THINKING about a baby’s name can be a difficult task for parents.
But once you’ve made a short list, chances are you’ll want to share it with your family.
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For one mom-to-be, she didn’t get the reaction she was hoping for when she shared the name she had chosen for her baby.
Taking to Reddit, it was the pregnant woman’s sister who revealed what happened.
The post read: “I (28F) attended a family dinner with my mom, dad and sister (26F) yesterday.
“My sister is giving birth soon and decided this dinner would be the perfect time to announce the name she chose for her first child.”
She went on to explain how her sister is very aesthetic and decorated her entire house in the color “beige”.
The pregnant sister also refuses “any color gift for the baby” because it doesn’t go with the “beige and gray” theme she has for the nursery.
The post continued: “So we finished our dinner, we are looking at my sister as she announces her baby will be named.
“Brookleeigh-Willow Rose [insert Surname]. Written EXACTLY like this.
“And then I started laughing and said ‘You can’t be serious?’”
The sister added: “I am now banned from all family dinners.
“Is the name really that bad? Was I really a big idiot? she asked other Redditors.
The name Brookleeigh was thought to sound too similar to a popular vegetable.
The comment said: “Broccoli? Does she think it’s a good idea to name her son Broccoli-Willow?
“I’m sorry, but as an elementary school teacher, Brookleeigh seems too close to Broccoli to not be ridiculed.”
Someone responded: “I didn’t even think about broccoli. Good shout!
“My first thought was more ‘oh hey, another one for r/tragedeigh,’” referring to the Reddit thread where people ask if his name is a tragedy.
One comment read: “Oh dear vegetable, I mean broccoli, I mean Brook..ly? That child will laugh about her name behind her back throughout her childhood, but hey, mom becomes unique.
Another Redditor thought the child would be made fun of when she was older with this name: “So Brookleeigh is pronounced Brooke-lee? Because I can guarantee you kids will call her Broccoli.
Another said: “I probably would have laughed too.
“The poor child will spend his life explaining and rewriting his name. She’ll probably end up being called ‘Brook’ and her sister will end up worrying about it.
“I don’t know why you were banned from family dinners – did another family think that was a ‘great name’?”
Another wrote: “Exactly, is it okay to laugh at your choice of name? No, of course not. But when someone says something so ridiculous, it shouldn’t be surprising that people laugh.
“It’s better that she finds out it’s a stupid name now than when there’s a real kid to be teased and bullied about it.
Willow Rose would be a good name.
The original poster added an update: “After writing this post, I decided to call my sister and apologize…I apologized for laughing…and I offered to invite her to lunch as an apology.
“Understandably, she was reluctant to forgive me, but she did, and I’m grateful for that.
“She said she was hurt by my actions, which I understood, but I was willing to ignore it.
“And if anyone is wondering, the name will stay. I didn’t say anything about it.”
The struggle to choose a baby name
CHLOE Morgan, senior writer at Fabulous, revealed her dilemma when choosing a name for her baby…
At 35 weeks pregnant, by far the trickiest part of pregnancy for me over the last few months (minus the insomnia and countless nighttime breaks!) has been trying to decide on the baby’s name.
The dilemmas are endless…
My partner and I had a private exam to find out the sex as early as possible – partly because we thought it would make naming babies so much easier because we would only have to create a list of names for one gender instead of two.
How wrong we were…
I was absolutely thrilled to learn I was expecting the girl I’d always dreamed of, but being one of the last friends to get pregnant, I’ve had countless conversations over the years with excited friends discussing their top baby names. …something I wish I could go back in time and not hear.
With every friend mentioning at least 10 possible nicknames, I can’t help but feel that several are now off-limits, even though I know it’s something none of them would mind in the slightest – it’s a total turn-off for me!
The debate comes up again and again on social media forums – can you choose the same name that was a “potential” for a friend’s baby?
It’s a very divisive subject and opinions are always mixed… and I don’t want to be THAT person.
While some will argue that there are thousands of other names to choose from, others will say that you need to choose YOUR favorite… after all, there is no guarantee that this person will have another child.
Then there’s also the matter of finding a name you love… only to look it up online and read one negative review among hundreds of positive ones that you just can’t get rid of.
I made this same mistake when I fell in love with a certain name (I won’t reveal it because I don’t want to ruin it for others!)…only to have someone point out that it is constantly autocorrected on a phone to something quite rude.
So, we went back to the drawing board.
There are only five weeks left and it looks like our little one will be known as ‘baby gal’ for a while longer!
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