Ok so seriously... I have to say that choosing a name for our baby has been so difficult! I know that we may not know the "sex" of the baby but coming up with just 5 girls names and 5 boys names is SO hard!
It seems that so many websites stress the important of picking the perfect baby name for your little muchkin... but what does that mean for us?
- Will we pick names like famous people have?
- Will we picked names based on a theme?
- Will we pick a family name?
- Will the name be inspired by literature or sports?
- Will we pick one of the "popular" names of the year?
The other factor making this difficult (sorry to vent here) is that people do not understand why on earth we would not want to share the options we are considering for naming our baby. We tried early on to inlcude people in the process and we have to say that may have been a mistake. We shared a few of the names with a few different people and because they had to give their opinion ... we decided that we will no longer be sharing any names on our list. A few bad apple's ruined it for the bunch. I know that it's a shame that people can't keep their opinions (no matter how light hearted they are) to themselves... maybe it's partly our faults for taking the comments to heart but to us this is a very big deal.
A few random thoughts: (1) If you had kids already, you had your chance and you should respect what other people want to do ... (2) If you haven't had kids yet, you will get your turn to have an opinion in this very decision and you will understand the first time someone does this to you how it feels... so be careful how you treat others now... something you may say now may come back to (3) No matter who you are, you should respect your loved one enough to let them enjoy this amazing experience of naming their baby - this decision gets to be up to the 2 people who made this little miracle and no one else ---- OK all done... sorry!
Our experience was not all that bad... we just don't get some people - maybe its out of love, maybe its just that people can't keep their mouth shut or maybe its just someone being mean.
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