Right to be annoyed over family member baby name?!

[Anonymous]

No, I would not be annoyed. I share a name with my father's first cousins daughter (I was named first and we saw these relatives once every few years). My sister shares a name with another first cousins daughter (again she was named first and we rarely saw these people). My own DS shares a first and last name with DH's first cousins adult son (and they both go by different nicknames, and have different middle names). It's such a non-issue. OP, get over it.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Sure, you can feel whatever you want to feel, but do you sound reasonable? Not to me. They liked the name and chose it for their child. You can look at this neutral fact and either put your energy into thoughts that make you feel annoyed, or thoughts that generate more positive feelings. The child's name isn't going to change, but you can change how you perceive it and, consequently, your feelings about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure, you can feel whatever you want to feel, but do you sound reasonable? Not to me. They liked the name and chose it for their child. You can look at this neutral fact and either put your energy into thoughts that make you feel annoyed, or thoughts that generate more positive feelings. The child's name isn't going to change, but you can change how you perceive it and, consequently, your feelings about it.

This is wise.

[Anonymous]

Are you and your husband even close to his nephew's family? If you see them all the time and the kids will grow up being together a lot, I can see why you would be a little annoyed (get over it, though, because it's not that big a deal). If you don't even see them very often and are not close then it's really no big deal.

And if it's a super common name like Sophie/Sophia or Eva/Ava then you've got to expect there are going to be a ton of them around anyway. If it's a really unusual name, though, it does seem a little weird.

[Anonymous]

I know two first cousins, both named Sarah (though one with the h and one without). Never bothered them or any of us!

[Anonymous]

I hope this is not serious. This is the most ridiculous post.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand this. Whenever there are repeated names in our family, people seem to love it, especially when kids are together. Like, "Another Meredith!" Big Meredith, little Meredith, etc.

[Anonymous]

Haha no way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I definitely would be annoyed.

I think you just wrote that so no one could say that everyone thinks the OP is nuts. Now we have to say, "all except one person thinks you are nuts, OP."

[Anonymous]

My dad has cousins (also first cousins to each other) who named their boys Ian and Ian (but one pronounced Eee-yun and one pronounced Iii-yun). Everyone survived.

Honestly, I would be annoyed (so that makes two of us). But I'd also be chastising my own self for being silly.

[Anonymous]

Nope, not at all.

[Anonymous]

Of course not. In my family, lots of cousins share the same names.

[Anonymous]

This is not within family, but one of my BFFs loved my son's name. She became pregnant a year after me and talked to me about it. She said she just loved it. Not that she needed my permission. I obviously loved that name also. I had absolutely no issues with it. I also named my daughter a version of another friend's son's name. She had no issues. I think anything past a sibling, who cares?

[Anonymous]

No.