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

[sightlines.livejournal.com]

funny, i was thinking about this just today. yeah, i've had that problem too, someone on my husband's side of the family thinks it's totally appropriate of her to just make snarking remarks about everything we pick, and i am so tempted to remind her what her kids names are, because they are stupid names and at least i'm not rude enough to say anything, lol. but yeah, i know what you mean. some people think it's totally cool of them to comment and give their negative opinions, it comes back to that old saying if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all, you know? i'm so tempted to remind this person of that, before i pull my hair out.