We're due to have baby in the next few weeks and have decided not to reveal our choice of names until baby is born. We don't know the sex and think it'll be nice for DH to announce baby, sex, name and weight once he/she has arrived.
DH did once mention one name I liked (but he didnt) to his family which then got weeks of 'oh no - that's not a nice name' down young nieces comments of 'you can't call a baby that' - obviously mimicking the adults. It's a very normal name that I still love but since then I've been even more determined to keep quiet about names.
My family wanted to know at first but have now accepted they'll have to wait and have even turned it into a game and have written down their guesses.
DH's family has not stopped asking from day one but I've been fine with it and laughed it off until this last week!
DH has mentioned the middle name (if it's a boy it'll be a family name from his side) and accidentally the girls middle name to his Mum (which will be for my Mum, which I wanted her to hear first). I told MIL it was a secret and she said she'd not told anyone else but she's obviously told her side of the family as now the young neices are asking what we'll call baby and using the middle name already! Grrrr! I know it sounds petty but I'm fuming! And it's such an unusual name it couldnt have been a lucky guess.
In the last few weeks, everytime I've seen my neices they go on about names and my fake smile is wearing thin. Am I being unreasonable to ask them not to ask me again or should this be down to SIL? If it were my child and I knew a friend/family member really didn't want to discuss names I'd tell them to damn well leave her alone!
Rant over :)