Getting sick of people pulling a face when I say...

[Mummy2Adam]

Little Missys name is a secret. Anyone else having this? There are 2 reasons we are keeping her name a secret
1) i wanted to keep something a suprise because we know shes a girl
2) i know some people will pull a face as its not a traditional girly name and we have changed the spelling to make it different x x


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[lanny]

Yea I got it all the time, I like different names so I got 'oh what the hell you going to call this one' so I didn't bother telling anyone then they couldn't make fun, I totally understand why you aren't telling ppl there needs to be some surprise xxxx

 

[charlene09]

What are you calling her x

 

[knopk@]

Most people werent pulling faces when I said we are keeping it a secret, even my parents have given up. Just ignore them hun, everyone has an opinion so do what you think is right.

 

[Sarah13]

I've told white lies and said we don't have any names yet even though we have picked out a few, I don't want others making comments!

 

[Smithy1980]

Urgh why are ppl so rude? I've had it a few times where I've told ppl the actual names we have chosen and ARE going to call our LO and they've turned their noses up!! One person turned their nose up, said 'really'..... Well excuse me....I didn't ask for your opinion lol!!

Oops sorry rant over xxx


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[littlemiss83]

Dont blame you at all M2A - we're not confirmed on our choices, but we're keeping them a secret anyway. We dont know sex so can kinda get away with not telling ppl.

 

[Lilelephant]

Same here love only youguys know our boys name and ppl don't get why! Plus my parents like traditional names and Orlando is a bit different

 

[Constantstar]

Owen was a secret and people kept pestering us !


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[Annie050408]

We told everyone she was a girl but kept the name secret so we'd have something to ourselves until the birth. What I thought was amusing is that even though we'd chosen a name people kept suggesting names for her as though it was still up for debate!!

 

[LouiseB]

I pulled my face when i read the opening line



I think i'd be the same. Well, i'd probably let the girls on here know but i wouldn't tell family.

 

[LoopyLouize]

Know the feeling M2A. I went mad at OH for telling his two sisters our thoughts. They asked and he said it was a secret so they both sulked, moaned, whinged etc.. He bloody gave in and told them. Then to top it of, I got our chosen boys name approved but the girls name was horrible apparantly. PHFFFTTTTTTTTT!

I realised then that that was EXACTLY why I didn't want people to be told!

x

 

[Mrs. KM]

We aren't telling anyone either... Except for on here haha. Don't give in. People have no problem giving their thoughts before the baby is born, but most won't say anything after. The main thing is that you love the name! Xx

 

[JJ Mum]

I agree great idea not to tell them, they are only annoyed because they want to know now - they will have to wait the full 9 mths! ha
We told people our name Devon , as it was already our boys name from 9 years ago anyway. Got really mixed responses, many openly bad, as if if you havn't had the baby , people feel tha it's acceptable to say oh no I don't like that! Perhapls if baby had been born and named, they would only say it behind backs!!

I know because of this that my mum does not like Devons name, and it's not the same !! (think she thought she would have a chance to sway me before birth - oh no) (She lives in cornwall, so said she was embarressed to have a grandson called Devon!!)

Stick to your guns, what a surprise

 

[Young Mum 21 x]

dont blame you!! when i do decide on names ill be doing the same!
sick of people saying... ''urgh im not fussed, dont call he/she that!!''
you cant please everyone!! x x x

 

[Monkey]

We're the same. We were tossing up between keeping the sex a secret or the name. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the sex a secret so we have kept calling her Bean Sprout until she is actually born.

The MiL however decided that she was going to start calling her "Kylie" when she was told it was a girl. I had to ask her 3 times not to call her that as it wasn't her name. She finally stopped but now I feel strange when I call her Bean Sprout around the MiL, like I'm doing something wrong. I doubt she will approve of the name we have chosen for her, but it's our decision, no one else's.

Just ignore those who pull faces or say anything. Or give them some made up name and when the baby is born, just say it didn't look like that name

 

[Froslass]

I just tell people we haven't decided yet x then they pull faces at that cause apparently were "leaving it a bit late" ...

 

[Mummy2Adam]

Dont think you can win which ever way you do it, until she is born we have been calling her Little Missy which seems to be ok with family at the minute but friends still give me that look! x x


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[Hemera]

Oh I know the look. We've chosen Drake as out little mans name, little bit different and most of out age friends love it straight away, but pretty much all the older generations of family have had the same reaction, with my not-so-subtle grandparents actually wrinkling their noses and then offering other suggestions.

We told people the name when we had chosen it because its not going to change what he's going to be called, and it givens them all a bit of time to get used to it. I actually told my mum that he's not their child, and she doesn't actually have a say in what we call him

 

[Kerrykins]

I agree, we're not telling anyone. Mind you that has something to do with the fact that I have absolutely loved a name for a boy for years and even the combined middle name and then my sister had my nephew in November and totally stole it - middle name and all!!!!! So I'm not saying a word!