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'My grandfather wants to name my baby after my grandmother but I don't want to'
By Eleanor Tolbert,
2024-06-11
Naming your child can be difficult when you have several people in your life worth honoring . A woman recently turned to Reddit to get advice on some family drama. She is seven months pregnant with her second child and is struggling to decide what to name her.
Some parents choose their baby names by looking at what’s the most popular. Others, however, look for something more unique . The woman on Reddit said she and her husband have already chosen to name their after his sister who passed away.
For the couple’s first child, they named him after her grandfather. Now that the second one is on the way, some of their family think she should honor her grandmother this time around.
“We informed my grandparents of our decision several months ago. This morning, we received a group text from my grandfather requesting that we use my grandmother's name as our daughter's middle name.
“He believes it would make her very happy, given all that she has done for me that we should heavily consider it and that he likes the sound of it.”
She said she texted her grandfather privately to explain the situation with her husband’s late sister. Since she chose their son’s name, it’s her husband’s turn to choose their daughter's name .
In response to that, her grandfather said he was disappointed. This isn’t the first time the family was pressured into naming their child something.
“My father and I both received my grandmother's middle name, and I know my mom wanted to give me another middle name but was pressured into naming me after my grandmother as well.”
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She continued: “He texted back again asking if we could do two middle names which we have considered in the beginning but the way he went about this really rubs me the wrong way that I don't want to do it.”
In response to her story, commenters shared that she is in the right to name her baby whatever she pleases.
One person said: “Asking is one thing, pressuring you to do it is another. At the end of the day it's what you and your husband want, not anyone else. How meaningful would it even be if you were forced to do it?”
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