I promised DH he could name the baby. Now I've changed my mind.

[JakeyMom]

When I was pregnant with DS1 I had my heart set the name Jacob. DH hated it and used to come up with all these alternatives but I had my heart set and I promised him that if he let me call DS Jacob he would pick the next DC's name. I PROMISED.
So fast forward and I'm pregnant with DC2 and naturally DH has been considering names. He was under the illusion that we would be having a boy and had already picked out the name Adam which I was fine with. However, it turns out we're having a girl which has totally thrown DH off course.
He's now decided he wants to name DD after his GRANDMOTHER(!!!) as she brought him up. It's an AWFUL name for a child (Blanche) and I just can't bring myself to agree. The name makes me shudder, it reminds me of coronation street. I've told him I hate the name and it's disgusting for a baby but he won't budge on it and is digging his heels in. AIBU to go back on my promise for the sake of our DD?

I always associate Derek with Malcolm for some reason. The neighbour probably named him after a rellie.
Maybe the Gooey threads all refer to the same boy the PP's dad and the female cousin both taught and word has spread far and wide via the internet?

It's like the story about the people who saw Chloe in a baby name book and used it, but thought it was pronounced Clor.

I think trendy people are already calling babies Jean.

and Joan

At my friend's local pre-school there is a little girl whose name is pronounced "Cha-Loo".

It is spelt "Chloe".

True story.

I can't believe 'gooey' for Guy surely these people were pronouncing it the french way which is Gee, the way would ywould say Guy de Maupassant

I think it's possible that someone would read a name incorrectly and then call their child it. Maybe someone who wasn't very bright. Although I'm sure there have been times when i have read a word and then said it wrongly. I remember in A Level English trying to be clever and using the word ethereal in a discussion, but then actually making myself look like a dick instead by pronouncing it wrongly. OK so i would check out a child's name before using it, but some might not do that.

In Dublin slang Gee means vagina. I'd find that a whole lot funnier than gooey.

ha ha, my friend from NI can't bring herself to say Ghee for the same reason even though she travels to Inja a lot

"Gooey"??

Had they never heard of guy Fawkes??!!

16 pages on this thread. Did OP ever come back?

You're right Maryz I was being unusually polite there. To me though it's even stronger than cunt. It's more like CUNT

If I met a French Guy I would snigger like a schoolgirl. And as for Indian Ghee it always, always raises a smile. My v mature friend holds it up in the supermarket and shouts 'Squoosh would you like some ghee'. Oh we crack ourselves up with our sophisticated wit

Not really LadyHarriet, she was with us for about a page. But the topic has struck a chord - a shy mumsnetter like myself just can't resist an easy AIBU.

Ladyharriet she hasn't been seen or heard from since page one. Perhaps she's name changed to Blancheymom.

Just curious whether she had the courage to resurface, Surgeons .

Poor lamb.

Can one 'blanche in fear'

maybe not!

5foot5- well, take it up with my dad. He told me this happened to him and I've no reason not to believe him. Not a friend of A friend etc but my dad.

OP what happened?

oooh yes ! We need to know!

One blenches, LadyHarriet

Shes probably hanging her head in shame somewhere because she went behind her DHs back & named the child something else.