I’m may be being over sensitive here, but I’m 6 months pregnant and we’ve been thinking about baby names. One gender name is picked, there’s currently a shortlist for the other. I mentioned to my mother that one name was picked, and she got very very start that we wouldn’t share the name. She didn’t pressure my DS like this.
but here’s the thing, she is very opinionated on everything. I’ve never known anyone have the energy to hold so many opinions so strongly all of the time. One of our friends had a baby recently and the name was on our shortlist, and she was very disparaging and rude about it. It has taken the shine off slightly, but also I am now struggling to be objective about that name
I don’t want to share any of the names because I don’t want her using the next three months to make suggestions or little digs at our names. I know it was my error to answer that we had one name picked and a shortlist, but I am getting so tired now of the cold shoulder saying we are freezing her out- and that when people keep these things secret it isn’t from their own mothers. I am pretty sure most people do keep these things private.