‘Am I wrong for telling my parents I won’t use their baby name suggestions?’

Anna Martin

Picking a baby name is arguably one of the most exciting parts of becoming a parent

So when someone else, even if they’re family, tries to take over it can be upsetting.

For one woman expecting her first baby, her parents have decided they should take over naming the little one before they even arrive and as you would imagine, she’s not happy.

Venting her frustration with the situation, the mystery woman wrote on Reddit, “Me and my boyfriend and I are expecting a baby. His family are so kind and supportive but most of mine are not, with the exception of my two brothers who are great.

“The rest of my family says we are too young and have second-guessed all my choices, from researching formula because I won’t be breastfeeding to the names we have looked at.

“My parents and sisters originally told me when they heard I was having a boy that I should name him George after my great-grandfather. I told them we weren’t looking for name suggestions and asked them not to push the issue.

“Then they asked what the name we were thinking of was and I said we weren’t going to share until he’s here. That wasn’t taken well and they decided we must have an awful name lined up so they made a list of suggestions for us with names such as Simon, Malcolm, Edward, Fredrick, James, Jonathan and Desmond,” explained the poster.

“I told them again that we did not want or need names suggested because we had our own ideas.”

So the soon-to-be mother decided to make a boundary and ignore her family whenever it was brought up until Christmas Day arrived.

Then her oldest sister decided to steal her phone and try to see did she have a baby name list saved, which she did.

Of course, the sister decided to share it with the Redditor’s family and all hell broke loose as her family branded her choices “dumb”.

“I had to block them on my phone since Christmas because they were going crazy blowing up my phone. But then I got an email with an even longer list of names two days ago,” she continued.

“So I unblocked them temporarily and in a family group chat told them that this is my baby and I do not need or want them to name him for me and I will not entertain a single name on their list and because they have annoyed me, I will never use one of those names ever and I blocked them again.”

Now the expecting mother wants to know if she’s in the wrong for standing her ground.

Thankfully seemed like the whole Reddit community was on her side as one wrote, “Your baby, you choose the name. Simple as that.”

Another commented, “You have nothing to feel bad about. They are ‘calling you out?’ For what? Naming YOUR baby? For setting clear boundaries they simply refuse to accept?”

While a third added, “Your baby, you have naming rights. Obviously, they have boundary issues.”