't confined to a world of pink or blue before it is even born.

Comments

[artistiquemommy.livejournal.com]

I'm always afraid to tell my family what I think of the names for my daughter because they never like the names. Of course, it's up to me to name my own baby, but they always criticize every name I come up with. It doesn't really help either, that I really really like unique names. My favorite name that I've come up with has been D'Andra. That's what I definitely am naming my daughter, but my family hates it and whenever I say "Oh, I'm getting this for D'Andra", they come out with "Well, we'll have to pick out a new name for her. What the hell!? I just don't understand why we can't name our own children whatever we want to. I mean, they'll grow to like the name because it is their grandchild and great grandchild. Well, I just don't know.

That's not that nice of your grandmother to act like that! Mine is acting the same way. It's like, you raised your kids already and you got the chance to name them, now let me name my own kid!! It just gets me so angry when other family members interfere with names and stuff. Ugh!! Good luck with naming your child!!

[loki-quinn.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It seems like no matter the name, someone isn't going to be happy and makes a really snarky comment, ruining not only your self resolve but the magic of actually having the chance of naming your baby. That's why by the time my child is named, he/she will actually be here and there's nothing they can say (like "we need to find her a new name") that's going to change our minds.

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, that would have made me so mad. "We'll have to pick out a new name for her"? Urgh! People sometimes. lol I think D'Andra is cute and sweet. I'd really like to know where people think they get this authority from. They think just because they've had kids of their own, they can be as heartless and pushy with pregnant women as they want to.