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Naming your baby may seem like an easy task, but in reality, it’s far more complex. Aside from the challenge of narrowing down a list of names free from negative associations, parents-to-be must also find a name that both partners agree on. It’s not uncommon to discover a multitude of names you dislike when you’re well into your pregnancy and still undecided on a name for your impending arrival. Consequently, many parents opt to keep the chosen name a secret, avoiding unsolicited opinions and potential name theft until the baby’s birth.
Sharing the carefully selected name with someone only to have them use it for their child can be incredibly frustrating. While no one “owns” a name, it’s reasonable to expect a certain level of common decency. Recently, a Redditor shared a story on the AITA community about her experience with baby-name thievery. u/Longjumping-Week-182 recounted how she tricked her college friend with a fake baby name, one with having a bad meaning in Spanish after she kept pestering OP for telling her a name.
Continue reading to delve into the full story!
Source: Reddit
1. OP told her friend a fake baby name with a bad meaning to just stop her friend from pestering her but things took a wild turn when OP’s friend gave that name to her daughter.
2. OP and her college friend married into the same family and coincidentally they both are expecting their first babies pretty much at the same time.
3. Being friends, OP and Roxy were on good terms. But things took a bitter turn when Roxy started to pester OP to tell her what she would name her daughter if she was going to have one.
4. OP got annoyed with the constant pestering and turned towards her husband for help. Her husband suggested ‘Mi*rda’ as the fake name to tell Roxy.
5. To OP’s surprise, Roxy kept Mi*rda as her daughter’s name and lashed out at OP and her husband when she found out the meaning of Mi*rda from her doctor.
6. Roxy and her husband got so crossed with OP for telling them a bad name that they stopped talking to her and her husband.
7. Instead of lashing out at OP, maybe Roxy should have done some homework herself on the name she was going to give her daughter.
Now that you have read the story, it’s time for you to see what Redditors had to say about this. Read till the end to see what are other people’s opinions on this.
8. OP didn’t know she was going to steal the name so it was not a bad idea to tell a fake name to stop Roxy’s pestering.
9. Is not Mi*rda a well-known word worldwide?
10. Instead of stealing baby names, you can just look it up on the internet.
11. OP just told her a random name so Roxy stopped bothering her by asking again and again.
12. It is still quite unclear why one would like to steal a baby’s name and give it to their firstborn.
13. Being married into the same family, OP and her friend can’t have the same names for their babies because they would be having the same last name.
14. Speculations can be made that Roxy just wanted a little win on OP by naming her daughter what OP wanted to name her future daughter.
15. The internet can easily generate a good name for one’s baby instead of stealing one from someone.
16. Roxy worked hard to steal the name of OP’s future daughter. If only she worked a bit more to find the meaning of that name.
17. If you put so much effort into stealing a baby’s name it is just your inferiority complex working.
18. Telling bizarre names for your future child can be an effective way to stop name thievery.
19. Classic names are always a win, no one steals them.
20. ‘I think OP should just claim that she said Merida and Roxy just misheard her.’
I must say, the karmic justice that unfolded in this situation is quite satisfying. It’s a classic case of “mess around and find out.” I am curious to hear your thoughts on this story! Do you believe that OP was wrong for giving a fake name with a “secret” meaning? Or do you think that OP’s friend got what she deserved? Share your opinions in the comments section below.
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