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its so not fair

32 replies

f1nut · 13/05/2008 14:35

we had just decided to name our baby (if a girl) poppy, i love the name and my other 3 kids love it, anyways a week after making that decision dp remembered his bi**h ex has a dog called poppy.
its so not fair,

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chipmonkey · 13/05/2008 15:36

I would still call your dd Poppy! What does it matter what the ex's dog is called?

TheProvincialLady · 13/05/2008 15:37

That is a daft reason for not using a name. Use it if you like it, what does his ex or her dog have to do with it?

Twinkie1 · 13/05/2008 15:38

Shoot the damn dog and be done with it!

CountessDracula · 13/05/2008 15:38

Oh I wasn't allowed Nell for the same reason

CountessDracula · 13/05/2008 15:39

oh no sorry he had a dog called Nell
not his ex!

PuppyMonkey · 13/05/2008 15:41

Do you still see his ex? Would she know and think: "A-ha, they've named their daughter in honour of my dog." Or is it just that you'd always think of her and her dog when looking at your dd?

2point4kids · 13/05/2008 15:41

If its taken dp a week to remember the dogs name, then its likely that no one else will remember at all!
Call your baby Poppy if you love it.
I think its a lovely name!

DiscoDizzy · 13/05/2008 15:46

Wahey a name thread where I actually like the name. We were going to call DD1 Poppy but then I think Gail Porter and then someone else stole it. I can understand the OP's reservations TBH.

JudgeNutmeg · 13/05/2008 15:47

My boy children share names with my dh's last two girlfriends. Idiot.

Number 37 on the list of things you don't want to hear from yout MIL.

TheProvincialLady · 13/05/2008 15:48

Oh PM I love the idea of naming a dd after an ex's dog, in honour of said hound!

Nancy66 · 13/05/2008 15:50

Unless this woman and her dog are still in your life then i can't see that it matters. Poppy is a lovely name.

notjustmom · 13/05/2008 16:01

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Nancy66 · 13/05/2008 16:23

Yes, but this is a section dedicated to children's names - not third world disasters.

Chequers · 13/05/2008 16:25

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unknownrebelbang · 13/05/2008 16:25

Love the name Poppy.

notjustmom · 13/05/2008 16:27

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pagwatch · 13/05/2008 16:27

We called our dog Angus. friend called their boy Angus. Neither of us minds.
Call her poppy. Its nice

hatrick · 13/05/2008 16:29

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belgo · 13/05/2008 16:30

f1nut - this thread makes me smile - it's so trivial but I understand why you think it's not fair!

whinegums · 13/05/2008 16:38

f1nut, the name both me and DP like for our boy is also the name of a friend's dog! We won't decide finally until he's born anyway, but if I get any grief then it's goodbye to the dog (and the friend). [manic laugh smiley].

What's wrong with a bit of frivolity btw? Are the baby names threads all meant to be deadly serious??!!

PuppyMonkey · 13/05/2008 16:41

My dd is named the same as a friend's cat...

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f1nut · 13/05/2008 17:03

notjustmom no comment

TheProvincialLady lol

its one of them mini dogs , it lives in her handbag, has bows on its ears and wears a baby girls pink knitted cardi and wot a yappy darn thing it is, dp says no way, choose another name, i do like it though,
its sooooo not fair, oh sh*t theres me whining again....

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belgo · 13/05/2008 17:04

pmsl at pink knitted cardigan!

notjustmom · 13/05/2008 17:04

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NotABanana · 13/05/2008 17:05

My daughter was 6 months old before I realised both her names were the same as two children I had nannied for.

Name her Poppy and be done.