Ridiculous name for baby

[PegorySpeck]

My step son and gf have recently called their newborn a really awful pretentious name. I know it’s their choice but neither me nor my husband can bring ourselves to say it in a sentence. Every time we talk about him we say ‘the baby’ or the ‘little one’. We have been very diplomatic and said things like ‘ oh that’s unusual’ but they have started to notice we don’t use his name in conversation and it’s becoming tense.

Any advice on how to move forward?

Get over yourselves and use the name. It's one thing to think it's ridiculous, it's another thing to refuse to use it. Will you still be ignoring his name when he's 5 years old?

@PegorySpeck

I’ve explained that we just have to try, but it makes us cringe and we feel so uncomfortable. It’s a name that is also a noun so we feel it is so completely out of context. When they gave their reasons for this name it made things worse.

Without knowing what the name is, no one can say if you're being reasonable.

Is it Taylor?

So it is actually a name (not a random word) - you just don't like it?
Suck it up. It's the child's name. Do you usually not refer to anyone whose name you don't like? Bit weird.

Tell us, tell us, tell us

She can't say the name!!! it'll be outing

Well, you either start using the name, or keep avoiding it. What else is there?

If you keep avoiding it you know you’ll have very little relationship with the baby.

Place marking to find out the name!

I think its both rude and judgy unless its Buttplug or Vibrator.

Also, you might be out of touch and it might be a commoner name than you realize. Back in 1992, my mother thought Sophie was a weird name. She liked it, she just thought it was very unusual.

@SoftplayTaintedLove

She can't say the name!!! it'll be outing

So why start a thread then?

@PegorySpeck

My step son and gf have recently called their newborn a really awful pretentious name. I know it’s their choice but neither me nor my husband can bring ourselves to say it in a sentence. Every time we talk about him we say ‘the baby’ or the ‘little one’. We have been very diplomatic and said things like ‘ oh that’s unusual’ but they have started to notice we don’t use his name in conversation and it’s becoming tense.

Any advice on how to move forward?

Advice? Get over yourself and say his name! It’s utterly irrelevant whether you like it or not.

You can’t bring yourself to say it? I’m sorry but that’s pathetic. Their baby, their choice.

This. I presume it’s Bear or Rainbow or something?

I’m in that stage of life so I occasionally hear some “Good lord what were they thinking?” baby names. I say the name nonetheless, or “Hello little one” or whatever.

Well obviously we need to know the name first

Er, well, that's the child's name for life so you're just going to have to spit it out.

You're going to have to get over yourselves, the more you use the name the more you'll get used to it.

Unless it's Voldemort.

Ask if they have decided on a nickname then use that hopefully.

You will either have to bring yourselves to say the name or risk never seeing their child grow up.

Also what's the name.

My grandad always called me Sparrow even though I have a perfectly normal name. Can you give him/ her a pet name for everyday parlance?

Oh for fucks' sakes - there will be loads of posts here and not one of them will ever be the OP telling us little Transitvan's name...

@RaptorInaPorkPieHat

You're going to have to get over yourselves, the more you use the name the more you'll get used to it.

Unless it's Voldemort.

Omg if it's Voldemort I take it back, continue to refuse to say it

I am guessing Cheeseburger

Don't worry OP, I promise it will get better. A family member chose a baby name I hated, but now (several years later!) I can't imagine her being called anything else.

Wtaf? If you met an adult and didn't like their name what would you do?

The only ridiculousness here is being so affected by someone elses name that you start a thread about it!

The baby is going to grow up & you will have to call him by his name soon. Best get used to it.