MIL and how I hate her

[MrSSnoop]

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.

She can have Slithery for her MN name later on...

I should have called ds1, one eye (as he had just the one open at birth), ds2 emergency, dd1 bloodymassive.

Slithery?

You would be setting her up for a lifetime of bullying.

I agree with what Custy said in her first post - whatever name you decide. But I think that calling her Slithery would be a huge mistake that your daughter would pay for all her life.

If you want to go down the red Indian route , then it would have been better to wait until your dd was herself rather than something covered in gunk which had just emerged from your innards. After all, that name could be applied to practically every baby ever born and thus is not individual, thereby thwarting your intentions.

Anyway, since when was naming a baby Sitting Bull naming said child after himself?? I think you might have your red Indian (which should be Native American anyway) theories a bit arse over tit.

School holidays starting early

Marvellous! (to be fair, you have to have been aware of the pigeons' existence at the time).

its clearly a piss take everyone - behave!

Excellent thread

interesting first ever thread on MN.

In principle - tell your MIL to go jump in a lake, and stick with whatever name you like.

guessing this is a windup but do you think the registrar would try to talk you out of a name like that? i know they can refuse to register a child with a really awful name and i guess its not illegally bad but it must be borderline.

TwoDogsFucking, I like it I find out the gender of my baby tomorrow. The first thing tha father sees, what about GapingVagina, slicedOpenAbdomen?

Oh, it's well done, geordie - too good for a 14 year old boy. It's fun!

Anne Slithery could work. We've been calling her Sliths up until now anyway, I think we only refer to her as Slithery when we're tired and getting grumpy.

the comic timing was particularly good - waited for all teh "dreadful MIL" comments and then dropped in teh name.

Excelletn - well done MrSSnoop

slithery is a wonderful name and hse would never ever be bullied- well done first class choice

Sliths - it's to be hoped the poor child doesn't end up with a lisp...

One of the best threads I've ever read

I wouldn't call her Lisp though Habbibu, it sounds a bit silly. (no offense)

Ooh yes, lapin
dd1 could be called Roomfulof MedicalTypes; dd2 Mummy'sPooInABowl

ROFL at "lisp sounds silly"