A woman has been left horrified after hearing the names her friend has picked out for her newborn baby – and she’s not sure whether to confront her about it
Finding the perfect name for your baby is neither a perfect science nor a walk in the park. But what happens if you end up giving your child a name that sounds a little unusual?
This was the dilemma that faced one woman who shared her horror after discovering the names her friend has chosen for her newborn baby. The situation left her questioning how it might affect the youngster in years to come.
On the Reddit post entitled “My friends kids [sic.] names are awful and I want to say something”, the woman, known as Hermitcrab_momma, sought the advice of fellow users on how to approach the situation. She asked whether to speak now or forever hold her peace.
“I know that she’s my friend and I shouldn’t tell her anything about what she is naming her children since they are not mine,” she wrote. “But I have stood back and not said anything about any of her babies. Her first daughter is Brexleigh Ranee (literally pronounced Renee) and her second daughter is Bexlynn Grayce.”
She continued to detail how her friend wished to call her son Brodix, a name she reckons will lead to him being tormented during when he goes to school.
“It sounds like Bro D**ks. Why?!” she exclaimed. “I wanna say something so bad. Should I? Or should I just shut up?!”
Responding to her post, one user said: “Maybe deliberately pronounce it like ‘bro, d**ks’ when talking to her or ‘accidentally’ spell it Bro d**ks when texting her. That’s one of the worst names I’ve ever seen, you owe it to the kid to try to get through to his mum before she saddles him with a horrible name and a lifetime of ridicule.”
Another user chimed in: “I find it helps to ask ‘are you interested in/open to/looking for feedback or would you prefer only positive support?’ And most people say they are open to feedback and you get a better response. If she says no feedback please, then it’s not your place. Poor Bro-d**ks will have to take that up with her later. Poor poor Bro-d**k.”
A third user suggested: “Ask her to name her next child Belletrix Lestrange,” after the Harry Potter villain.
Another added: “If you say something be prepared to get extreme backlash. People who name their children things like this are beyond selfish and have no regard and or intelligence to recognise the future troubles their children will most definitely face.
“Of course, thinking about the child’s struggles in life is not important, what really matters is that everybody says ‘yes’ to everything the mother wants or does. It is time we stop considering mothers as sacred figures who have every rights. You just got a child, it’s a human being, not your belonging. It’s not an object. You don’t have rights upon it but duties towards them.”
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