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Ex's name - etiquette?

27 replies

Keepsake · 24/07/2014 20:20

I'm not pregnant, just pondering. Have name changed because this list could absolutely out me!

My exes have all had wonderful names. Really to my taste. I couldn't ever actually use them, could I?

Names like

Oliver, Benjamin, Gilbert, Hugh, and Russell.

The name I like the most is Hugh, and we only shagged for 6 months at uni. We were never in love, and to be honest it was over a decade ago, I don't think I'd recognise him in the street anymore - so that seems a little bit more reasonable than naming him after one of the great loves of my life. I agree that would be weird.

Obviously DH knows everything about my dating history, and we are very happy. But I know I wouldn't be ok having a daughter with the same name as one of DH's exes.

Has any one ever done this?

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Rhubarbgarden · 24/07/2014 21:09

I think it would be too weird, personally. But really it's a decision only you and your dh can make.

callipygian00 · 24/07/2014 20:48

Never done it but I guess it really depends on your ex's feelings about it. Chatting to your DH might help though, if he knows that it's just that you really like the name and he likes it too, then he probably wouldn't care. If you were to name your son Hugh, then the name would become his - not some bloke's from Uni!

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