To want the same name for (potential) DS3 as an 'ex boyfriend'

[mummypig189]

We only went out for about 2 weeks 7 years ago, but he was the last bf i had before my current partner.
He thinks its a no-go, I dont see the problem TBH.

Im due in 5 weeks, we dont know what the sex is

He is being a bit ridiculous, but you do need to both agree on the name and if he doesnt like it for whatever reason then it wouldn't be fair for you to push your views over his.

Fwiw, DH really liked a girl's name, but it was the name of a girl I had detested years previously at school and therefore always hated the name. Likewise he vetoed one that had been the name of someone at school he had bad associations with.

We found names we both agreed on and liked for both DC in the end.

It depends what the name is IMO. I mean, if it's David, Michael, William etc then I think it's a bit silly to avoid it.

I think you might be better off looking for more possible names. There is no getting round your DH's antipathy to this one, because even if you disagree with his reason for holding it, there is no doubt it exists and for a reason that matters to him.

You need to agree on a name.

Would you really give your son a name his father didn't like just because you "didn't see the problem"?

I wouldn't like my dh to want to name our child the same as an ex of his. Its just weird.

I wouldn't give a kid of mine a name belonging to someone I already knew, regardless of who they were.

It should be all rational and logical, but it never is. It's fraught with all sorts of past history and this and that.

If you don't like a name, or if he doesn't like a name, then it is vetoed. Simple as that.

YANBU to want to use a name you like no matter who else had it. YABU to want to give your child a name it's Father doesn't agree on.

Sorry but I think yab a bit u. I find it odd you'd want to name your child the same as an ex, even if it was only for 2 weeks.

There are thousands of names out there, have fun searching for one you both agree on.

Yabu

You should find a name that you bth agree on.
His dislike of a name may be illogical but persisting with aname he feels uncomfortable with is selfish.