[name_m]Hi[/name_m] berries, we are on the struggle bus over here. We have DS named [name_u]Owen[/name_u], and a DD named [name_f]Annabel[/name_f]. Our last name is pronounced Eye-oh. We always take a small list to the hospital and officially name them from that, so it’s not unusual that we aren’t ‘set’ on a name. But this time around we seem to have very different favorites, and it looks like one of us will be doing some major compromising, which makes me sad. And we really don’t have a middle name picked at all, so that is making it even harder. Here’s what we’ve come up with:
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]: my favorite, DH hates it.
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]: both are just ok with this one
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]: DH’s favorite, I’m a hard no, too popular
[name_u]Alex[/name_u]: We both like how this sounds with our last name, but again, super popular so I’m just meh
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]: I like it, DH doesn’t
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]: I like it, DH doesn’t
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]: I like [name_m]Beckett[/name_m] better, DH likes this one better, but neither of us love it
Names that we can’t use: [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Asher[/name_m], [name_u]Finn[/name_u], [name_m]Liam[/name_m], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], [name_m]Grant[/name_m], [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_u]Evan[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
I don’t know where to go from here. My sister gave me some hope. She told me that her DH hated the name the ended up choosing for their DD all through her pregnancy, but then when they were in the hospital he suddenly changed his mind. But DH is adamant that he’s never going to be on board with [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. Insert crying emoji.