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Email from friend about my baby's name

259 replies

toolonglurking · 27/03/2018 18:53

I've just had DD, she is a whole 5 days old and we thought we'd picked a good name, but I've just received an email from a family friend saying that it's a terrible name.
Please tell me straight, is Ophelia Elizabeth Cole a horrible name?

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BridgetJonesDaiquiri · 27/03/2018 19:20

Ophelia Elizabeth is also my DD’s name (she’s 11 months) so I think it’s pretty ace! Tell her to butt out!

BeaLola · 27/03/2018 19:20

Your child , your choice , your lovely squishy beautiful gorgeous new baby daughter CONGRATULATIONS. Your friends is rude rude rude and I hope she is either reading this thread and feeels ashamed or you email it to her. What's her name ? Let us all comment on how fab, lovely, interesting it isn't.

MeltingSnowflake · 27/03/2018 19:19

Beautiful name! And I'm fussy when it comes to names Wink

I'm another one who has tried it out loud and don't see the problem at all - Ophelia Balls, obvs wouldn't work - but I have no idea what the problem is with Ophelia Cole? It's lovely. Your friend is a dick.

HeartySoup · 27/03/2018 19:19

They are no friend.

selavy · 27/03/2018 19:19

I’m with Latitia on this one, don’t get it either!

BertrandRussell · 27/03/2018 19:19

Horrid to be so blunt. But Ophelia does have sad connotations, and Ophelia Cole isn't particularly easy to say......

DonutCone · 27/03/2018 19:19

It's a little pretentious sounding for my tastes. But that's the choice you get to make. Tell you'll critique her choices when the time comes.

Oysterbabe · 27/03/2018 19:19

Oh feel leak ole?

It would have to be a fucking slow day for the school bullies to come up with that one. Grin

AJPTaylor · 27/03/2018 19:19

erm.
i dont think the first and last names will work well in teen life.

IfYouDontImagineNothingHappens · 27/03/2018 19:18

It's a lovely name. Congratulations and tell that rude idiot to fuck off

IAmMatty · 27/03/2018 19:17

Oh feel leak ole?

Fucking hell, you've put some work into that one Grin

2018SoFarSoGreat · 27/03/2018 19:16

Lovely name. Not lovely friend.

Congrats on your new baby Flowers

Latitia · 27/03/2018 19:16

@Witchend don't know if I'm just being daft but I don't get it...?

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 27/03/2018 19:16

To be clear - despite what I wrote above, I don't think it was in any way appropriate for your 'friend' to email you with her opinion!

(I only expressed mine because this is an anonymous forum, so I can be honest without needing to protecting our friendship!)

IAmMatty · 27/03/2018 19:16

Your friend is a dick.

Reply to her saying 'thanks for the info. For what it's worth, I also think that Ignorant Cuntface McTwat is a horrible name, but somehow it suits your perfectly'.

IlleIllaIllud · 27/03/2018 19:15

Oh Feel Leak'ole? You wot? I am officially lost, here.

selavy · 27/03/2018 19:15

Lovely name OP and I don’t get what others mean when they say it sounds wrong out loud....Confused

DowntonCrabby · 27/03/2018 19:15

They are absolutely not a friend and are far too invested, to actually take the time to email that they think the name is "terrible" they're batcrap crazy. Take a MASSIVE step back from them.

I love/like/ am indifferent to the baby names chosen by family and friends but anything beyond a message of "congratulations" is fucking rude.

Congratulations on your baby Smile

Olddear · 27/03/2018 19:15

Oh! I get the Ophelia Cole...Blush

IlleIllaIllud · 27/03/2018 19:14

PS I'm not getting the problem with Ophelia Cole. If it were Ophelia Tits, fair enough. But Ophelia Cole?!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 27/03/2018 19:14

I don’t get what’s wrong with it either. Just with an enormous stretch, which you could apply to most names.

BennyTheBall · 27/03/2018 19:14

I am saying it aloud and cant see the issue?

It's an OK name. How rude of your friend.

Witchend · 27/03/2018 19:14

Ophelia Cole-Oh Feel Leak 'ole...if that get's picked up in teen years it could get very wearing.

IlleIllaIllud · 27/03/2018 19:14

It is a lovely name. But reminds me of my Gran saying after I named DS: "Poor kid". She didn't do email, though. Grin

SandunesAndRainclouds · 27/03/2018 19:13

I’ve said Ophelia Cole out loud several times and can’t work out the problem Confused

I’d dump the so-called friend.