For the past several months, we have had our heart set on our daughters name. Told most people what it was and have got used to calling her that, even my son has taken to calling my bump the name. Now some very close friends of ours have had their baby and after much indecision over what to call her, have picked a name extremely similar to ours 
I am so angry, I could barely contain myself when they told me. The thing is, I know our girls will be very close and will see each other all the time, so having names so similar just isnt going to work, then there is also a bit of a pun to be had, as ours was going to be Mia....theirs is Tia. Both lovely names, but now we are paranoid about them being teased as Tia Maria!! 
I feel quite upset that our friends have done something like this when they have known for months what we wanted to call our daughter, and yet they could never pick one. She has already admitted its a bit of a cop out, and that they 'adapted' our name, so its not like they were planning this all along. 
Now we are stuck what to do. I love the name Mia but dont want to be seen as copying our friends, especially as their baby is already here, I also dont want our kids to be twinned together and teased for their names. But part of me thinks why should I change it. 
At the same time, we HAVE to change it now and go right back to the drawing board looking for names that we both like 
Im sure it will work out fine, Im just so mad at the moment!!
I am so angry, I could barely contain myself when they told me. The thing is, I know our girls will be very close and will see each other all the time, so having names so similar just isnt going to work, then there is also a bit of a pun to be had, as ours was going to be Mia....theirs is Tia. Both lovely names, but now we are paranoid about them being teased as Tia Maria!! I feel quite upset that our friends have done something like this when they have known for months what we wanted to call our daughter, and yet they could never pick one. She has already admitted its a bit of a cop out, and that they 'adapted' our name, so its not like they were planning this all along. Now we are stuck what to do. I love the name Mia but dont want to be seen as copying our friends, especially as their baby is already here, I also dont want our kids to be twinned together and teased for their names. But part of me thinks why should I change it. At the same time, we HAVE to change it now and go right back to the drawing board looking for names that we both like Im sure it will work out fine, Im just so mad at the moment!! 
i havent spoke to my cousin much since.
