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terry // esme deal. what do you think? indulge me!

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swottybetty · 12/11/2008 19:07

dh wants terry (terrence) for a boy. yuk but could just about cope with. i want esme for a girl. he really does not but is prepared to "trade" if i committ to terry if its a boy.

whaddya reckon

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kitsmummy · 12/11/2008 19:55

Terry is blatantly awful. Get a better boys name before you commit to that deal!

LuLuBai · 12/11/2008 19:39

Yes - I reckon 5 minutes either side of the actual birth he will probably agree to anything!

Men are actually rather forgetful about names. I let DH choose DDs middle name and he regularly forgets what it even is now!

Nancy66 · 12/11/2008 19:31

Terry is awful but Esme is lovely - so let's hope it's a girl...

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swottybetty · 12/11/2008 19:28

[appalled] at secret scan . i would be busted by the hoardes of baby clothes bought.

my surname nearly is "deal" - just one letter wrong.

lulu i think you are right. my feeling is keep shtoom, wait til i am holding every card in the deck (i'm thinking the five min straight after childbirth) and then "oh, but she's such an emse." unless she's a boy of course. in which case its "thank god i poo poo'ed that terry deal"

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Drusilla · 12/11/2008 19:27

Esme makes me think of Granny Weatherwax. Sorry!

RaspberryBlower · 12/11/2008 19:26

Cecil? Is he having you on? Not too sure about Terry either. Esme is lovely. Agree that people often think of 'interesting' names early in the pregnancy but change their minds when it comes down to it.

hambo · 12/11/2008 19:25

Esme is really nice

Terry is not so good...but if it was a boy, he would be so cute that maybe he would make the name cute too!!

2point4kids · 12/11/2008 19:23

Could you agree and then when baby is born if its a boy, come over all 'But he doesnt LOOK like a Terry sob sob' and hope he gives in

LuLuBai · 12/11/2008 19:19

I feel for you swottybetty. I am in a similar situation - Esme is on my girls list too (as a middle name at the mo). DH not convinced at all. For boys he is extremely keen on Albert or Cecil. Albert I can handle, but I am struggling to get my head around Cecil.

How long do you have until baby is due? You could just keep quiet about names for a while and see if he changes his mind or just forgets (my DH came up with some absolute horrors last time I was pg but forgot about them again by the time I gave birth)

thisisyesterday · 12/11/2008 19:19

hmm I am not overly keen on Terry, but I reckon it could be one of those names you warm to.
prefer Terence, so maybe would just call him that and let dh use terry

LucifersLeftEyebrow · 12/11/2008 19:18

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Cies · 12/11/2008 19:13

I thought you were saying that your surname was Deal. I was going to say that neither of them went very well IMO.

Agree - do a secret scan, analyse your cravings and get your aunts and grannies over to swing a ring over your bump and tell you what sex it is, and [then] commit if you want.

posieflump · 12/11/2008 19:10

do a secret scan

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