Liv

Hi,

I'm due in 3 weeks and I'm suddenly having doubts about the name. To be honest, I don't doubt the name we have in mind for our daughter at all, but rather the fact that I know someone with that name.

Before I got pregnant, 'Lot' was on my list. My ovaries had been acting up for years, so the name list was ready long ago.

The name Lot is quite common, and I met someone a few years ago who had a daughter named Lot.

Now, I think I'm making my problem bigger than it is. I'm sure about 500 Lots were born last year, but suddenly I'm totally worked up about whether I can go with the name Lot.

We don't know anyone named Lot in our immediate circle. But 7 years ago, I met that girl through a friend. I think we went clubbing together 3 times back then. You know how it is, the single life... we ended up in the same photos together... I added you on Facebook, and a few years later you have a bunch of friends in your list that you don't even remember how you know.

Since those 3 nights out, I haven't seen her again, and I think if I hadn't had Facebook, I wouldn't even remember who she was.

Anyway, she happened to give birth to her second child a while ago, and we were pregnant around the same time. Somehow, pregnant moms always form a bond, and people seek out contact with those they never talk to.

This was the case with us too. She kept responding to my photos, sending me private messages about how I was feeling, even though I had never really spoken to her before. Every time I share a photo, I get a like or a comment, and I'm getting more and more uncomfortable.

We had already decided on the name Lot long before she reached out to me, but I hate the idea that she might think I stole the name from her first daughter or something.

It's a flaw of mine to constantly worry about what others think of me. She knows some people I know, but I never really talk to or see her. So the only connection between us is that one friend from 7 years ago.

What do you all think?