Ideally both parents should like the name, but often one parent is fonder than the other. DH nixed almost all the boy names I liked, so our list of possible boy names was extremely short. But ask me now and I'll say Isaac is a perfect name for that kid.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Nov 02, 2011 10:36:30 am PDT #4410 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Atropa - Nov 02, 2011 10:38:22 am PDT #4411 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No. But I used Square to sell concert tickets from my Android phone and that side of it worked like a dream.
I've purchased stuff from vendors using Square, and it's great. Pete is going to be using it at the big M:tG event to sell things to fans.
HOLLI! It finally dawned on me that you are actively finding vintage clothes and stuff! Sooo, if you happen to find a b&w striped blazer (think Beetlejuice) in a size 12 or 14, please ping me?
Kate P. - Nov 02, 2011 10:41:48 am PDT #4412 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
But ask me now and I'll say Isaac is a perfect name for that kid.
Yeah, I know this will happen whatever we settle on (and I'm glad to have it confirmed by other parents!). Sigh. I guess I just really had my heart set on that name, more than I realized.
brenda m - Nov 02, 2011 10:42:36 am PDT #4413 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Can you live with a middle name? Can DH?
Kathy A - Nov 02, 2011 10:44:52 am PDT #4414 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kate, for baby names, once you both decide on one, make sure you agree on the spelling of it. When Mom was pregnant with me, they had agreed on Kathryn. However, they had only said the name, not written it down, and Mom was thinking it'd be Katherine. It was only when Dad was sitting next to her in the labor room and was writing "Kathryn" on a piece of paper that she realized he was thinking something different. She ended being fine with his spelling, and that's what I got, but it was a surprise to her!
(BTW, if I had been a boy, I would have been Daniel.)
§ ita § - Nov 02, 2011 10:50:29 am PDT #4415 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My parents totally tried to make me lie about the souce of my name when I was back this last time. They're pretending the cute story is true. However, I think someone you met three minutes ago because they came to visit your mother in her hospital bed should not insist on knowing the provenance of your name if you brush it off. That's rude.
Kate P. - Nov 02, 2011 10:55:23 am PDT #4416 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Can you live with a middle name? Can DH?
Maybe? It's certainly an option. Apparently it's become a fairly common middle name lately, but not so common as a first name. I feel like we have lots of great contenders for middle names, though -- it's the first names that are hard!
Jessica - Nov 02, 2011 10:58:12 am PDT #4417 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Names are really hard. The good news is that once the kid is born, you'll wonder how you could ever have considered naming him/her anything else.
askye - Nov 02, 2011 11:03:58 am PDT #4418 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
My brother and XSIL end up changing my nephew's first name when he was bout 4 months old.
He went from being Evan to Evander (btw my XSIL had never heard of Evander Holyfield). At the time my parents weren't on board with the whole name change thing but now it seems weird that he was anything but Evander.
Amy - Nov 02, 2011 11:08:43 am PDT #4419 of 30001
Because books.
Names are really hard. The good news is that once the kid is born, you'll wonder how you could ever have considered naming him/her anything else.
This. Although I will say, try to make what you're going to call the kid what his/her name is, unless there are obvious nicknames. Jake is actually John on his birth certificate, after a long, tedious argument with S., and it's a pain in the ass to explain that his name isn't Jacob.