I’m glad to see such a positive update! As many mention around the forum (and even in real life, if you can coax it out of people), there can oftentimes be very negative reactions from relatives about the names of soon-to-be born children. Having dealt with it myself, I’m so thankful to hear that you had a much more positive experience than many of us do I’m pleasantly surprised they didn’t even beat an eyelash to [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f], as that is indeed a more unusual choice! I don’t mean that to come off as rude, by the way. It’s just my family literally gagged when I mentioned loving the name [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
So happy for you!
When do you find out if baby is a boy or girl?
@namergirl3, thanks! I’m sorry about your family’s judgemental reactions. [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] is obviously a beautiful name.
I think the reactions to [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f] have a lot to do with the fact that most people in the community where I grew up had very “out-there” names. [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f] feels fresh to my mom and cousin because they’ve never met one, but it seems perfectly normal to them as a nature name that’s longer and unusual. My grandmother lives in the same community. I know she’s very much used to seeing a wide variety of names in her circles. I still don’t know if she’ll like [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f], but it also won’t make her head spin.
My mom told me when I got pregnant that she wants to meet a little girl named [name_m]Lemon[/name_m]. I do too, now.
We won’t know baby’s sex until birth, so we have 5-6 months of mystery left!
I can relate, there’s some relatives of mine and S/O’s who i wouldnt necessarily discuss names with, and my best friends from college, because they either don’t understand why I like names, don’t know that I like names, or would be rather judgemental.
The people I do share with are S/O (obviously), my close friend, my sister and occasionally my mother (who surprisingly adores [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u], haha).
A few times my mum has been really critical of names I’ve liked in the past (like [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f]) but overall she doesn’t mind too much. Otherwise everyone’s pretty supportive.
I second the other posters’ suggestion of finding a close friend or relative to share ideas with.