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Regret telling people our girls name and backup names after son
After LO was born I quite freely told everyone our girls name (I have one girls name I have always wanted) andour backup boys names.
Now I am preggers again (and so are lots of my friends are) I regret telling my names. I truely think that people rarely accidentely pick the same names and by suggesting you like a name puts it in someones head.
I wont lie I would be devestated if a friend close or not used our girls name (I might not even have a girl yet) but it is an unusualish name and one of my friends did mention it on her list but I didnt make a song and dance as for 1 I might have a boy and for 2 they might not choose it.
I suppose I will always find another name I love, but in the back of my mind will always be a little annoyed. However with 44,000 names in my book I am sure to find another I like.....
Anyone else?
Now I am preggers again (and so are lots of my friends are) I regret telling my names. I truely think that people rarely accidentely pick the same names and by suggesting you like a name puts it in someones head.
I wont lie I would be devestated if a friend close or not used our girls name (I might not even have a girl yet) but it is an unusualish name and one of my friends did mention it on her list but I didnt make a song and dance as for 1 I might have a boy and for 2 they might not choose it.
I suppose I will always find another name I love, but in the back of my mind will always be a little annoyed. However with 44,000 names in my book I am sure to find another I like.....
Anyone else?
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My best friend is pregnant and if its a girl she told me that theyre thinking of calling it Sarah Elizabeth!!!! I hadn't even told her our name if ds was a girl but her Gran, who was called Sarah just passed away and her other Gran and her OHs gran are both called Elizabeth so I cant even complain!!
Im not planning on another child but if I did have another and it were to be a girl I would be soooooo raging that someone close to me had the EXACT same name...but I can't be mad at my friend as her reasons are completely just...but id still call her Sarah Elizabeth the second lol
I know my mum doesnt like our boys name and pretty sure she wont like the girls one either (Rhys and Willow) But she also didnt like my brothers name choice or my dd's name but has admitted that once you have the baby and thats its name it ends up just being their name and you love it. So for that reason we are keeping schtum.
We had Charlie for a boy last time, I loved it and hubby liked it too but his sister made such a song and dance about it that he has now changed his mind and tbh im really p****d off about it cos the cow has got her way :P