I regret my baby's name and hate myself for listening to DCUM

[Anonymous]

So, like a good DCUM'er I posted our name choices here. Thanks to this boards's preference for normal names coupled with my own raging hormones..we went with a solid traditional name. (Think William or Henry) I really wanted to go with something a bit spunkier (Think Leo or Max) and almost a year later, still regret not using the name I wanted. Our son would have fit that name perfectly.

So, please let this be a lesson to others. Choose the name you want and don't allow others to sway your decisions. I'm still feeling bad about our decision and wonder if I always will

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, like a good DCUM'er I posted our name choices here. Thanks to this boards's preference for normal names coupled with my own raging hormones..we went with a solid traditional name. (Think William or Henry) I really wanted to go with something a bit spunkier (Think Leo or Max) and almost a year later, still regret not using the name I wanted. Our son would have fit that name perfectly.

So, please let this be a lesson to others. Choose the name you want and don't allow others to sway your decisions. I'm still feeling bad about our decision and wonder if I always will

Duh

[Anonymous]

You can call William Liam, or Henry Hank to get a little spunk out of the traditional.

FWIW, I think of Leo and Max the same as William and Henry - they're all in the Grandpa/Old Man category in my eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, like a good DCUM'er I posted our name choices here. Thanks to this boards's preference for normal names coupled with my own raging hormones..we went with a solid traditional name. (Think William or Henry) I really wanted to go with something a bit spunkier (Think Leo or Max) and almost a year later, still regret not using the name I wanted. Our son would have fit that name perfectly.

So, please let this be a lesson to others. Choose the name you want and don't allow others to sway your decisions. I'm still feeling bad about our decision and wonder if I always will

I'm sorry that you're so hung up on this still. Wow.

[Anonymous]

PPD maybe, OP?

[Anonymous]

Was it really something "spunky" like Leo or Max or was it Braden or Ryder? Big difference. Leo and max are fine names.

[Anonymous]

Call him whatever name you wanted and tell people it's a nickname. It's fine. Really it is.

[Anonymous]

Let me get this straight. It's my -- my -- fault that you don't like your kid's name -- a year after he was born. Because it's not "spunky" enough.

Unreal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call him whatever name you wanted and tell people it's a nickname. It's fine. Really it is.

+1

[Anonymous]

Those names are all in the same category to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PPD maybe, OP?

I knew someone would say that. Definitely not PPD, happiest I've ever been. Just a feeling of we got everything right..except his name.

[Anonymous]

I think you should sue Jeff.

[Anonymous]

And just to be clear, I blame myself for listening to DCUM. Not actually blaming anyone for their opinions. OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you should sue Jeff.

Yes, and add a class of defendants of all skinny white women driving black SUVs, with a claim of insufficient spunkitude in namology.