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to think this is unfair?

360 replies

itsSantanaLopez · 01/01/2014 14:34

Friends of ours are due their first baby any day soon. They've sent a email and announced the sex and said that they will announce the name when baby is born.

BUT

They've also the name 'will surprise everyone' and 'we'd appreciate it if you don't make any comments that aren't positive- this is our decision'.

What the fuck have they named this child? I am DYING to know. It's just unfair!

OP posts:
GlitzAndGiggles · 01/01/2014 22:42

Rome, London, Rubix...all possibilities these days

MrsKoala · 01/01/2014 22:45

Crapbag - i am not entirely diametrically opposed to a Balthazar and may consider it for next ds ...just thought i'd put that out there. Blush

DigOfTheChristmasTreeStump · 01/01/2014 22:45

Sherlock!

BillyBanter · 01/01/2014 22:46

A whole fucking month? What sort of monster are you doing this to us?

Mugabe
Osama
Rimmer
Tarquil

Mandela or Nelson seem most likely.

You're going to have to get the dad-to-be drunk. Really drunk. Or break into their house with a pencil and lightly rub it over any notebooks they have around or look for postitnotes in baby name books.

You owe it to us. Angry

StairsInTheNight · 01/01/2014 22:56

Casper or Alistair.

Floggingmolly · 01/01/2014 23:03

Poor little bugger... Imagine the world and his wife having to be threatened per warned not to make negative comments on your name, must be pretty spectacularly shite.

TheLostWinchesterWife · 01/01/2014 23:08

dig I second Sherlock (or maybe Benedict) unless its something that isn't out there at all and might cause sniggers for other reasons, rhymes with surname like Mark Park or initials spell poo or something.

TheLostPelvicFloorOfPoosh · 01/01/2014 23:09

Maybe it's 'Doctor'? Tardis

Lilacroses · 01/01/2014 23:13

Derek.....I think that is one of the most comical names imaginable, especially for a baby!

Ledkr · 01/01/2014 23:19

Don't get excited. My colleague made a big deal about not telling me her name in case I stole it (was pg too) when she eventually had it she called him Lucas. Ern yes very unique that one!
Anyone who knew me would have known that wasn't my kind of name at all.

MrsKoala · 01/01/2014 23:20

Clive. i never understood how you could look at a baby and think 'aaah Clive' Or Brian for that matter. Both fine for adults, but can't see them as babys.

TidyDancer · 01/01/2014 23:27

Maybe it'll be something like William, but said like Will I Am.

Or Fred.

Or Ikea.

A relative of mine is currently overdue with her PFB and she is currently attempting to wind her parents up with wild name suggestions. Luckily they are not the type to bite, but I can't wait to find out what she and her DH choose!

Riddo · 01/01/2014 23:39

Do they like Harry Potter?

Albus
Severus
Wilfric
Gilderoy
Remus
Sirius

BillyBanter · 01/01/2014 23:41

Cumberbatch.

Statusupdate · 01/01/2014 23:50

Derek
Bernard
Clive
Terrence
Kevin

TallulahBetty · 02/01/2014 00:01

Shamelessly marking place Grin

Cuthbert?

Electryone · 02/01/2014 00:05

It could be any of the awful boys names I see here on the baby names threads that make me think they must think they're naming their new dog rather than a real child.

TheLostPelvicFloorOfPoosh · 02/01/2014 00:16

^Are you Katie Hopkins...?

TheFabulousIdiot · 02/01/2014 00:18

Why don't they just tell everyone the name now? Weirdos.

SkylerRose · 02/01/2014 00:18

Marking place lol.

VworpVworp · 02/01/2014 00:19

Yeah- it's probably just Benedict, after the Cumberbatch, but you could say "Oh Sad Like the pope that got too old? Oh dear..."

LineRunner · 02/01/2014 01:13

Hindenberg

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/01/2014 01:20

Ooooh i can't wait to find out what they have chosen! Grin

ChatNicknameUnavailable · 02/01/2014 01:28

Adolf?

Caitlin17 · 02/01/2014 01:35

I was going to commend trashcanjunkie for making me laugh but for those of who came after who are too many to list, thanks too.

Is it possible the parents on here?

I think my favourites of those mentioned are Taliesin and Rumpelstiltskin.

Although I quite like Tiberious.

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