Name Stealers and Ruiners

So if you read the last post, we had decided on names we liked, but you're not going to find out.  Why?  Is it because I'm spiteful and evil and don't like you?  No, not at all, I'm sure you're a good egg.

After someone finds out a baby is on it's way they ask if you know or are going to know the sex, and what names you have picked out.  Usually, we just lie to people and tell them you haven't picked yet, or if they are closer we tell them we're not sharing the names.  Why? Because a whole bunch of stuff can go wrong.

If you choose to be honest someone close to you might really like your name, and if you run in circles with a lot of pregnant gals they just might snake the name right out from underneath you!  Crazy I know, but it can happen.  Our friends (who are not pregnant or married, but been dating for years) were talking about names they like, and sure enough his older brother and sister-in-law stole their name.  The girl who is our friend was PISSED!

It may also just happen by bad luck.  We really liked the name Ella for a girl. A couple we know had a baby a few months ago and had already secretly chosen that name.  My wife really liked Eva and the next baby born to one of our friends was named that.  My wife had never mentioned she liked those names so there is no malice there, just bad luck.  But had we mentioned we liked those names, it might be weird for the couples who had already chosen them, and no one needs stress in their friendships over something like that.

You also get the person who will pipe up and say, "Oh, I can't stand that name" or "I knew a (insert name here) in high school.  She was a giant whore and such a bitch".  Great, now when I think of that name that's the image I get in my mind.

So due to name stealers and name ruiners, our name selections are staying under wraps.