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Help[Opinions] Re: Eleanor?
in reply to a message by HarderToBreathe
I wouldn't use Eleanor if I were you because I do think it's too close to Eleni. Then again, that doesn't matter as much for mother-daughter as it does for siblings. Go for it.
I don't think it's so much that your mother's style differs from yours as it is that she just sounds like an older person who has not kept up with the times. I remember this with my parents and my in-laws. My father thought Justin was weird. My mother thought Nicholas was weird. My mother-in-law thought Rebecca was very Jewish. My mother-in-law thought Emily was an old-lady name. Keep in mind this was thirty to forty years ago so those names were really popular at the time. They just don't keep up with the times and they're stuck in a time warp. Don't let it bother you. When I told my mother and my mother-in-law what I planned to name my daughter, I got negative reactions. One stuck her tongue out and one said, "WHAT!?" I didn't let it obther me.
I don't think it's so much that your mother's style differs from yours as it is that she just sounds like an older person who has not kept up with the times. I remember this with my parents and my in-laws. My father thought Justin was weird. My mother thought Nicholas was weird. My mother-in-law thought Rebecca was very Jewish. My mother-in-law thought Emily was an old-lady name. Keep in mind this was thirty to forty years ago so those names were really popular at the time. They just don't keep up with the times and they're stuck in a time warp. Don't let it bother you. When I told my mother and my mother-in-law what I planned to name my daughter, I got negative reactions. One stuck her tongue out and one said, "WHAT!?" I didn't let it obther me.
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