Unexpected response

The name MACY is now firmly locked into position no.1 on our 'Possible Names for Girls' board!
Philippa was looking over my shoulder when I was posting yesterday's blog and found her eye drawn towards it. She said 'Where did you get that from? That's lovely!' The honest truth is - I don't know. The only Macy I can think of that I know of is the singer Macy Gray, but I haven't thought about her for years because 'I Try' doesn't show up on my playlists.

Another consequence of yesterday's list is me being told to edit it to remove the name 'Tamara'. When I asked why, Philippa said "Well, what if your sister Sophie sees it?" I stared at her blankly for a few seconds, uncomprehending. "For God's sake, Rory, you can't consider her ex-girlfriend's name as a suggestion for our daughter, it would be like slapping her in the face." Remember what I wrote about staring at her blankly for a few seconds? Let's assume I did that again... I then said, "I don't see what the problem is, they split up years ago." Philippa rolled her eyes so hard I'm surprised they didn't slip down her back. Then she said "She's never got over it, Rory. Haven't you noticed that she hasn't even been on a date since breaking up with Tamara?"

Now that it's been mentioned, Sophie has been a little quiet on the romance front for several years, but I just assumed she was playing the field a bit or just keeping things from us, and that's what I said to Philippa. After another haemorrhage-inducing eye-roll, I was told that I am useless as a brother and about as observant as a blind slug.
I will never understand women if I live to be 1000.

RC 23-6-22