Should I Choose a Name My Husband Hates?

You know that he hated the name. He only said it was OK to avoid years of misery. Why are some women so selfish when it comes to what they want. There must be a milliion or more names that would have pleased both of them. Get a grip woman.

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Just some food for thought............90 percent of public urinals have the word SLOAN printied right on the top. Ask any guy, and that may be why they don't like the name. LOL

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She wants to name her kid after the female character Sloane Peterson in Ferris Bueller's Day Off? She wants to name her kid after a female teen who goes around skipping school with her boyfriend? I side with her hubby. Naming a girl Sloane is just asking for trouble if the kid ever sees the movie.

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My husband insisted on calling our first born ALESIA .. after his older sister. She had caused our family great drama, and never wanted us to marry, once our baby was born, and we had named her AFTER her, she spread stories about our baby "failing to thrive" to our neighbors, and told other stories about our second child "probably not making it" .. we have healthy kiddos.

It's been a mess ever since. I wish I had stood my ground .. because we argue about it, off and on, even to THIS day, and our child is SIX. He no longer speaks to this sister .. so Please pick a name you BOTH agree on .. it's BOTH of your baby. Nobody should have the right to just pick the name, and ask the other to get use to it. I will never get use to our daughters name .. I call her ESA, or Dee Dee ..

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It is hard enough to get men to care for and support their children these days. The courts still don't help. Don't make it more likely your hubby will abandon his kid by naming it something he hates. My kids didn't end up with any of the names I wrote down when I was 10, but we all like the names they got. The names we chose all have meaning that my childhood names didn't have-I just liked the sound of those names, without knowing what last name would go with them. There are 30,000+ names out there-pick one you both want to say for the rest of your lives.

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I wanted to name my first kid Logan, but my husband didn't, so we compromised and named him Mike, since we both had an uncle Mike. It worked out but I do still want another boy and name him Logan!

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people always thinking what they want to name their kids.they never think what their kids will go through having messed up names...naming a girl sloan is a no no..just like like naming a girl apple...i miss the day when people had common sense and thought of their kids first..kids already get bullied enough for and to add onto it for having a messed up name doesn''t help anything...i thanked my parents a few days ago for giving me a normal and great name CHARLIE...

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WHEN I SEE A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WALK BY, I GET A SLOANER.

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I guess she's gonna learn soon enough when he either cheats or divorces her SELFISH AND CONTROLLING ASS! In NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM should she have done that, if he wasn't on board. My hubby and I couldn't agree with a middle name for our 2nd child. while in labor. I made a joke- "well why don't we just name him Austin"?(Austin, Tx) He said "you know, that sounds really good. Let's do that?" So, I mulled it over for a few minutes, then siad, "ya, it IS good isn't it?" So, that was the way it was and is SUPPOSE TO BE! But, this chick, she sounds like a selfish, "its me me me" biotch. She's even she HAS a man!!!! Grow up lady and try being a PARTNER in your R/S Not RULER

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I look at it this way: He can name the baby anything he wants, after he has carried it for the first 9 months of its life! I would not object having a Kobe Michael Jackson O'Neill running around house. Daddy will have to explain to our daughter why he named her that. As for Sloan, I'm sure this young mother can comprimise with baby-daddy. It is a different name; I like it. Maybe daddy can name the next baby.

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"Sloan" for a girl? That's just gag-inducing.

But hey, it's your spawn, name it what you want.

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If you really want to humiliate your baby, and insure a tough life for him or her, why not just name him/her Lattimer Gaylord, or Percy, or some other ridiculous, stupid name?

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I think Sloan is awesome, but I'm a Ferris lover so what do I know? How many people dissing it named their kids one of the current Aiden, Jaden, Kaden trend?!? YAWN!

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okay first, its YOUR baby. name it what you want because as most women will agree, a babies name has slightly more signifigance to women than to men. Men dont hear a name and go "ohh i'm going to name my baby that." and hold on to it for ten even twenty years. women do. Second, Regardless of what you name this baby in a time when people are naming their kids benji, sage, ocean, starlight, summer ray and moxie crimefighter (penn gillette did it, google it) the name Sloan isnt going to come close to what her classmates are going to be named. and third, that marriage is about compromise and ur going to get divorced crap. what compromise is it to give up a name u love? these people need to look in a dictionary once and awhile. they want a compromise? fine, the minute ur husband gives birth HE can pick the name. until then his suggestions are welcome, and will be considered but dont give up on something u want so badly. ohh wait, compromise, and he can come up with the middle name. (why is it everyone thinks u should compromise and move ur fav name to the middle? why cant HE?)

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My sister always wanted a boy with blonde hair and brown eyes and she loved the name Justin, Well 25 years ago she got her one and only child and it was a blonde haired brown eyed boy. Problem? Yes cuz at the time of his birth her last name was Payne. That is no longer her last name after 18 years they divorced and she remarried but he still has his father's last name. So please give a lot of thought to the name you give your child and be ready with another. Also give thought to the nasty nicknames other kids can give her too because they can and will. This is not a joke it really happened and she had picked another name before he was born. Good luck with the name and hope for a healthy baby.

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When we had our children I picked the first name for our son & my husband the middle name on the next one we reversed that! No conflict!

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I think she's being very caring :) And I hope that she changes it and puts it as a middle name so they can both be happy! That'd be a great!

I don't think it's unusual to pick names for your future children. I'd like "Kristin Moira" for a first and middle for a little girl. For whatever reason my mind is set on that!

I hope the name game works out well for this couple :)

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When are parents going to stop naming their kids these pretentious
names? Last names as first names....Who do you think you're
kidding? It's a long time fad that began in the 80's. People trying to
grasp for that old money/old family allure. Or rugged hipness.

Let's bury names like Dylan, Taylor, Tyler, Campbell, Sloan,
Cassidy, Dakotah and all the rest. You are all a bunch of poseurs.
"Dylan and Campbell Ribinowitz" Yeah, that's really believable and
yes they are alive and living in LA. YUK!

It's the kids named Mary, Michael, Peter and Jane who are unique
now. And all you Jennifers: Everyone knows you were born
in the 70's; but at least it's a real name.

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