IT can be hard to choose a name for your kids - and the one you pick may not go down with all your friends and family. One woman shared how she was so shocked at the moniker her sister had chosen for her baby that she “laughed in her face”, and subsequently got banned from the baby shower. Taking to Reddit, she shared how baffled she was at the name choice.
The name in question was Rafferty - but her sister had chosen a rather unusual spelling. The woman explained: “I laughed at my sister's Tragedeigh [nickname given to unusually spelled names] and now I'm uninvited to the baby shower I'm planning. “She decided she wanted to use my mother's maiden name (Rafferty) as her daughter's name.
More on names “Not a Tragedeigh itself and I guess it works as a unique name.” She said how she had texted her sister about the name as she was going to order custom items for the baby shower. The Reddit user continued: “My sister then let me know they're going with an alternative spelling of Rafferty.
“My sister wants to spell it Raefarty. Most read in Fabulous “So I sent back a bunch of laughing emojis and she asked ‘What's so funny?’” The woman shared how she thought “no one will pronounce that as Rafferty” and will mispronounce it. She added: “She told me I was being ridiculous.
“I texted back, ‘My poor niece, Little Miss Farty Rae.’ “I was uninvited to the shower and my mom told me today my sister doesn't want me as the Godmother anymore. “But, like.
