‘My mother-in-law is giving me grief over my baby's name – She can’t control me’

One parent was at their wit's end after their mother-in-law objected to their choice of baby name .

Taking to social media platform Reddit , they shared the name that the woman could not get behind.

They wrote: “My mother-in-law is giving me so much grief over our baby name choice. Please be honest on what you think?

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“We chose Alphabeta Silver and plan on calling her Betty for short. We love grammar and literature and instantly agreed when we heard the name and my mother-in-law isn’t going to make any more choices for us.

“She has controlled everything from our engagement photos to our wedding day and this is where I draw the line!”

Reddit users chimed in on the discussion, giving their opinions about the tricky situation.

One social media user said: “For loving grammar and literature so much, they really don’t have much of an imagination if all they came up with was to name their kid alphabet.”

Another individual joked: “Alphabetti Spaghetti for short.”

Someone else said: “Honestly, if my son has kids wants to call his kid ‘Alphabeta Silver’ I would probably give him and his partner some grief too. I generally disagree with grandparents judging names, but that's for normal/semi-normal names. This is a name that 99% of people will agree is dumb.”

Someone else suggested: “Like, if you love literature, name it after a beloved character from literature.”

And someone else said: “My baby name litmus test is ‘how is this going to look on a job application when this person grows up and enters the working world.’”