Choosing a first name for a child can be a real source of confusion in a family. This is what this young mother discovered after revealing the first name of her little girl to her family. Her grandmother, not at all approving of the new parents’ choice, categorically refuses to meet her granddaughter.
In a family, the choice of a first name can turn into a real war that no one is ready for. If we have already had the testimony of this young girl who fell out with her best friend who chose the first name she wanted to give to her own son in homage to his father, it is the turn of a grandmother to have her say. Indeed, a young mother chose to share her story on the Reddit community forum, asking Internet users’ opinions on the situation she is experiencing.
If she did not choose a special or too original, or even crazy, name for her little girl, her grandmother did not have the reaction she expected. She explains that in her family there is a tradition which consists of keeping the first name of the future child secret until the birth, once the toddler is born, the first name is then communicated and the parents organize a small party during which the family gives them personalized gifts with the baby’s first name on them. She then wrote that the forum: “My grandmother always quilts a beautiful baby blanket and embroiders the baby’s name. She did it for all my sisters and cousins. But this time the problem is the name chosen by my husband and I for our little girl “.
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An upset grandmother who won’t budge
She gives context to the community by explaining that her grandmother has a story with her first name. Having been born under the name Lucille, she “from the age of eight told everyone she met that her name was Barbara. She did this for years until even her family called her Barbara. She even had her name legally changed.» If the young girl has already questioned her grandmother about this change of first name in the past, she always told her that it is “simply because she liked Barbara better”by adding : “It became a family joke, but she never seemed upset about it and always laughed with us.»
She also adds to justify the choice of her daughter’s first name, that her husband’s grandmother who raised her until she was 19 had her favorite celebrity, Lucille Ball, and that her husband and her grandmother had her favorite celebrity. habit of watching the film I love Lucy together, a way of honoring her with this first name as well: “We decided that Lucy was a name we both loved and that we would honor her grandmother and maybe it would make mine laugh a little.“. Once the birth is over, the young mother and her husband reveal the first name to the family via a Facetime call: “A few of my relatives laughed and said it was cute, but my grandmother was completely silent. When I asked her what was wrong, she demanded to know why I chose Lucy. I was shocked and confused. I started to try to explain, but she suddenly hung up“.
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A reaction which destroyed the atmosphere, but which especially saddened the young woman who understands nothing since her grandmother still refuses to speak to her today. She explains that she asked her older sister to defend her interests with her: “she said my grandmother was apparently offended and thought we were making fun of her. She said she wouldn’t come to the party in a few weeks to meet my daughter in person and she wouldn’t give us the baby blanket unless we apologized and changed our daughter’s name .» Today the young mother doesn’t know what to do and she asks for help from Internet users, should she give in and change her granddaughter’s name even if she doesn’t understand where the problem comes from or should she keep the first name initially chosen even though her equally perplexed family still told her that she should have asked the previous lady for permission first. Hopefully she finds some common ground and a way to communicate with each other.
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