Settling on the name for your first baby can be tricky – there’s so much to consider! But what if you just can’t agree because one of you wants ‘unique’ names and the other prefers more ‘normal’ monikers?
A 28-year-old dad-to-be says he thrilled to be a dad, and recently found out that he and his 27-year-old wife are having a little girl.
“We had an agreement that we wouldn’t talk about names until we knew the gender, so of course on our way home from the gynecologist, we immediately started discussing,” he explained. “We’ve talked about this a little before, and we agreed that we both have veto power.
“I suggested my all time favourite name, Anna. My wife suggested Caeleigh (pronounced Kailey, and yes she spelled it out). I vetoed it.”
But that wasn’t the only ‘out-there’ spelling his wife offered up.
“She suggested another name, Ryleigh (Riley, and again she did spell it out). I vetoed it and suggested Riley spelled the normal way. She refused.”
“She then suggested Novalynn. I vetoed, suggesting Nora as an alternative. She again refused.
“This continued a few more times, until she snapped at me, calling me unreasonable for vetoing all her picks. She said, ‘What’s the point in talking about it if you veto all my choices, you controlling asshole!’ I responded ‘Maybe if you picked something normal, we might get somewhere, but you won’t even try to compromise!’ She looked really hurt, and we drove the rest of the way home in silence.”
Now the husband is wondering whether he was too hasty in shooting down his wife’s choices.
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