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Parents hate baby name (Susie)

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13umpuu · 18/12/2015 04:17

After a week of um/ah OH and I finally decided to call DD2 Susie Florence.

On telling my folks my dad asked - where did that come from?!? Is it your final decision? My mum said straight out she doesn't like it and that she'll call the baby Flo (I only picked Florence after her constant pestering! I actually prefer Mia or Rose as a middle name)...

Anyway they both want me to change my mind and I'm really upset. Is it such an awful name?!? And what should I do now - OH is v annoyed at the thought of changing it, he loves it and thinks they're being mean to me! And we've found it hard to agree. Alice has been a contender and I know my parents would prefer it but I couldn't get the 'who the is Alice' song out of my head!

Am up feeding not just fretting, but this is really on my mind - any advice?!?

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BadlyBehavedShoppingTrolley · 18/12/2015 04:58

I quite like Susie, but Susan is (to most people of around 50 or over) probably the most boring, run of the mill, over-used, unimaginative name they can think of and your mother probably had four in her class, or had an auntie of a next door neighbour called Sue. It has connotations of dullness and datedness to her.

Think of the most common boring name of your generation or of women 10-15 years older than you, and imagine calling a baby that. That's how she feels.

BUT. You like it and that's all that matters. Your mother is being unreasonable and rude, and she'll just have to get used to it. She had her turn to pick names when she named you. Tell her to grow up and shut up, and to have some respect for your choices. It's not like you called her anything ludicrous or outlandish, she should be grateful for that.

wannabestressfree · 18/12/2015 04:45

I Iove it.... And with mia or rose....

KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes · 18/12/2015 04:21

You need to give her the middle name you want. Fuck Florence if you're not into it.

Susie is cute. I like it.

:)