I'm sorry, Shir.

Ear~ma, Steph. (Like an earworm, only for health and hearing rather than annoyance.)

Aims, I don't really know from naming. But it does seem that names come in waves, so a whole lot of people like the same thing at the same time. Might still be malicious, but eh, what can you do.

I dunno, though Aims. That's pretty freakin' petty, to name a kid something just to fuck with someone else. Of course, I've seen some pretty remarkable examples of pettiness, so it's not as if it would surprise me.

While Margaret isn't such a common name anymore, it's still not so unusual that you might not expect a little overlap. You know what? You love the name, you've loved it a long time, so when the time comes, you use it and love it and cherish the special little girl it will belong to, who'll make it her own as much as Emeline is the Emeline.

::hugs Aims::

I'm suspicious of any site that requires you to download their proprietary applet.

{{{{{{{ SHIR }}}}}}} Dunno what else to say, but know you have LOADS of emotional support over here.

Aims, I'd take it as flattery. If they are air quote friends, how often will you be hanging out with them? And when you get your own Maggie, you can tell her all about how you came up with the name, and how they have no skills of imagination, and that you and MM are the superior beings with imaginations out the wigwam and how lucky she is to have you two as parents.

You are all absolutely right. I tend to get prickly with these people anyway, so this just kind of skewed me this morning. I'm not living in rational-land this morning.

Emeline is the Emeline

Funnily enough, she announced this morning that she is to be called "Emma" now.

Funnily enough, she announced this morning that she is to be called "Emma" now.

Ha! Of course she did!

BTW, Aims, did you get my email yesterday?

Just did and this is me JUMPING AROUND LIKE A CRAZY THING!!!! WOOHOO!!

Aims, seriously, if they really did choose a name for their child specifically to mess with you? They have problems in the head such that you needn't even bother with a smiting. Air-quote "friends" tend to not stick around; by the time your Maggie is old enough to know that some people have the same names for no reason at all, they'll probably be long gone from your lives. And if they're not, so what. Margaret/Maggie is a lovely name (my best friend is a Margaret!) and it's *your* choice; that's what makes it special. Your Maggie will meet other Maggies in her life. Why they named their kid what they did is not worth a moment more of your energy.

And the passive-aggressive comment about your Christmas card? Screw her. She's just jealous 'cause you're prettier than her.

looking at Ryan pictures. Am ded, of course, from the cute. But, being a non-parent, and in wonderment of the whole mixing two sets of genes together to make a new off spring, I am amazed at how little Ryan's face has so many characteristics of BOTH parents! All the best ones too!

Aimee, I had a very good friend in grad school. When she was pregnant we were talking about names and I told her that since I was a young girl I had wanted to name a child Emily Nicole. You can guessed what she named her daughter. I told her she filched my name. She was truly surprised, hadn't realized until I told her that the name had come from me.

At first I was irked, later I decided it was, in a way, an indication of her affection for me. And then Emily turned out to be the most popular girl's name for the next 5 years and I decided she had saved me from myself. And thus, Frances Lucy was born.