The debate rages on

As you all know, we will soon be hearing the pitter patter of more little feet. Maybe not little, because Dad's got Flintstone feet and Mom's got a Wile E. Coyote thing going on down there, but the metaphor is still solid. Where was I? Oh yes, bundle of joy on the way... There is much to do and preparations are moving along. We think we are going to let the gender of this one be a surprise. I proposed that we share the naming rights, Tina picks a female name and I pick a name for a masculine child (I hear Luca Brasi in my head). Stay on track, this is going somewhere... My plan to share the naming has been rejected, she is unhappy with my choice. Before I reveal my candidate, I want to say that the first three kids were all given meaningful significant names. Jon and Annie were both named after beloved relatives on Tina's side of the family and Michael's name carries another message. My point (finally) is that now we should have a little fun with the name. I know when it comes to naming your kids, there's a fine line between having fun and being a Johnny Cash song. My thinking here is that our oldsest is named Jon Paul so choosing George Ringo would represent the rest of the Beatles. She is holding her ground on this one, I can get her to maybe accept George but we are sticking on the Ringo part. I have to admit, I don't really blame here because that is a pretty unreasonable name, the closest I can get her to come is Georgie Starr for a girl. I think my mistake was opening the debate with that name, if I would have come up with something off the wall like Thor or Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-lim-bim-bim-bim-bim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel (Silly Party), maybe George Ringo might have sounded sensible. The bottom line is that I don't think I'm going to get my way on this one, if we have a boy, he will someday thank his mother for standing her ground. My second choice of William Nelson has also been rejected. Anybody got any input for me?