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HelpRe: Thoughts on a nickname for my still-regretful name choice....
in reply to a message by anxiolytics
I think that you should forget about this.
When I first told my mother that I planned to name my baby, if a girl, Victoria, she stood there for a minute, saying, "Victoria" over and over again, while making a face and sticking her tongue out.
I laughed and said, "If it's a girl and I name her Victoria, you'll say you like it." She said, "Yes, I will, because I will like it then because it will be your baby's name."
When I first heard that my grandson's name was going to be Leonidas, I was inwardly appalled. I admit, I had never heard the name before (which fact I think precludes me from being a true namenerd) and it struck me as unbearably strange. After he was born, within a few months, I began to like the name and began to see it as my daughter does, "strong yet beautiful." But you know what? I think I mainly like it because it's my beloved grandson's name.
Why can't this happen to you? I think it can. Give it a little more time.
When I first told my mother that I planned to name my baby, if a girl, Victoria, she stood there for a minute, saying, "Victoria" over and over again, while making a face and sticking her tongue out.
I laughed and said, "If it's a girl and I name her Victoria, you'll say you like it." She said, "Yes, I will, because I will like it then because it will be your baby's name."
When I first heard that my grandson's name was going to be Leonidas, I was inwardly appalled. I admit, I had never heard the name before (which fact I think precludes me from being a true namenerd) and it struck me as unbearably strange. After he was born, within a few months, I began to like the name and began to see it as my daughter does, "strong yet beautiful." But you know what? I think I mainly like it because it's my beloved grandson's name.
Why can't this happen to you? I think it can. Give it a little more time.
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