'My father-in-law rudely commented about my baby's name, it was so uncalled for’

Naming your baby is a special event. That said, some people like to get very involved in the process even if it’s not their child. And at times they may have something quite cutting to say .

One frustrated woman took to Reddit to share the mean words her father-in-law uttered about her chosen baby name, and he didn’t hold back.

She wrote : “I have begged my husband to keep our baby name a secret until we were a million percent confident that’s the name we wanted to use (first and middle).”

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The woman had her reasons for wanting to keep the name on the down low, and one of them was directly related to opinionated family members.

She epxlained: “I would have loved to wait until birth to tell people because his family is beyond judgmental and can’t keep their negative opinions to themselves.

“It took us forever to settle on a name we both liked, and while I’m not easily swayed, I still didn’t want people knowing the baby’s name before birth because I don’t want to feel bad about the name we’ve chosen.”

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Unfortunately, things were out of the woman’s control, and her husband spilled the beans. She explained: “Well, it finally got out because my husband, bless him, just can’t keep a secret. And as I feared, negative comments came flying.

“My FIL said our chosen baby name was, and I quote, ‘dog ----.’ Multiple times, to our faces. At first it didn’t bother me but now I just can’t seem to brush the comment off. Anyone else deal with family making negative comments about the name you selected for baby?”

She edited the post to add that the name is Andrew. “Very traditional and not ‘out there’ or unique, though even if it were an ‘out there’ name, the comment was still uncalled for,” she said.

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Social media users added their opinions on the ordeal.

One fierce commenter said: “Ugh! Honestly it is your child. You name them what you want! If they persist with the "dog s—" comments I would give a blunt "if you think our child is dog shit then you will not be a part of their life.

“They are not entitled to give you opinions on your child's name.

“Brush it off and tell your husband he needs to keep a tighter reign on this secret information. Baby names are one of those things where everyone wants to have a say but only their name suggestions is acceptable to them.”

Another individual jumped in: “Why doesn’t your husband speak up? That is rude and offensive, it’s completely unacceptable to speak to anyone like that. Either he handles his family or maybe they shouldn’t be around your little one. Draw boundaries now or deal w this man’s opinions forever.”

And someone who was fond of the chosen baby name wrote: “Andrew?! Seriously how can anyone be offended by that? Fwiw I love that name, it’s classic but not overused. Your in laws are being ridiculous.”