To ask her to change it?

[Leprechaunsundays]

I’m 7 months pregnant and DH and I finally have a girls name we love. It’s pretty unusual and we don’t know a single person with it. It’s something like 900th in popularity. We haven’t told anyone this name.

My friend just got a new puppy last week and posted a picture on Facebook of it announcing this same name! I immediately messaged her and said I was really sorry but that was the name we had chosen for our DD and can she choose something else. She just did the laughing emoji react to my message and then sent back “Haha that’s hilarious we chose the same one! It is a cool name though!”. She didn’t agree to change it, that’s all she said. But I assumed she understood and would do the decent thing.

Anyway today she posted again on Facebook that she had made an Instagram account for this puppy... and the name was still the same!!! What should I message her next? I thought she understood last time and now it’s just awkward to have to say it again

Neither of you need to change it - it's fine.

Jeez, it doesn't matter, plenty of people have the same name as dogs

She got in there first. You can't ask her to change the name she has chosen

Reverse?

You can’t control what someone names a dog 😂😂😂.

Call it pregnancy hormones and move on and keep the same name

Its fine, what's the name? Odd its so unpopular but you've both chosen it!

Your baby doesn't trump the puppy.

Either use it or change it.

I hope you're kidding.

Are you worried that someone will confuse this puppy with your child? How far across the globe to plan to try to restrict the use of it?

YABVVU to expect her to change it. It is what it is.
You now get to choose about your DC's name.

😂

Following this thread purely for the comedy gold comments that are bound to ensue.

Your friend won’t be changing the name of her puppy, by the way!

What?! You don't own a name! YABVVVVU!!

Is this a joke.

You can’t make her change it plenty of people use ‘people names’ for their dogs, you don’t own the me just because you’ve picked it

You can choose a really unusual name and still have two in the same junior school class- happened to a friend. It's just one of those incalculable things.

I’d sue her to be honest. “Injury to Feelings”. Woof woof.

You need to do “the decent thing” and accept that’s the dogs name. It’s up to you if you use it on not.

@sweeneytoddsrazor

Is this a joke.

Yes

Yeh, you can’t ask her to change it

YABU. I understand the frustration and If youd told her the name and she used then MAYBE but as it's purely coincidental then no she shouldn't change.

Sorry but I'm kinda amazed you have any friends with that sort of approach. My kids were asking me if grown-ups tell each other what to do, and I said no, generally not, because it's a bit rude...

I think you were a bit cheeky expecting her to change it tbh. Unless they're both running wild in the park at the same time, I don't see it being an issue.

I expect she thought you were joking.

She has named her puppy.
Choose another name or use the same one.
Don’t message her.