I told my best friend my unborn baby’s name & she announced she’s calling her baby the same – she’s not even pregnant
WHEN it comes to baby names, there's often one rule of thumb - don't use the same moniker as a friend or relative.
But one anonymous pregnant woman took to and told how she's planning to ignore that advice after learning she's chosen the same baby name as her best friend.
In the post, the woman wrote: "So I just found out that my best friend and I both are set on the same baby name for a boy."
My husband and I have already experienced a situation where our chosen name was taken by his brother and SIL who had a baby before us."
We had finally agreed on a new name we are in love with and when I shared it with my best friend she said that was their chosen name for their future baby."
They aren’t pregnant at the moment but will be soon."
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She went on to question whether it's horrible for her to use that name first just because she'll be having her baby before theirs.
"I don’t have an issue with them using the name as well if they have a boy but I know how some couples are with not wanting to use a name that someone else has used - like the situation previously with my BIL and his wife," she continued.
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"I don’t want to give up another baby name we are in love with."
"The thing is they had a late term pregnancy loss earlier this year at 30 weeks and the baby was going to be a boy."
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So they would have used the name before us because their baby boy should had been born first."
It wasn't long before the post was flooded with comments - with very mixed responses.
"NTA. The idea of calling dibs or owning a name that they haven't used is ridiculous," wrote one.
"What if you hadn't discussed it with her, you'd use the name and have no idea of her plans. It's sad they lost their baby late in the pregnancy and you can have sympathy for that but still use the name you picked."
A second penned: "You are in love with the name so use it. Who is she to tell you no?"
If she has a problem with it she can find another name. She isn't even pregnant, you are."
A third quipped: "There. Are. So. Many. Names. Seriously."
Meanwhile, a fourth added: "NTA. You chose the name without knowing. She doesn’t own a name due to her loss."
"I’d feel differently if the child she lost were a kid you knew already had that name but you had no idea."
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"This confusion is one of the reasons many people don’t disclose the names in advance."
Also, why would you give up on a name for a hypothetical baby? You don’t know when they’ll be pregnant and you don’t know whether they’ll have a boy."