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HelpRe: Love the kid; hate the name
in reply to a message by kudriashkajo
I'm with you. I have no problem setting my feelings about a name apart from my feelings about the person. I actually don't like my 3 girls names at all. Sass' name in particular is one of my least favourite names ever, and Boof's real name is very middle aged lady, not cute little toddler. But I still love them to bits. Same for my friends girls Chilli and Rocky. Love those little cuties to bits, can't STAND the names Chilli and Rocky :/ and they are 6 and 4 now- still not used to it.
ETA: If I don't feel strongly one way or the other about a name, meeting someone who I like can push it in the like direction for the name too (and vice versa). If the only reason i dislike a name is because of a bad association, meeting someone who I like can change the name for me ie Oliver, which I really disliked because Iw ent to primary school with a mean Oliver, so I disliked the name solely because of him- I'd never hard it before. Then my friend named her baby Oliver and I started to love it. But if I really dislike a name because it's not a good name or its really not my style, meeting a nice one doesn't change that for me.
Aussie au pair in Switzerland to my French-Italian girls
Sass (Feb '08), Boof (Jan '10) & Pixie (Dec '11)
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
ETA: If I don't feel strongly one way or the other about a name, meeting someone who I like can push it in the like direction for the name too (and vice versa). If the only reason i dislike a name is because of a bad association, meeting someone who I like can change the name for me ie Oliver, which I really disliked because Iw ent to primary school with a mean Oliver, so I disliked the name solely because of him- I'd never hard it before. Then my friend named her baby Oliver and I started to love it. But if I really dislike a name because it's not a good name or its really not my style, meeting a nice one doesn't change that for me.
Sass (Feb '08), Boof (Jan '10) & Pixie (Dec '11)
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/56287
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Are these girls you are talking about your children? Or animals? Not trying to be sarcastic;) I'm just curious as to if they are your real children, why they would have names you don't like at all?
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They're not mine! I look after them as my job :) so I had nothing to do with naming them (although the youngest is sort of named after me).
Although I do have a friend who doesn't like her daughters middle name, but didn't care enough so just used it anyway. That is not something that I will be doing!
Although I do have a friend who doesn't like her daughters middle name, but didn't care enough so just used it anyway. That is not something that I will be doing!
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Yes, if I don't feel strongly about a name, meeting someone can sway it one way or another for me too.
Being able to separate name from person is why I also don't get it when people come on here and rant about why their name or their kid's name is the best and we should stop hating on it.
Being able to separate name from person is why I also don't get it when people come on here and rant about why their name or their kid's name is the best and we should stop hating on it.
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Exactly! You're talking about the bane, and the name only, not every person ever named that name. Not everyone has to like the same names. Doesn't mean they dislike the person attatched to the name (unless they say so!)
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