'My husband won't take naming our baby seriously - he did the same last time and I miscarried'

A frustrated mum-to-be has taken to Reddit to vent about her husband's lackadaisical attitude towards their impending arrival . She shared that she's only in the early stages of pregnancy, so there's plenty of time to settle on a name for their baby .

However, she expressed her annoyance at her husband's lack of seriousness about the pregnancy .

"He acted this way during my last pregnancy which ended in miscarriage. I was really hoping he'd be more serious this time and he isn't," she penned.

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In a recent incident, she and her stepdaughter were having a laugh while browsing through lists of baby names, with her husband half-heartedly participating from another couch, engrossed in his phone.

Whenever she would seek his input on potential names, he'd get irritated and claim he was trying to watch the match. His contributions, when they came, were far from serious, often suggesting outlandish names inspired by movie characters and the like.

She said: "It was maybe funny the first few times, but the more he did it the more annoyed I got. Because this is EXACTLY how he acted last time I was pregnant.

"He also vetoes almost every baby name I suggest. And doesn't suggest any good ones that he actually likes. He's maybe suggested 2 or 3 names he actually likes, EVER."

She felt as though he didn't truly care what their baby is named. In frustration, she later shouted at him, declaring she doesn't want to hear another joke name ever again. He responded angrily, accusing her of being upset over nothing.

"He acts like this is something he was only doing tonight, but this is how he's always acted about our baby's name. He's never been serious about it and he's ALWAYS turned down my ideas without contributing any of his own."

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Some others thought he was behaving childishly, while a few pondered if there was a deeper issue at hand. One fellow commented: "Sounds like it's not important to him because he already did it, having a daughter. Maybe he doesn't realize how important this is to you because this is literally YOUR first child? Maybe I'm way off base. I hope he can listen and validate you."

Another shared: "My husband did this too and to this day I have no idea why. Now it's a funny story but at the time it drove me up a wall. Closer to the day we were able to settle on a couple top contenders but neither kid had a name until after their birth which is when we actually chose."

One person suggested: "Is it possible that he doesn't want to get too attached to the idea of a new baby in case there is another miscarriage? His behavior sounds totally obnoxious and if it's part of a larger pattern, that's a whole other thing. But if this is out of character, it could be a defence mechanism."

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