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[grin] The pharmacist asked today if my DDs name was "actually a real name"

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GnocchiNineDoors · 29/05/2012 20:15

Grin love it. BUT feel bad that I missed a great opportunity to say "did you mean that to sound as rude as it did?"

Fwiw, DDs name is a three letter nickname of an older name, so I though I might get a comment or two throughout her life, just today was the first (at 5mo)

He actually came over to look at her, asked "So, is that, like, a real name" so I replied "yes, but I suppose it is a nickname of a more 'real' name, which is my mother's name and seemed to 'old lady' on a baby", he then said "well, at least it'll make for cheaper football shirts, my brother is Abraham, my poor parents" and Grin ed.

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Indith · 29/05/2012 21:01

Grin yes Margaret is a bit old lady. Tis my dd's name though :) She is 3 and mostly called Daisy, she answers to Margaret, Meg and Peg too :)

BillyBollyBandy · 29/05/2012 20:41

DFIL suggested Meg as I liked Maggie but DH didn't like Margaret or Maggie.

Meg is an ace name!

balia · 29/05/2012 20:29

There were 3 Freyas in my baby massage class and there were only 8 babies! Very embarrassing.

manicinsomniac · 29/05/2012 20:25

There's a Meg in my class at school. What's 'not real' about it?! Some people are bizarre.

GnocchiNineDoors · 29/05/2012 20:21

I wanted Dot but DH didnt.

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GnocchiNineDoors · 29/05/2012 20:21

Yes, she's Meg Grin pic on my profile.

Oooh, I like Freya.

We wanted Harry for a boy, and when we told MIL she actually laughed in our face. I mean Harry wtaf?

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Sinkingfeeling · 29/05/2012 20:20

Oh, very forthright! I told my Mum when I was pg that I liked the name Freya, and she immediately said that she hated these 'modern, new-fangled names that don't sound like proper names'. She was very disbelieving when I told her it was Old Norse. She's only have been happy if we'd chosen a very classic/regal name like Victoria or Charlotte Grin

ReelAroundTheFountain · 29/05/2012 20:20

Flo?

JaxTellerIsMyFriend · 29/05/2012 20:18

ooh what is the name? Is is Meg?