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MIL and how I hate her

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MrSSnoop · 26/06/2008 13:52

When MIL found out I was pregnant the first thing she asked was "what names do you have?". I told her we were not thinking about names until the baby was actually born and then we were looking to look at him or her and decide what suits.

MIL then said she'd always liked the name "Lucy" for a girl and "Liam" for a boy. I said that's nice but not names I would choose. She then went in a strop and said I was being rude about her names and she bets my names are crap.

DH took her side and said I was being rude but agreed that he didn't like her names either.

Anyway DD was born on the 14th and MIL instantly asked what we had called her. When we told her she was all up in arms saying it was a disgusting name for a child and if we went ahead and registered her as that MIL would continue to call her Lucy and tell everyone else that her name was Lucy too.

What annoys me even more is that DH is now starting to take her side and saying maybe we should change her name incase she gets picked on for it (although not to Lucy).

To add insult to injury my own mum has now admitted that she hates the name and my sister apparantly thought it was a joke.

Would you dig your heels in or compromise on the name? Everyone I've spoken to either pulls a face or outright admits that they don't like it. It makes me cross because even if I didn't like a name, I wouldn't say it to the parents.

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halogen · 26/06/2008 14:11

^^

lulumama · 26/06/2008 14:11

oooooh, you need to spray your MIL with this it will do the trick!

jumpingbeans · 26/06/2008 14:11

Can't believe i typed slitery

Bucharest · 26/06/2008 14:11

And here's me ready to do a bit of my favourite MIL bashing......

chopchopbusybusy · 26/06/2008 14:11

I'm warming towards your MIL now...

JeremyVile · 26/06/2008 14:12

I wish I'd thought of that way of picking a name.

Ds would have been Gunky (or Gunk, if you prefer).

NotDoingTheHousework · 26/06/2008 14:12

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lulumama · 26/06/2008 14:12

i have an emergencycaesarean, shortened to caesar and a vaginalbirthaftercaesarean, but we call her fanjo!

StellaWasADiver · 26/06/2008 14:12

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geordieminx · 26/06/2008 14:12

Tell me this is a piss take?

If not, I'm sorry then I'm with your MIL, Mum and sister - its a whack name - possibly the craziest name I hve ever heard inRL or slebs-ville

halogen · 26/06/2008 14:12

Er, I don't think it's a very nice name for anyone, baby, adult, male or female. However, it's entirely up to you. Are you sure this isn't a wind up?

MrSSnoop · 26/06/2008 14:12

DD has not yet been registered. By the looks of things you all agree with her. I do not want to make DD unhappy and if you genuinly believe its a horrible name, I will change it.

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squeaver · 26/06/2008 14:13

Your MIL is a PITA and has been from the off. But the name is ridiculous. Are you winding us up?

mindalina · 26/06/2008 14:13

Weeeeeeellll... I can see why your sister might have thought it was a joke tbh.

But, when all is said and done she is your daughter and you get to name her, they'll all get over it eventually. Just blank the Lucy thing and MIL will stop soon enough I'm sure.

I'm sure I read on here about someone whose MIL insisted on calling teh DD by a completely random name, and as soon as the DD was old enough she told the MIL "Nanny don't be silly that's not my name" or something like that.

halogen · 26/06/2008 14:14

I'm now thinking Moonfruitoodleflip is quite a good alternative.

Habbibu · 26/06/2008 14:14

I'm presuming that she isn't slithery any more any way. Perhaps you could have names that reflect each stage of life "FoodinHair" or "Pissesonfloor"

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squeaver · 26/06/2008 14:14

If she'd come out yelling would you have called her Screechy?

TigerFeet · 26/06/2008 14:14

Well my MIL insisted we call dd Slithery

We told her to bog off and we have called her Lucy

Chequers · 26/06/2008 14:14

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lulumama · 26/06/2008 14:15

do you not believe it is a genuinely appalling name....

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mindalina · 26/06/2008 14:15

Why not give DD a "normal" first name and have Slithery as middle or nickname?

We have always called DS "Flob" because his real name seemed ridiculous on a tiny baby but much as I love it as a term of endearment I couldn't make it his real name.

Twelvelegs · 26/06/2008 14:15

Why would you not have thought that the name Slithery was too silly to start with?? Unusual is fabulous but this is a silly name, better to be an Apple, Ikea, Dior or IPod than Slithery.
This has got to be a wind up. We all have pet names fro our babies but they disappear and Slithery should have been one of those. Sounds like a garbage pail kid.

MrSSnoop · 26/06/2008 14:16

Pigeon was a suggestion for a while. Me and DH both sat in London when we were younger and it was one of those really memorable days where you feel like nothing else exists but you? well whenever we thing of that day the first thing we think of is Pigeons. I thought it was a romantic name but then DH was worried about the way people feel about pigeons being germ carriers and vermin and it took the shine off for us.

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