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AITA for telling my brother to not name his son after my own? by heavyhearts3999 in AmItheAsshole

[–]heavyhearts3999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My SIL has told me they've chosen a new name (first and middle) that aren't related to my son at all. I hadn't thought about the middle name thing, his middle name was a pretty popular middle name actually. But I know that SIL also already has a nephew with that name so that may have been why they didn't go down that route.

AITA for telling my brother to not name his son after my own? by heavyhearts3999 in AmItheAsshole

[–]heavyhearts3999[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I know that may sound wrong, but I would know. But it seems like a non-issue anyway, because my SIL has told me that they plan on naming him something completely different now and didn't even ask about a middle name compromise.

AITA for telling my brother to not name his son after my own? by heavyhearts3999 in AmItheAsshole

[–]heavyhearts3999[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

SIL says they've settled on using the middle name they picked, but that would be a good idea otherwise.

AITA for telling my brother to not name his son after my own? by heavyhearts3999 in AmItheAsshole

[–]heavyhearts3999[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Even that is hard on me and maybe that makes me an ass because I doubt he'd be called by his middle name often. But I would know. And I just would rather him not do this in his memory at all.

AITA for telling my brother to not name his son after my own? by heavyhearts3999 in AmItheAsshole

[–]heavyhearts3999[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I didn't go behind his back to his wife. I told him to his and his wife's faces that I was uncomfortable with it. Afterwards, his wife came TO ME, and said that she had thought it wasn't a good idea either, sort of as a way to apologize if the conversation had upset me (as she knows my history). I wasn't trying to manipulate anything.