Mommy dearest and her name opinions...

Suck.
I try never to tell her what names we're considering, she hates everything I like on principal and is just in general a petulant child about it, it's her way of getting back at me for deciding to go by my middle name 20 years ago.  

Made the mistake of answering the phone for her today and boy did I get it. Somehow it got back to her (I suspect she wheedled it out of my grandma) that Kelly is our top boy choice. It's my maiden name and my father's surname... and my mother's former surname. I knew it wouldn't be popular with her, but nothing is, and we like it enough to deal with the inevitable criticism from her and others.

She told me she would not call the baby that if that's it's name. She would call him by HIS middle name instead, but she would not use THAT name.

If that was the case and it's a boy, we'll just not give him a middle name. Then she can explain to him when he's older why she won't say his name.

And she hung up on me.
I can't win.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Interrobang!?:</b>" Suck. I try never to tell her what names we're considering, she hates everything I like on principal ... [snip!] ... not give him a middle name. Then she can explain to him when he's older why she won't say his name. And she hung up on me."</blockquote>




Greatness   good for you, standing up for your name choice.I'd do the same.

That's horrible

Wow mom sounds childish. We choose to keep our choices for names to my hubby and I so there is no drama. Your mom needs to get over it awful

Both of our mothers said the same thing to us about Maximus' name.

I told them if they disrespect him by not using his name, then they do not need to be in his life at all.

Seriously......why the smurf are grandmas like this?? so ignorant.

1. I like Kelly as a boy name exponentially more than as a girl name.
2. Name your kid what you want, if she refuses to call her grandson by his given name, she's an smurf will have to explain that choice to him when he asks about it.
 

We do generally keep choices to ourselves, but... I love my grandma. I can't deny her anything and she loves my kids so much I can't help but tell her when she asks.  

My mom can strongarm anything out of her. If she can't get it from me, she harasses my grandma because she knows I tell her everything.

She's such a child.

I'm very very near telling her to not bother being involved at all.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Interrobang!?:</b>" Suck. I try never to tell her what names we're considering, she hates everything I like on principal ... [snip!] ... him a middle name. Then she can explain to him when he's older why she won't say his name. And she hung up on me. I can't win."</blockquote>


Hahaha excellent come bacj

Aside from the fact that Kelly on a boy is freakin AWESOME

Your mom can suck your left nut.