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I finally decided on a couple of sets of names that I really like and now DH, who has not said a word the whole time, has decided that he does not like them. Here is the list....
Evan James
Marshall Reid
Evan Marshall
Marshall is my great grandmothers maiden name and he is on board with that name but he hates the name Evan. He gave some excuse about a strange kid named Evan that he went to school with that would eat ants and play on tree stumps by himself. I am not really 100% sold on the name Reid but I think it's because I LOVE Evan. This poor child is not ever going to have a name.
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Mom to Jakob (9), Jarrett (8), and Elijah (3) and Tyler born 11/26/2012, DH Cody
**always remembering my 3 angels**
I like those names but I understand your DH's issue. If I know one "bad" person with a particular name, I just hate that name forever. There's a whole list a million miles long of kids names I hate from my childhood and beyond. No worries about names. We still have a while to go yet. Just need to convince myself of that!
__________________ Rebecca
Wife of 18 years to Anthony
Mommy to 4 daughters Elinore 05/27/95,
Phoenix 12/14/01, Pascale 06/03/05
& baby Wren on 12/10/12
Oh I hear ya...DH and I cannot even mutually partially like the same name....I feel bad bc he dropped the idea of having a jr but I don't want him to have the same name as DH....1) I want him to have his own name 2) I have ran into way too many people who have issues w their credit etc bc they r a junior 3) If im griping or whatever about DH I don't want any confusion....i don't want to hurt DH feelings but I don't particularly want to go that route n was hoping we could just settle on a name n be done
So good luck, I hope u n ur DH have better luck than me
Mary, my DH was saying he wanted to name the baby after him if a boy also. DH is a jr. and we have had issues with the credit also. Over 10 years ago we went bankrupt but his parents also went bankrupt on a business and that was on his credit report as though he did it twice in two years and it was almost impossible to remove. That said, I still left it up to him because I feel, for us, that it's his right as the dad to name the baby after him if he REALLY wants to. He has a nice name though so it makes it easier, Anthony. I did try to press other boy names on him in an attempt to "help" him change his mind lol. I got lucky though and it's another girl. hehe Good luck with that!
__________________ Rebecca
Wife of 18 years to Anthony
Mommy to 4 daughters Elinore 05/27/95,
Phoenix 12/14/01, Pascale 06/03/05
& baby Wren on 12/10/12
Crystal, I haven't even run my names list by DH yet and I know he'll probably nix my favorites, so I feel you! Bummer about Evan not working for him but I totally get the name association. I hope you can find one that you like even more.
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Originally Posted by Momma_Mia
2) I have ran into way too many people who have issues w their credit etc bc they r a junior
Mary, my DH is a junior and he and his father have had issues with credit - when he was a late teen, he was able to take out a credit card with a very high spending limit because they pulled his dad's credit. Yikes, not what a teenager should have.
Other than that, he's had no problems - they are both named John, but his father goes by Jack (as does my son who is a III).
New names are so much fun to come up with though - I bet you'll come up with some great ones.
Mary-Some people have told me that it goes Sr., Jr., II, III, etc...What have you heard? I wondered in case I named mine which would have been the third one...I thought he would be III but I was told II. ???
__________________ Rebecca
Wife of 18 years to Anthony
Mommy to 4 daughters Elinore 05/27/95,
Phoenix 12/14/01, Pascale 06/03/05
& baby Wren on 12/10/12
Interesting thing I just found...According to this, my DH is no longer a Jr. because his dad passed away and he would be II...his child would be III. I heard the previous post from a fairly reputable person but it didn't make sense to me. This makes more sense.
ETA: If we had a son named after him, my dh would then become Sr. and our son would be Jr. as my DH is alive and his father is not.
Nothing comes after Junior when Senior and Junior are used in naming members of one family. The use of Second (II), Third (III), Fourth (IV), etc., is a completely different system.
Joe, Sr., could be Joe I, Joe V, or Joe VIII or whatever number is appropriate. Junior and Senior are used only to distinguish between two living people. When Joe, Sr. dies, Joe, Jr. can become simply, Joe. Similarly if young Joe, Jr., dies, Joe, Sr. can become simply Joe.
__________________ Rebecca
Wife of 18 years to Anthony
Mommy to 4 daughters Elinore 05/27/95,
Phoenix 12/14/01, Pascale 06/03/05
& baby Wren on 12/10/12
Bummer he doesn't like them. Has he given you any name suggestions or just nixed your ideas? DH did that for a few of my favorites, so I just had to give him a huge list and have him mark off the ones he didn't like, before I got attached to any names. Good luck searching for something else!
Man, it stinks he doesn't like the name Evan. I also LOVE it. My nephew's name is Evan and I also had a little boy in my class at my last job named Evan and he was the cutest thing!!
Marshall is cute too....I know you will find the perfect name. I understand about not wanting to name the baby after DH. My DH is a jr too and he has problem (just like the others) with his credit. Does DH have any other suggestions??
He throws out names he knows I would never consider and they are not even names he likes....just names to annoy the mess out of me. He will say "well what about Archibald" or something just completely insane. I told him if he couldnt be serious about naming this child that we could just use my names.
I think sometimes people get carried away with the Sr, Jr thing. My family goes all of the way to the fifth and it just confuses everyone.
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Mom to Jakob (9), Jarrett (8), and Elijah (3) and Tyler born 11/26/2012, DH Cody
**always remembering my 3 angels**
DH also threw out CRAZY names to annoy me. Once he said if we had a boy that we should just name him "Batman" because he will love it....until he's like 10. His grandmother also threw out "Ingwald" and "Maynard" when we were talking about boys names. Sheesh!!
I agree that people take the Sr, Jr thing a bit too far. Five generations would be so confusing!
I don't know. Don't you think Ingwald Archibald Cherry has a nice ring to it?
Good luck, Crystal. I don't suppose it would work to remind DH that since you have to actively push little boy Cherry out of your hoo-ha, you get ultimate and final name say?
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Maggie - Mommy to Marlowe & Willamina
I like the names you listed, sorry your DH is being difficult about it though. My DH has the same issues with names. I LOVE the name Abigail, but he refuses to use that name because his friend growing up had a dog named Abigail. Luckily we have been able to name all of our kids, but it can get really frustrating sometimes!
