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I was just reading the thread about the woman who's sister named her baby the same as her child....
i would be a bit miffed at that but try this one for size..
my MIL called her new dog the same name as my dd which is Hollie and she named her dog Holly!!! WTF? and when she gave my dd her bday card she spelt it the same way as her dogs name!!!!!!!!! me and dp are baffled and quite offended .
My dd(3 at the time) named her Guineau Pigs after her best friends at Nursery - it was meant as a compliment by her. You would think an adult would have more sense though.
of all the names she could have chosen! does she see your dd very often? maybe she misses her? (trying to rationalise the madness of the act!) your next pet should definitely be named after her!
I must admit when i say it out loud i laugh also but it is such a cheek..it is deff not because she misses my dd as we only live 10 mins away and she never bothers with us! my friend gave me a great idea to get her back though for her birthday i'm going to adopt her a pot bellied pig called felicity from the hillside animal sanctuary and ( her name is felicity also lol). So we will see how that goes down her bday is in april !
I think if she was the kind of grandmother who doted on the kids it would be different...but she just has no interest in her grandchildren and we stopped visiting her because everytime we went over she would shout at the kids for touching anything esp her patio doors or glass internal doors and my kids would leave in tears with me biting my lip trying not to lamp her....she can barely tell my 2 kids appart and when dp told her off about it she says well they look the same! there is 2yrs between them!
lol yes that is the other thing.. claricebeansmum she is a very loud woman she shouts when she talks and when she shouts at the dog you can see my dd tremble thinking its her she is talking to!
adopt a potBelliedpig call it MIL name.keep pictures prominently displayed with name attached too. discuss the Pig regularly and frequently with the children
My grandma (my mothers mother) had a male dog called by my name (to be fair, unisex name when shortened).
it never occurred to me throughout my childhood (I ADORED the dog... & indeed my grandmother) it just seemed like a happy co-incidence) but my mum recently said she named it after I was named - my mother was FURIOUS and never really forgave her ... The moral is? Your Hollie won't mind
Well, at least she likes the name you chose. My MIL's first words on hearing of dd's arrival and name were 'That name reminds me of the back streets of Belfast'.
Which was quite mild considering her comment on arrival of ds...
Ring RSPCA and insist dog is maltreated and have it rehomed in , er,..the Shetlands. Problem solved! But dont let her read this in case she gets wise and tries to nick the idea and confiscate DD first!
Mad!! But quite funny.
My rellies spell DS name wrongly ...drives me mad but am going to bide my time until I can coach DS at about 4 yrs to tell them off and correct them!!
hahaha..this thread reminds me of the time i was a t a friends house with all the kids playing in and out of the house ( hot summer. her neighbours dog cam running into the garden and she yelled "X get out" at the top of he r face. Before id even realised the connection, my ds2 who was 3 at the time started walking down the street..
they had the same name and he thought he was being told to get out! they changed the dogs name the next day!
My friend used to have a dog called Pete. Had me really confused when we first met as I knew her husband's name was Mike - I just couldn't figure out who this "Pete" was she kept saying she'd been to the park with
Hi just wanted to update on the adopt a pig thing..well i did it and she was not impressed! and asked when she is getting her pig i give up honest! I told dds to think of a new name to call the dog so they started calling it "NANNY" and she is now not speaking to us! oh well not that we seen her much anyway!
When I was a kid, our dog was called Winnie. After my Nana. My mom really didn't like her mom - Nana wanted one of her grandkids called Winnifred, and I think Mom came under a fair bit of pressure over this, because she produced the last two grandkids.
Rather than calling either of us Winnifred, though, she called the dog that.
(Nana also wanted her last grandkid, my sister, born on Nana's birthday, like her first grandkid had been. I should have more sympathy for my mom in this situation, shouldn't I ...)
and when she gave my dd her bday card she spelt it the same way as her dogs name!!!!!!!!! me and dp are baffled and quite offended 
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especially at the spelling!
when I found out who "Pete" was!!!! 
My mom really didn't like her mom - Nana wanted one of her grandkids called Winnifred, and I think Mom came under a fair bit of pressure over this, because she produced the last two grandkids.
