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Ex getting babies name wrong

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ThisLittleKitty · 02/12/2017 12:42

Ex gets getting his baby daughters name wrong and it's really starting to grate! Would this annoy anyone else? I've told him and he's even written it down! (Yes he literally needed to write it down to remind himself) he even told his sister the wrong name. And god knows who else. How can you not get your own kids name right?!

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Emabrmsca · 02/12/2017 13:13

That's awful! I'd hate that.

FitBitFanClub · 02/12/2017 13:27

Was he not involved in the process of naming her, then?

blueskyinmarch · 02/12/2017 13:28

That is terrible. Did he want to call her something else and is doing this to get back at you?

RoganJosh · 02/12/2017 13:29

How wrong is he getting it?

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ThisLittleKitty · 02/12/2017 13:49

Without using the name as it's quite uncommon but not "out there" an example would be calling her Stacey when her name is Lucy (Those aren't the names). He never expressed any interest in names and never spoke about any so I'm not sure it's that, but then I'm also finding really hard to believe he just can't get the name right.

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blueskyinmarch · 02/12/2017 13:53

So not even close then? Not like saying Marie when her name is Mary?

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ThisLittleKitty · 02/12/2017 13:59

No definitely two very different sounding names

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Gazelda · 02/12/2017 13:59

Was he involved in choosing the name?

ThatEscalatedQuickly · 02/12/2017 14:00

Is it a name more common in other countries? I'm thinking of the difficulties non Irish speakers have with Irish names. Not that that's any excuse.

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ThisLittleKitty · 02/12/2017 14:41

It's not an English name but I don't think it's difficult to pronounce, he has pronounced it but then still calls her the other name. Although they are similar sounding there completely different names. No he had no same in choosing the name.

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Gazelda · 02/12/2017 19:06

In that case then, it sounds as though he is deliberately trying to wind you up. Ignore him.

mustbemad17 · 02/12/2017 19:09

Ex & his family did this. A lot. Cards & letters were always written in the wrong name!! Bastards

IAmAShitHotLawyer · 02/12/2017 19:13

It's deliberate. Do the same to him.

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ThisLittleKitty · 02/12/2017 20:39

Yeh I think it is. Again it's like calling chloe, Zoe. That kind of thing. It's definitely not him mispronuncing. It's a whole different name just similar sounding.

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WellThisIsShit · 02/12/2017 20:42

Do you think he’s doing it on purpose?

Or is it merely a sign that he has so little respect for his own baby he simply can’t be bothered to remember her name?

Either way isn’t exactly great is it?! Poor you.

ForgotwhatIcameinherefor · 12/12/2017 00:04

If it is Aeshya /Alisha - there are both of these in one of my DD's class at school and I keep mispronouncing/mixing them up.

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ThisLittleKitty · 17/12/2017 12:45

It is actually quite similar to those names. I can get getting them mixed up but not your own daughters iyswim, and then there's two in the class so two to get confused with he isn't getting the name confused with anyone else's as we don't know any one with the other name. Anyway as it's happens her hasn't seen her in 6 weeks now anyway so he wasn't that bothered.

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