On the British forum Mumsnet, a future mother shared her distress. Her sister, also pregnant, “reserves” first names so that she cannot use them!
These are more common stories than one might think. In the summer of 2022, we echoed a unpleasant situation for its protagonists: a woman who had managed to get pregnant after three attempts had been robbed by her sister-in-law of the first name she wanted to give to her first child for twelve years. Two months earlier, two future mothers were also fighting to give the same first name to their unborn baby.
More recently, Thursday June 15, Newsweek reported similar information. Recently, a user of the British parenting forum Mumsnet posted a post, spotted by the American generalist news magazine, in which she blames her sister – both of whom are pregnant – for set aside baby names, so that she does not use it. A behavior not at all to the taste of Internet userswho did not hesitate to tackle the sister of this woman!
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The pregnant woman supported by Internet users
In detail, while the user of this forum – whose pseudonym is “Pregnantforwaytolong” – still does not know the sex of her unborn baby, her sister already knows that she is expecting a boy. Neither one nor two, the latter gave him a male name that she planned to use for her infant. For this reason, “I immediately removed this name from my list”said the user in his message.
However, the story did not end there. “She continues to add names to her list. We are now at six or seven boy names [que ma sœur] is considering [de donner à son fils] and i guess thatshe doesn’t want me to use them“, detailed the exasperated mother-to-be. Before confiding that, if ever she gave birth to a little girlshe planned to baptize this one like their mother. This strongly displeased his sister, who judged that, if that were the case, her child would be “the favourite”.
A testimony to which other Internet users have not remained indifferent. They reacted in large numbers, prompting the future mother to select the first name of your choicewithout taking into account the opinion of his sister, whom they did not hesitate to describe as immature.
When giving birth, the choice of a first name is a huge responsibility for the parents. In recent years, many people have decided to baptize their child with a first name. mixed. Thus, in 2023, the sweet name Eden, of Hebrew originsits at the top of the podium.
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