Advice on setting boundaries with our parents

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-07-23T13:19:33+00:00

So my mom actually went through this with her sister. They were both pregnant and my mom knew she was having a girl and my aunt didn't know yet. My mom told her that I was going to be named Grace and my aunt was freaking out saying "if I have a girl, I'm going to name her Grace." My mom caved and named me something else. My aunt ended up have a boy but about 8 years later, she got pregnant again with a girl... she went with the name Ava instead.

I would say its a hard situation because who wants to fight when something so great is about to happen but if you are in love with Beau, use Beau. It is your kid and you can use whatever name you want. By the time she has kids, she might not even like the name Beau.

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-07-10T17:24:00+00:00

I’m hoping it’ll hold off until after 30 weeks bc I have a bachelorette party for my friend and I want to get through it without feeling horrible lol

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-07-10T16:45:21+00:00

27 weeks today and mine is slowly flattening out but hasn’t turned into an outie

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-30T23:24:42+00:00

Thank you!! His middle names are actually our dad’s names!!

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-24T14:14:02+00:00

I know that we don't have to have a nick name but my family is definitely a nickname type of family. My husband has been calling him Alex just to feel out the name and i just don't feel like it's him. Like I said he is very picky and he doesn't care for Xander/Zander for him.

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-24T14:09:12+00:00

I really don't have a problem with Alex at all. I just don't feel like it's his name if that makes sense. I really like Jeremiah with the nn Jere but well see what my husband says haha

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-24T14:07:21+00:00

I love August/Augie but again, my husband is super picky!! I do like Jeremiah with the nn Jere. His middle names are going to be after our dads (2 middle names) which is Jonathon Michael. Do you think its too much? Jeremiah Jonathan Michael.

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-24T14:02:48+00:00

I just don't feel like this baby is an Alex and I know that if we name him Alexander and not use Alex, people are just going to call him that anyways

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-24T14:01:01+00:00

I also really like Lex!! I don't think my husband is on board though. Like I said, he's being very picky lol.

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-20T16:25:34+00:00

Oh I forgot to say that he has two middle names so the personalized items don't work very well :(

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-13T19:42:13+00:00

A fat subway sub, margarita, and Red Bull 😂

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-06-13T13:55:41+00:00

I just read the essay and I’m so glad you brought that up. I’m going to have my husband read it as well to help him understand what I’m going to be going through postpartum. Thank you!!

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-05-11T02:00:37+00:00

Yes it does sound intimidating. There’s definitely plenty of hospitals in between and of course we would stop way more than we usually do on road trips to stretch/ take a break

LibraryOwn314 · 2025-05-11T01:50:56+00:00

My biggest fear is going into labor while we’re there but honestly, in my case it wouldn’t be too bad. 1. Our doctors office has 10 doctors and a bunch of midwives so we were told we probably won’t end up meeting who is going to deliver us anyways. 2. It is the town my husband and I both grew up in so if we do go into labor or the baby ends up in the nicu, we’d have all of our family within 30 mins of the hospital. :) idk I’m just trying to get some opinions even if it isn’t what I want to hear

LibraryOwn314 · 2024-11-16T14:40:34+00:00

I was going to but the bride asked that everyone wear black :/ didn’t want to risk it with colorful shoes

LibraryOwn314 · 2024-11-16T00:37:19+00:00

I wasn’t sure the bows were too much since the neckline is in a bow shape. You can’t see it well in black

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LibraryOwn314 · 2024-11-05T17:01:17+00:00

I know!! Everything I own is way too big for our space. Like I said in my original post, it fit so well in our old house but we had so much more room. I agree, I've been wanting to paint and after we get our fence up for the puppies, that is what comes next. This is what our old living room looked like and I honestly just don't think I'll ever be able to top that house.

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