'My wife wants to give our baby a hippy-dippy name - she'll be a laughing stock'
When it comes to naming a baby, both parents need to agree on the moniker otherwise it could cause a lifetime of arguments. And that's exactly what one couple has discovered after spending the full nine months arguing about their daughter's name.
Taking to Reddit, the dad-to-be said: "My wife and I are expecting a baby girl in March. We have not yet decided on a name and it's becoming worrying that we might not reach an agreement on what to call our daughter. We have very different ideas about what the name should be."
While he like "classic names" such as Elizabeth, Emily, Natasha, Hannah, Katherine, Francesca, Matilda, Annabelle, Isabelle, Vivienne, Sadie, his wife likes "very hippy" names like Skye, Indie, River, Ocean, Seraphina, Atlas, Clove, Dove, Asteria, Lennox, Ember, Wynter.
He added: "We have thrown out hundreds if not thousands of names and any time I ask her why she dislikes any of the more known/common classic names, she said she likes none of them, she either finds them boring or old leaning and she doesn't like that. I told her it would be better for our child to grow up with a name that sounds normal vs one made up to be unique. She told me she would never agree to a name like Elizabeth or Amelia (another name I suggested)."
Putting his foot down, he vetoed all the "unique or weird hippy names" she put forward, saying it would do their daughter a disservice in life. "She told me it's why we're still looking and I told her that the names of late have been worse from her," he added.
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"She told me the feeling is mutual and I am not going to force her to change her taste. She also told me my description of her names is unfair and there's nothing that unique about most of them and I simply reject everything that's a little more modern leaning in usage.
"We took some time after that and have not returned to names in about four days. I can see she's bothered by my choice of words but I can see she's also frustrated and feels our daughter's due date looming over us as well." Wanting to know whether he's being too harsh on his wife, he has taken to Reddit to ask users for their thoughts.
In response, one user said: "Have you looked at names that are both kinda normal and nature inspired? I'm thinking things like Rose, Fern, Violet, Lily, or even summer. Or are they not unique enough for her?"
Another user added: "You're wrong for just for dismissing the names Asteria and Seraphina/Serafina as "modern," "hippy" names when they are hundreds if not thousands of years old. Go pick other reasons to claim to dislike those names."
A third user said: "You need to find a solution both can accept. I recommend you have a nice dinner and both be in a very poositive mood. Then you each get the task of finding five names you think the other would like and you do not hate the most yourself. Write them all down and let them grow on you. Find the compromise."
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