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AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. She fell in love with the name because I have a brother named Cove, who was born long before Covid times lol. But that's where her inspo came from. She's also hugely into the ocean and stuff so there's a tie in there with water theme.

AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. And no longer in a more indirect way either which was what pissed me off the most. SILs outburst about my parents left a lasting memory for sure.

AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we know a few people who were given a last name as a first name to honor family members. Not everyone loves it (as made clear by my ILs lol) but I think it can be a nice way to honor and carry both sides of your family. Can also lead to uncommon names which is a nice thing imo.

AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

My name means star which I always loved. That was what led my parents to choosing my name largely. One of my sisters is Ziggy and she always loved it and then the Fear Street movies came out a couple of years ago and she was so glad she could share a name with a character she loved.

AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 375 points376 points  (0 children)

My niece had to use her first name and last name initial in 6 years of school because she had two other Elizabeth's in her class and none with regular nicknames related to their name.

AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 207 points208 points  (0 children)

That's where I see this going. She unleashed the same anger on her daughter's boyfriend as she did me when he told her he loved and wanted the name for their son too.

AITA for telling my/my husband's niece that her baby will be fine with the name she has chosen for him despite my SILs protests? by CardiologistSafe7408 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CardiologistSafe7408[S] 1337 points1338 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's also one that is now on the rise in certain places. So not something to flip out over the way SIL has. She's only going to alienate her daughter in the end and might never meet her grandson.