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First the good news! I had my u/s today and we found out that we are going to be the parents of three healthy boys <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/love.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="love"> Wow! I think this three boys thing is going to be a blast <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/orngbiggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="orange big grin"> Now I can start buying clothes!<br><br>
Now for the gripe. I tell mil that it's a boy and she says congrats and asks about the name. I have told her many times before that it will be Sam for a boy. We love that name. Will, Ben, and Sam just flow so well together. Not five minutes after I get off the phone, my sil calls, asking the sex of the baby. I tell her and we are just talking and then I hear mil in the background. Then sil says, "mom doesn't like the name. Her uncle molested her and the other girls in her family and his name was Sam." Okay, first I think it was awful that she was molested as a child BUT was this not the worst way of bringing this up? Could she not wait and tell dh and I this or just talk to dh instead of cornering me trying to get me to change the name? AND I am ticked that she is pinning this horrible association on an innocent newborn baby <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/irked.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="irked">: This little baby Sam (and yes we are still naming him that) had NOTHING to do with what happened to her. And she has known for how long that this is the name and now she brings it up in this bizarre fashion? Grrrr Way to rain on my parade. I just get so ticked when people think they have a say in what you name your kid. It isn't like it is some horrible name that will get him teased either. And now she is claiming that everyone in her family will not like this name. Well get OVER it. If she dislikes it that much she and the rest of her family need not see this baby. Okay, rant over.
Now for the gripe. I tell mil that it's a boy and she says congrats and asks about the name. I have told her many times before that it will be Sam for a boy. We love that name. Will, Ben, and Sam just flow so well together. Not five minutes after I get off the phone, my sil calls, asking the sex of the baby. I tell her and we are just talking and then I hear mil in the background. Then sil says, "mom doesn't like the name. Her uncle molested her and the other girls in her family and his name was Sam." Okay, first I think it was awful that she was molested as a child BUT was this not the worst way of bringing this up? Could she not wait and tell dh and I this or just talk to dh instead of cornering me trying to get me to change the name? AND I am ticked that she is pinning this horrible association on an innocent newborn baby <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/irked.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="irked">: This little baby Sam (and yes we are still naming him that) had NOTHING to do with what happened to her. And she has known for how long that this is the name and now she brings it up in this bizarre fashion? Grrrr Way to rain on my parade. I just get so ticked when people think they have a say in what you name your kid. It isn't like it is some horrible name that will get him teased either. And now she is claiming that everyone in her family will not like this name. Well get OVER it. If she dislikes it that much she and the rest of her family need not see this baby. Okay, rant over.
