Thursday, February 5, 2009

Missing: Class, if found, please return to owner

Some people have no class. Okay, so I am an overly-sensitive mother lioness right now, but still, some people have no class.

Today, we had a department luncheon because one of our managers has been promoted to National Director of Alumni relations--go Nikki! We were all gathered around talking, eating lunch and generally having a good time.

As usually happens most days one of my co-workers brought up me being pregnant and asked, "How's the baby doing? Is he moving around a lot?"

Then Steve, an older gentlemen, said, "You're having a boy? Any thoughts on a name?"

"Oh yes," I say. "We are naming him Cayden."

"Why, are you mad at him?"

This pissed me off. "No, why?"

"Oh, because boys don't like being called weird names."

"Cayden is not weird name."

The conversation when back and forth for a while. He said that Cayden is a weird name, he's never heard of it, boys don't like unusual names, using a C instead of a K is even more weird and that he is only commenting on my name choice because he considers himself a child advocate. A child advocate...what does that even mean? It's not like I'm abusing my child!

Man, I was fuming. I finally said, "Well, I'm sorry you don't like my name choice, but luckily for you--you don't have to live with the name."

I was about 30 second away from telling him what name I think he should have...a$$hole.

Like I said, some people have no class.

2 comments:

Abby Reed said...

Ewww, how tacky!!!! Yeah, well, I have heard some horrible baby names... at least you're not one of those moms who spells the name all weird, LOL!!! I think Cayden is exactly how it sounds! :)

Screw that weirdo!

Leslie Faith said...

Cayden is on the top baby name lists along with Hayden, Jayden, etc. It's very popular especially among new babies. (Melanie Salazar's little boy is Caden.) So that dude from your job needs to get into 2009 and realize that Cayden is a wonderful name! Ugh! Some people...