she asked me what i had picked and i told her and the next day - ta dahh her baby was called it!!! oh i'm mad!!
2007-09-18 04:48:35 · 35 answers · asked by Dee88 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
What a *****! Wow...now tell her a horrible story why you picked that name like it was a hooker that was murdered down the street from your house when you were a kid. Or it was the prettiest girl in high school but she was murdered after a football game. Then every time she thinks of the name she'll get her payback...ok so thats mean. But still...what a *****.
2007-09-18 05:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by lovelylady 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It was rude of her either way, but if it's a very popular, common choice like Emily, Emma, Olivia, Sophia, etc., or a currently trendy one like Nevaeh, Avery, Hayden/Jadon (or any other rhyming Aidan), Kaylie/Kylie/Keely (et al), well I suppose she didn't really "steal" it, so much as use an already-common choice everyone else is also latching onto at the moment, know what I mean? If that's the case, just look at it as an opportunity to rethink what you actually want in a name, because if you're not comfortable with someone else using it even before she's born, think how annoyed you'll be when she has six in her class! ;)
If it actually is an uncommon choice, and she obviously wouldn't have even thought of it had it not been your first pick, well then that is simply horrid of her! LOL My own sister is a name thief as well, if the company makes you feel a bit better. ;) She and her husband's list currently consists of ONLY the two boy names we didn't use with our first two daughters and two more that are suspiciously similar to our boy name with the third (also a girl LOL). And their number one girl choice? Literally a form of our oldest daughter's name! I mean come on! LOL
So yeah, it's a common occurrence. Luckily, we know better than to even mention any names this time around ... at least until it's decided and he or she is officially named. ;)
2007-09-18 07:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by Irish Mommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*****! That's why, when the time comes, I won't be telling anyone what names I have on my list. Even though the people I know name their kids Matthew, Allison, Paige, Alex.... I like different names and obviously they don't, so they most likely wouldn't want to use any names I like.
I wouldn't use the name anyway. It's ridiculous to have two kids with the same name in the family... especially that close a relative. (it might not be so bad if it was a cousin you didn't see very often.)
Just out of curiousity - why do so many of you people have a name picked out the second you know you're pregnant, or beforehand, even? Yes, I've already got a list, but I've explained to my husband that we're not even going to look at it until the baby is born.... then we'll decide what name he/she will have.
2007-09-18 05:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is so wrong. I understand now why some parents won't reveal the chosen name until the baby is born. You can, of course, still name your baby whatever you want. I know several Greek families where there are cousins with the same name because of the tradition of naming first borns after grandparents. They seem to be fine with it.
2007-09-18 04:56:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well sounds like we have a few things in common haha! Well, if her child isn't born yet I would still name my baby that! Don't let anyone change your mind! My sister in law is the same way! She does that on anything such as small and stupid things like brithday parties and stuff like that! She takes our ideas if I tell her so I learned not to open my mouth! They have no life is why they take your ideas! Good luck and don't tell her your business ~ word of advice :o)
2007-09-18 06:02:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe she was really desperate for a name and couldn't think of a good one herself. I don't know. It doesn't mean you can't give your baby the same name,though. If you like it, keep it; just use a different middle name (Catherine Sarah and Catherine Marie) and/or a different spelling of the name
(Catherine and Kathryn). Or you could use the first name as a middle name and find a new first name you like better or switch them around if you already had both planned ( Mary Catherine). But there's no reason you can't still use it,at least as a middle name. But your sister in law should've found her own baby name,though. If she couldn't think of a good one she really liked, all she had to do was come on here. We would've helped her.
2007-09-18 04:58:24 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Understood 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Don't be mad..
My cousin's baby and her sister in-law's baby are both named Audrey. You should take it as a compliment that she loved the name you picked out.
2007-09-18 05:47:23 · answer #7 · answered by Lea 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That wasn't very nice but I would go ahead and use the name anyway. She will be upset and that's what she deserves. The baby's will have 2 different last names. Maybe you could use a different spelling for you baby's name.
She is a nasty person.
2007-09-18 04:57:43 · answer #8 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, sadly enough, it's your own fault. You never tell another pregnant woman any name you may like or have picked out for your own children. Some people aren't creative enough to come up with names on their own and ask around.
2007-09-18 05:10:53 · answer #9 · answered by Endellion 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
its definetely not the nicest thing in the world to do to someone but..are you even pregnant? not to be rude or anything but if you arent and you still are a few years from being that way its not exactly the stab in the back that you think it is...yes she should of told/asked you first..but i know from experience that when your 15 the name you pick out for your kid generally isnt the one you actually use...
just to enjoy the birth of your neice and be flattered that she enjoyed the name that you picked out..because in an essence you named her :)
2007-09-18 04:55:26 · answer #10 · answered by Shina Beana 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋