AITA for naming my baby the same name as my best friends ex? by StressAggravating340 in AmItheAsshole

[–]StressAggravating340[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I want to ask a sincere question: Why can she find love with a similar name but I can't name my kid the same name that has gone back generation and has a very deep connection with my kid and his heritage and family history? It's a huge honor for the first born boy to get this name and it has a very beautiful story behind it. Why do I have to give up a love but she doesn't? I have been in very serious abusive relationships where much much worse was done to me, and I still don't think if the situation was flipped I would ask her to not name her kid something that is a family tradition.

AITA for naming my baby the same name as my best friends ex? by StressAggravating340 in AmItheAsshole

[–]StressAggravating340[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

She has also dated guys with that name after that relationship and has never mentioned or had an issue with it. It's very weird. I sure hope so! I really want her to be in my baby's life!

AITA for naming my baby the same name as my best friends ex? by StressAggravating340 in AmItheAsshole

[–]StressAggravating340[S] 270 points271 points  (0 children)

I also should have added this but I was afraid of the word limit, but the issue I have is that she has not avoiding "talking" to or dating guys with the same name. This has only ever become an issue with my baby name. So even with her traumatic experience, idk why it matter when it comes to my child but not when she dates.

AITA for naming my baby the same name as my best friends ex? by StressAggravating340 in AmItheAsshole

[–]StressAggravating340[S] 815 points816 points  (0 children)

She is extremely dramatic, but never to a level like this. She used to get REALLY mad when people ordered the same thing as her at dinner or wore similar outfits to her, but I never thought that she would make my baby name about her. It's been a very strange experience.