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Say Something vs. Don’t Say Anything
My sister and I typically have very different taste in baby names, but there have been a couple of times we’ve liked the same name. I backed off the name Luke and let her use it because she called it first. I thought she kind of owed me for it, but she reminded me that she has surrendered a name to me as well. The name was Avery (a family name), but the thing is I absolutely adore the name Avery and I don’t think she likes it anymore. I don’t think she’d use it even if I didn’t. So now she wants the name Ryan for her son and I want it for my second daughter. I’m not yet pregnant with my second daughter, so I aknkowledge there’s no guarantee I’ll have one. However I’m still upset because I expressed an interest in Ryan to her before she did to me. She says she expressed an interest in it to our mom before I told her that I liked it, but I may have mentioned it to my husband sometime around the same time, so there’s no way to know who chose it first. I think that I should have Ryan because 1. It’s more interesting for a girl than a boy and 2. Giving her Luke hurt me worse than giving me Avery hurt her. She feels that we’re even though and I don’t know what to say to her to make her back off of the name. So WDYT? Should I tell her to back off or let her keep the name?
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Poll created: Aug 29, 2015
Total Votes: 3
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Honestly, I find it interesting that you guys are feuding over 3 different names... What are the odds that you both liked the same name three different times? Honestly, I think you should both pick all new names and keep them to yourself until the baby is born... much less drama that way. ;)
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:: 8 years ago |
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She’s having a boy and wants to use Ryan you want to use it on a girl. in my books she automatically gets it. plus she’s pregnant and you’re not so give it up.
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:: 8 years ago |
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I agree with the 1st poster.
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:: 8 years ago |
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let her keep it because Ryan is a boys name
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:: 8 years ago |
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Well, like I said, Avery is a family name, Luke was a coincidence, and I like Ryan because I like boy names on girls. She likes it because she likes those kinds of names (Ryan, Tyler, Jason, ect.) and she thinks the baby looks like a Ryan.
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:: 8 years ago |
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Wait did she already have the baby, is she going off an ultrasound pic. I’m confused either way, let her use the name. you may never have a daughter. She already has or is having a son. you can’t honestly tell me you love a name more then you love your sister and new nephew.
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:: 8 years ago |
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yeah, she’s the one already pregnant, so she gets it. besides there are far better girls names out there than Ryan. ex. Rhea, Rayna, Rosy, Rosalyn, Ruby, Rowan, Anya, Raegan and Rhiannon.
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:: 8 years ago |
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Maybe it’ll be a boy, anyway. You can’t be certain.
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:: 8 years ago |
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This sounds like typical sibling stuff to me--you want something more because the other one has it. I guarantee you if you told her you didn’t care for Ryan anymore and made up some other unisex name you like more, she’d ditch Ryan. Still, even if she doesn’t, you aren’t even pregnant so you can hardly call dibs on a name. This is the reason I don’t share my names with friends or family. Keep it between you and your husband until you can actually do something about it.
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:: 8 years ago |
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Wouldn’t you feel like a jerk if you never even had a girl and she had to give up the name for nothing? Chances are, you probably wouldn’t have the girl strictly because you’ve already named it (take it from the girl who named her son 2...going on 3 daughters ago lol). I think if you were actually pregnant for a girl presently, that it would call for some kind of compromise but let’s face it, you’re not and you never know for sure if you ever will be. It honestly isn’t that great of a name, I think you both just want it more because the other does. I agree that if you were to suddenly say "eh I don’t really like that name anyway" she probably would start to second guess the choice too. Let her have it, move on, IF you do get pregnant for a girl you will definitely find a MUCH better name (just don’t tell it to your sister until the birth certificate is signed!).
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:: 8 years ago |
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I always wanted a sister. My brother passed away years ago. I think its more important to work things out and not argue over names. Your children will see how you interact and be affected by it. Try to support each other and the name issues will work themselves out.
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:: 8 years ago |
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Honestly, you sound like the child yourself! I agree with the first poster 150%. You’re not even pregnant, why think of names? Whoever is the one pregnant gets the name, that’s just the way it works, it’s hard enough finding a name that you love that someone else doesn’t have without someone that isn’t pregnant and may never even have a girl calling rights to you years in advance. Give your head a shake, there is millions of names out there to use when your turn comes
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:: 8 years ago |
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Stop being so selfish. I find it obnoxious when people try to claim names when they aren’t even pregnant! Just be happy for your sister!!
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