When I was expecting DS, my #1, my future SIL's sister (who I consider a friend) was expecting her #2, and she was due 6 months before me. DH and I had chosen our boy/girl names years earlier in our marriage, so we already had the names ready. Friend's FIL had terminal cancer, so they decided to let him name the baby when he was born as he didn't have much time left. When her baby was born, her FIL picked the name we had chosen if our baby was a boy. I was really upset, as it's a unique name in our culture (Indian) and I had chosen it like 5 years earlier. I didn't say anything to Friend though, as her FIL had chosen it. When DS was born, we struggled with whether we should go ahead and use the name too, and we decided we would, since it was a name we both loved. Friend didn't say anything about it, and we are all OK with it. Ironically enough, now her DS and my DS are in the same class at school! Definitely unplanned but huge coincidence. The teacher refers to them each as Name LastInitial. LOL
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DS 10/03
DD 11/05