First post on DWIL, woot woot!
Long time lurker, and though I have nutty relatives, this is my first DWIL-worthy story. I guess this is more of an OMG story, since I (hopefully) reacted in a DWIL-worthy way.
I am scheduled for a c-section tommorrow for our second DD. Literally, my surgery is first thing in the morning (no, I will probably not sleep.) Talking to my Gma on the phone tonight, and after we b.s. for a while, and she asks if we need anything, etc., we're about to get off the phone.
She says this -
"One more thing. I really don't like what you and DH are naming the baby. I've been brooding on it for weeks."
We are naming her Marlowe Ann. I know, I know, a lot of people don't like the BNOG trend, but we picked it because hubby loves the old Raymond Chandler novels featuring detective Marlowe, and I like the reference to the English poet/playwright Christopher Marlowe. Ann is a family name on my side.
I laughed, loudly, and said, "Good thing you didn't conceive or carry her, and that you don't get to name her."
She gets miffed and says, "What were your other choices, besides Marlowe? What other names did you like?"
I say, "I had no other choices. I like Marlowe."
She says, (NOT EVEN KIDDING HERE) "But, it's a Jewish name!"
More hysterical laughter. WTF? "No, it's English."
"It's Jewish! I know because when I lived in New York it was used everywhere there. I'm just going to call her Ann." (She lived in New York in the 1960's!)
"Oh, in New York? Cool. That means Marlowe is super cosmopolitan. I love it even more."
She hesitates, then says, "How are you spelling it?"
I spell it.
She says, "Oh, I thought you were spelling it like Marlo Thomas. Marlowe is much better. Glad that's sorted."
Seriously? She told us not to name our first DD (now 27 months) Emerson, because DD would have TROUBLE LEARNING TO SPELL SOMETHNG THAT LONG IN KINDERGARTEN.
*facepalm*
I think I'm going to e-mail or text her some crazy new name tomorrow and tell her she convinced us to change the baby's name to something outrageous.
Any ideas? :P