When it comes to baby names , people have very strong opinions on what’s good and bad. And despite not necessarily asking for their thoughts, they happily tell you what they think. A woman has opened up about her family’s fury after her younger sister refused to divulge the name of her daughter until after she was born.
Sharing the situation on social media , she explained that her parents and other siblings have particular views on baby names and prefer classic monikers over anything remotely “different”. She wrote: “We all know she's having a girl and our family have some very strong ideas about names. I think one of the reasons she's so quiet about her choice is because our family tried to get me to change the names of my three children and they were rude about my children's names: Piper, Rowan, and Skye.
'I promised to name baby after my husband's mother – but I fear she'll get bullied' “My family prefers classic/ royal family names. My kids do not have those kinds of names. The fact my husband and I announced the names before the birth went badly for us.
We were both sick of it each time. But we'd forget ourselves with the excitement of each pregnancy and we'd announce because we loved the names. Of course, my family never put anything negative online because the reaction there was very positive.
” The auntie-to-be admitted that she thinks she knows what her sister has in mind for her niece and the name definitely won’t be approved of by their family. She went on: “Our family keeps talking about it though and they're also trying to make her give in. They say she must have some horrible name picked out and doesn't want to be told they need to change it.
Or they're under the belief she has chosen the name of someone they dislike. “I think the former is the more popular thought amongst the family. I have defended my sister each and every time the rest of the family starts this stuff.
I told them she and her husband have every right to wait to announce the names, that most people wait and it makes sense given their reaction previously. “This became a fight with my parents who told me they have every right to know beforehand. I said they don't.
Only the parents of the child have that right and not all babies get named beforehand anyway. They told me it wasn't my business anyway and I returned that it's also none of theirs. “They told me I was being crazy and acting like they were doing something wrong which they are not, in their mind.
They told me I better not have been a bad influence on her with names. I rolled my eyes. They got so mad at me that they told me I owed the family an apology for how I had been treating them.
” People reading the Reddit post were outraged on the woman’s behalf and slammed her parents for their behaviour. One user wrote: “Grandparents injecting themselves into picking the name if they weren’t explicitly asked about is extremely toxic, insensitive and intrusive.” Do you have a story to share? Email eve.
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