FIL insists on calling my (unborn) baby the name he wants...

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heylottie · 02/06/2009 10:50

Hmmm. Not sure there is really anything I can do about this.

Am 21 weeks pregnant - this will be FIL's first grandchild, so understandably he is excited. We don't know the sex, and we are keeping the possible names to ourselves.

But right from the start my FIL has referred to my baby as 'Olivia'. At first I laughed it off as he kept saying he has always wanted a granddaughter called Olivia.

But now every bit of news is greeted with 'and how is Olivia today?' or 'Was Olivia lively at the scan.'

It's starting to really get on my tits. I have said that Olivia is not on our list (it is the name of my nemesis) but that doesn't stop him.

Has anyone else had a relative who has insisted on using one name... and must I have a boy in order for this torture to stop????

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BlackEyedDogstar · 02/06/2009 12:53

I am 22 weeks and my mother keeps asking after 'Gwyneth'. I told her I'd chosen 'Elf' as a name and she got worse! Is beginning to truly irritate me but everyone else finds it funny. ffs.

no help though sorry

duchesse · 02/06/2009 11:06

Well, he's going to be very disappointed then. Just consider it as his pet bump name and think no more of it! Very many congratulations by the way.

Horton · 02/06/2009 10:54

If I were you, I'd probably say 'Actually, we've picked Mavis' or something equally unlikely and unlike Olivia. My PILs were very vocal in their desire for a 'nice normal name' so we told them we were calling the baby Moonbeam (untrue) and they stopped mentioning names at all. Which suited us down to the ground.

ninedragons · 02/06/2009 10:52

I think your DH needs to take him aside and tell him gently but firmly to stop.

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