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Baby names
Name Ida
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:26
A friend has named her baby girl Ida. I think it's awful, just so old fashioned. What do you think?
Andrelaxzz · 23/01/2023 21:28
I really love it. I have a friend called Ida who is about 24 and she is fabulous.
MoleyAndGeorge · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you should say ‘how lovely, and she looks just like you’.
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:30
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you’re not a very good friend
Why? Just because I'm not a fan of the name she's chosen? How do you know what kind of a friend I am?
LimeTreeGrove · 23/01/2023 21:30
I've always loved it. I first heard it as a child from the Hans Christian Anderson story Ida's Flowers. I like it pronounced Eye da
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:31
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:30
Why? Just because I'm not a fan of the name she's chosen? How do you know what kind of a friend I am?
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you’re not a very good friend
Because you’re bitching about your ‘friends’ baby name on an Internet forum! Not exactly a nice thing to do is it? I’m glad you’re not my friend anyway.
Snugglemonkey · 23/01/2023 21:31
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:30
Why? Just because I'm not a fan of the name she's chosen? How do you know what kind of a friend I am?
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you’re not a very good friend
Not being a fan is one thing. Creating this post to slag it off is another. It is not the behaviour of a great friend.
celestebellman · 23/01/2023 21:32
I really like it - and as it has a lot in common with other short, currently trendy names (Isla, Ada, Edie...) it will probably be generally well received as fitting the current trend but being a bit different.
Veryverycalmnow · 23/01/2023 21:32
It's a lovely name. I know the sweetest little girl named Ida.
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:32
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:31
Because you’re bitching about your ‘friends’ baby name on an Internet forum! Not exactly a nice thing to do is it? I’m glad you’re not my friend anyway.
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:30
Why? Just because I'm not a fan of the name she's chosen? How do you know what kind of a friend I am?
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you’re not a very good friend
Oh do give over! There are hundreds of threads on here about baby names!
CustardGoodJamGoodMeatGood · 23/01/2023 21:33
I love it, Ida and Ada were on my list of baby names for DD2
megan2021 · 23/01/2023 21:34
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you’re not a very good friend
Agree. Couldn't imagine one of my friends going out of their way to post online that they hate my baby's name.
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:35
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:32
Oh do give over! There are hundreds of threads on here about baby names!
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:31
Because you’re bitching about your ‘friends’ baby name on an Internet forum! Not exactly a nice thing to do is it? I’m glad you’re not my friend anyway.
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:30
Why? Just because I'm not a fan of the name she's chosen? How do you know what kind of a friend I am?
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:29
I think you’re not a very good friend
Yes, but you’ve started a thread specifically looking for posters to say negative things about your friends baby name. What if she sees this thread? It’s not a nice thing to do is it.
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:36
Actually, she's a very distant acquaintance - a Facebook person, whom I wouldn't exactly describe as a friend. I haven't met her for over 30 years. I just hate the name.
Bluepalms · 23/01/2023 21:36
Monjpetitardin · 23/01/2023 21:36
Actually, she's a very distant acquaintance - a Facebook person, whom I wouldn't exactly describe as a friend. I haven't met her for over 30 years. I just hate the name.
Right.
YetiTeri · 23/01/2023 21:41
I love it. But I new an Ida and she was fab. It's often associations that make the emotional behind the name.
I'd probably hate your name.
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