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I miscarried and now my friend wants to use my name

79 replies

pencilandpen · 27/03/2012 12:48

I'm so distraught right now, I just cannot believe my good friend would do this to me. I miscarried at 12 weeks in February and told my friend (who had known about the pregnancy) that I was going through a hard time with it.

A few days later she rang me up for a chat and told me she was pregnant - she is due only a week after my miscarried baby was due :( So even though it was hard to hear, I was happy for her of course. She told me she had the CVC testing and already knew it was a girl, so naturally I asked her if she had thought about names yet.

I had already told her our chosen names - I tend to choose them before baby is even conceived - this baby had taken us four years to get around to so I had a lot of time to think about names!

So then she said she was actually thinking about Florence and what a great name it is and that her husband really likes it too. I said, but that is the name we were going to use if we had a girl. She then pretended that someone was at the door and she had to go and I haven't heard from her since and I'm still stewing.

So I lost my baby (and maybe a good friend) and now I'll never be able to use the name I've had picked out for three years if I decide to overlook this and still be friends with her! I know no-one owns a name and we could well have a boy, but by geez this oversteps the friendship mark by a looong way for me :( I guess I just needed to vent...

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squoosh · 27/03/2012 12:59

She sounds like a total cow. It's not a matter of 'no one owns a name'. We all now that. It's a matter of her being an insensitive witch and snatching the name of a child that you are grieving for.

I would tell her this too.

typicalvirgo · 27/03/2012 12:56

Vent away... this forum is brilliant for that.

I feel for you at this time. It must hurt.

But personally I don't see the problem with both using the same name.

Aworryingtrend · 27/03/2012 12:56

I'm so sorry for your loss. It was very insensitive of your friend to ring you and start discussing names so soon after your loss.

Did she know prior to you telling her on the phone that you were planning to use Florence? If so, she is being unreasonable I think. If she didn't know until you told her after your m-c then I think that whilst you are very understandably distraught, your friend did not know you planned to use that name, and therefore isn't being deliberately cruel it would just be a very sad and unfortunate coincidence.

Also worth bearing in mind is that when you become pregnant again you may have a boy! So may not be able to use Florence anyway. But I know that doesn't make it any easier now, and I am sorry for what's happened.

pictish · 27/03/2012 12:52

I am so sorry to read your sad news.
I think she is very inconsiderate and inappropriate.
Please take care xx