I just find it interesting that I could have been completely lying to her.
What everyone else has said.
P-C. let's hope your cousins keep at it, like maybe the next one should elope with a biker, then one might father a illegitimate child with an ex-con. When you find someone, your mom will say,
"Well, at least he married a woman."
But still. I'm as big a Napoleonic-era history geek as you're likely to find, but I can faithfully promise y'all that if DH and I ever have a son, we're not calling him Wellington Napoleon W.
Arthur Thomas Horatio W.?
These are really neat. (And completely work-safe.)
I'm sure David Bowie is a big fan of
Scooby Doo.
Arthur Thomas Horatio W.
We have a Sebastian Horatio S. in our church who's a tad younger than Annabel. My comment on the birth announcement was, "It's as if they want him to grow up to be a character in one of my books!"
I actually think Arthur is a wonderful name, but I'm aware that my image of it doesn't match the stereotype that my poor offspring would have to deal with, so I'll keep it for fictional people instead of real live babies.
My best buddy from law school and his wife just had a baby girl today (10lbs! Not named Shazam, but Darcy.). The baby registry says "feel free to buy things [off the list] you like!" I know from experience (trying to purchase a wedding present) that this is a lie, but I don't like anything that's left on their list.
Such a dilemma.
That we should feel free to purchase things we like -- these two are very particular.
I guess we can feel free to purchase, but they'll feel free to discard it and tell you how they couldn't possibly find a place for it and gave it away.
Am I bitter about what happened to the very nice wedding present I gave them? Possibly.
Just get them a gift card to the place they are registered then?
I just picked something close to my price range off their list and sent it. They'll be in a new parent fog and I'm the only one who will care that I didn't make a more personal selection to show them I cared.