I'm asking this because I have never critiqued other people's name choices and think it's a very personal thing...however...
When I told my family I was pregnant, they asked if I had thought of any names. At the time my partner and I had come up with Jake, Jack and Joe - with Jake being the strongest contender but neither of us felt it would be "the" name - we were still open to suggestion. So my family latched on to Jake.
Not long after, my partner suggested Joel and I loved it ! So I told my family and they were horrified - my mum said she would have to call him Joe because it sounds like a "horrible made up name that would have the same connotations as wayne or Brian in 20 years time" !! My sister said its plain and awful...in the "same way as Joe is awful"...and my auntie told me its a naughty kids name.
A couple of weeks later...because I was so annoyed by the negativity...I pretended I was going to call him Acer ....just to see the reactions ...to which my mum replied "well I am used to Joel now".
Gosh...why are people so bloody opinionated when it comes to names ?
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jaykay34 · 17/06/2014 11:25
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