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Cunning Plan

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KateTTC123 · 25/10/2018 17:02

Right, so my mil has been happily announcing that she doesn't like our choice of names; Angus and Scarlett. I'm pretty frustrated by it as she regularly tells the story of how her mil didn't like her choice of name and she didn't use it and has always been disappointed by that. So my mum suggested we throw her off the scent with some awful decoy names that we say we will be using, to the point where our actual names seem like a blessing. I'm thinking something very posh sounding like Bartholomew or Sebastian as she would really hate those. She thinks I'm posh so would probably believe them. Then, after using these for the entire pregnancy, a wee Angus or Scarlet would seem welcome! Any other suggestions for decoy names?...

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KateTTC123 · 25/10/2018 18:51

These are great suggestions folks!

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YettaTessieMarmelstein · 25/10/2018 18:55

I met kids called Fennel and Basil once.
My mum’s cousin was called Lauderdale.

CryptoFascist · 25/10/2018 18:57

Hercules
Arnold
Bertha
Mercury (for a boy or girl!)
Clive
Geoff
Dave (be firm with MIL that he will by no means be named David)
Elvira
Apple

AllStevesPals · 25/10/2018 19:00

Haha Crypto I actually met a baby Dave the other week Grin

FastWindow · 25/10/2018 19:03

I did the decoy. Tabitha and Jack. After my chosen name for my first was met with 'boys named a nickname don't run Fortune 500 companies' er... Steve? Bill?

Theweasleytwins · 25/10/2018 19:12

When pregnant with my dt my family called them quentin and perdita

This time my Dsis said my lg was going to be called Soniqua (im guessing she meant after the walking dead lady)
I told my lovely grandparents that and they were very polite and said its a lovely name (it is but not for us)

OhFlipMama · 25/10/2018 19:15

How about a shift and use Verruca, tell her you're a big fan of the character in Charlie and the chocolate factory. 

Knittedfairies · 25/10/2018 19:15

Caratacus and Bathsheba.

Sinkingfeeling · 25/10/2018 19:17

Got to be Ptolemy and Agatha

ProudThrilledHappy · 25/10/2018 19:18

I am similarly gutted this is not a Baldrick thread, but reckon it might make a good decoy.

“Yes MIL we have decided on Baldrick... if it’s a girl” Grin

AuntieStella · 25/10/2018 19:19

Given the thread title, it should be Sodoff for a boy and Bernard for a girl.

As that might be a little too transparent, try a shortlist of:

Bertha, Fanny, Gloria, Beryl, Beyoncé, Solange

Wayne, Tyrone, Chandler, Rollo, Aethelstan, Clovis

BevBrook · 25/10/2018 19:20

Livingstone
Heimdall
Sherlock
Triphemia

For boys or girls

BikeRunSki · 25/10/2018 19:22

Ptolomey
Augustine

Hermia
Pandora

GlacindaTheTroll · 25/10/2018 19:29

Adolf and Myra

PrincessTwilightStoleMyToddler · 25/10/2018 19:35

I can see that I’ve been beaten to it on the Baldrick/Bob suggestions! Grin

Watch out though OP - careful decoy choices needed as I actually like Sebastian and it would rather defeat the object if your MIL did.

How about suddenly expressing an interest in Greek or Roman mythology? (Castor or Pollux, Clytemnestra, Pelopia, Aerope, Romulus...)

HereForTheLineEyes · 25/10/2018 19:38

Aristotle.

HereForTheLineEyes · 25/10/2018 19:38

Nn - Arse/Arsey?

brodiee · 25/10/2018 19:46

Bathsheba and Cosmo

OhFlipMama · 25/10/2018 19:49

Wisteria

iggleypiggly · 25/10/2018 19:57

Elton and Aretha Grin

Squeakymoo · 25/10/2018 20:02

Hepzibah
Mordecai

Glumglowworm · 25/10/2018 20:21

It has to be Baldrick

“Because we want our child to be clever and come up with loads of cunning plans”

Trinnidad · 27/10/2018 18:20

I actually knew someone called Decoy - but it was pronounced Deck-oy. Just use that!

RiaOverTheRainbow · 27/10/2018 18:48

Ermengarde
Georgiana
Eugenie

Gawain
Fitzwilliam
Bartimaeus

Joinourclub · 27/10/2018 18:52

Humphrey
Ophelia

I love Angus and Scarlett ,they are going to become my new ‘if I ever have twins’ names.

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