Pressure from In Laws

[NeverEvenBeenToCambridge]

I gave birth to a lovely little chap a few days ago, my third child.
I had picked a few names I liked but have had enormous family pressure from my in laws to stick with a good strong name stemming from their family and profession.

Would you use a name if it went against years of family tradition?

Is Milo so bad?

They're pushing for Arthur or Alexander and they feel like such big and old names for such a small and new little boy.

Can only be Balonz, surely ? ;-)

That's fabulous

They had their turn at naming babies when they had your DH.

Now it’s your turn. Call him what you want.

Milo Alexander would be good. It has to be your choice. They had their chance to choose babies' names.

In my opinion Arthur sounds like an old man's name, though I know it's becoming popular again now.

Ah poo, I see this is a joke. Silly me.

Milo is fine, but at least take a couple of hours to watch Kinng Ralph and think of the connotations of your decision if the worst was to happen...

Love this!

Jerry might be the name you're looking for.

Would it be short for Jeremiah, Jerome or Jeremy?

What about Tom, Corbyn, Mandering, Pacemaker, Cann or Lee-Lewis as middle name?

I suggest Barack?

I prefer Canute, even got phonetic spelling of his mums name in it too

@HollowTalk I also think Milo Alexander.

Pleases the family but also pleases you.

You can drop the middle name within months.

Agree with other posters also. It's your baby, your choice

You could do Zanda or Arffa instead? May be a popular choice!!

(Hurry up lots of us have money riding on it)

It's your bloody baby, not theirs.
Call him what you and your partner like,

how about Charles?

Great post 😂

I think you should tell DGMIL to FOTTFSOFF
How about Shane ?

I think Donald Balonz Trump would be a lovely name or
Trump Donald Balonz or
Balonz Trump Donald
All much better than Jerry

Never heard a name like that! But I like it! It's so cool :)

We went against several generations of tradition and picked a different name for our DS. Didn't include it at all. It was never mentioned. Pick what you want, why would they even have a say?

He is your baby! I love the name Milo - go for it!

Have you decided yet?

Yes we have decided on a name now, we've made some compromise but I feel it a good strong name but now GMIL won't let me tell anyone!!
She wants me to make a very formal announcement but wait for anticipation to build you see. I just want to get into bed for newborn snuggles and watch the crown

If they want traditional, how about 'Charming'?

It was on my short list but was vetoed pretty early on.
I was pushed to go for Albert but having shown dear grand mother in law some google images from our local piercing shop they've finally let that go..

Op surely you knew what you were marrying into before you committed to this relationship? You are three kids in... are the nice clothes and fancy dinners getting boring?

Did you forget the old mn favourite? When people tell you who they are... listen. You should have seen this coming but now it’s all suddenly a problem.

Don’t they have any redeeming features? Would you prefer they were nc and never seen your children?

What’s in a name, Rose?