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AIBU to go off a name just because it is my MIL's favourite?

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TheFrozenMBJ · 08/08/2011 05:33

I have always liked Anna ad as it is my grandmother's name and DD is due in October (gran's birthday month) we are seriously considering it as her name (along with Georgina as a second name for DH's maternal granny).

But I also really like Greta (really, really like it) but last night at dinner, MIL started going on and on and on about how her favourite name is Anna, and how well it'll go with the surname, how lovely it s etc etc etc.

I know I am being completely unreasonable Grin but I really don't want a name she has chosen, or will feel like she has chosen. She already likes to think that she is more important ind DH and DS's lives than I am. Angry

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JoyceBarnaby · 08/08/2011 06:01

Of course YABU - cutting off your nose to spite your face, etc etc. However, IMO, you are also bring totally understandable. I'd feel exactly the same about my MIL in the same situation. Knowing I was being a bit unreasonable wouldn't change that either.

Try to remember that in 10 years' time, nobody will care or ask why you chose her name. Also, you could say the following at every opportunity: "We nearly didn't choose Anna, even though I've always wanted it as a girl's name, because we really wanted to surprise everyone and MIL suddenly said she liked it! We worried that people might expect it, even though we'd wanted it before then - but we decided the surprise didn't mattress that much!"

Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 08/08/2011 05:57

Heh.

Would she be Greta Georgina, though?

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