Tryin' It On...

So we chose the names, one for if this baby is a girl and one if the baby is a boy. We were completely prepared...and THEN, I woke up one day and realized they weren't perfect. I equate this to trying on wedding gowns. It's the only thing that can even come close to naming your child. When you're trying on dresses, you just know. And this is 100% true. When you try on the gown that you want to look at yourself in photos in for the rest of your life, you just know it's right. It sounds lame, but whatever. So when you are choosing a name for your legacy, that is your child, it has to work the same way, right? I mean, sure, I come across names and think, "oh, that's cute..." But then there is just that one name that you just can't get out of your head, the one that you and your hubby look at each other and smile and say, "yep, that's the one!" So then what happens if you have that feeling that a name is "the one," and your hubby doesn't feel the same way? What do you do then? Do you go back to the list of "cutes" and just choose one on which you can both agree?

Well, for me, I had one name in mind for a girl that I just couldn't let go of, no matter how hard I tried. I honestly liked the name we had chosen, and so I was okay with it, but I just kept going back to the wedding dress theory. I'm going to call my child this name for the rest of forever. So I told my very patient and loving hubby that I wanted to think about different names...and he told me to let him know when I'd made a decision...He laughed about it, saying that he doesn't understand why I can't just stick with one and be done. And this comment totally got me thinking.

You see, it's totally different for guys. Girls are mean and judgmental, and if a girl has the wrong name, she's a stripper, or a librarian, or a nerd or what.ever. If a guy has the wrong name, well, nobody seems to care! And I mean, is there such a thing as the wrong name for a guy? I'm not even sure there is. So whatever the case, I told my dear husband that as long as I could choose the name if we have a girl, he can choose the name for a boy. And I honestly don't care if he chooses Captain, Buddy, Jeep, or whatever. It doesn't matter to me. And I am pretty excited now because this forces some major involvement on his part! So now, he gets to do some thinking and decision-making! Yipee! Victory for Mama!

Til Next time...