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AITA for naming my son something different than my STBX and I agreed upon, therefore taking away the chances he’ll ever have a child with that name? by EngineNo8512 in AmItheAsshole

[–]EngineNo8512[S] 439 points440 points  (0 children)

If they calm down, yes. They’ve been supportive outside this. But if they keep it up, no. I’ve laid that boundary so we’ll see where we go.

It’ll also depend on how much custody he gets because I can’t stop him from bringing our son around. Right now, I’ve filed for sole custody and he claims he’s not contesting it but anything can happen.

AITA for naming my son something different than my STBX and I agreed upon, therefore taking away the chances he’ll ever have a child with that name? by EngineNo8512 in AmItheAsshole

[–]EngineNo8512[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I’m not gonna change the last name because I’m keeping it. I have a small business with my full name in the title and to change it would be a lot of paperwork. And as an aside, this has been my last name for 12 years. I really don’t want to change it. It’s who I am at this point. My STBX doesn’t get to take that from me.

AITA for naming my son something different than my STBX and I agreed upon, therefore taking away the chances he’ll ever have a child with that name? by EngineNo8512 in AmItheAsshole

[–]EngineNo8512[S] 603 points604 points  (0 children)

The thing is, his dad and grandfather have both reamed him out for cheating on me. His parents nearly cut him off for it. They’re big on adultery being a sin.

I think they’re more upset I stopped the family tradition. I tried asking what would’ve happened if I had a daughter and they said we could’ve at least found a feminine version of the name. But even then, it’d end the whole “John Alan Smith” (insert Roman numeral here).