Grandma’s reaction to her granddaughter’s name is absolutely uncalled for
When you share your chosen baby name with the world, there are some acceptable answers: things like “Congratulations” and “That’s a beautiful name.” But one new mom shared a story on Reddit about how her husband’s family reacted to her baby name announcement, and it’s one of the most unhinged things we’ve read in a hot minute.
“I just had a baby this week. My husband and I had a short list of names we liked, but decided to wait until meeting our daughter before selecting her official name,” the new mom wrote. “We were still in the hospital when we announced her name, and got a slew of the usual responses that normal, sane people say when hearing about the name of a baby (‘what a lovely name!’). Because saying anything different is insane, right?”
Um, yes, right. But she continued on to say that her husband texted the family group chat, and his mom responded to say, “No, I don’t really like that name. I much prefer Violet, what do you think about that?”
The mom wrote, “We were stunned. I simply cannot imagine being a family member who’s being INFORMED of a newborn’s name, and thinking you should have input.”
What’s even worse, she said, was that her poor husband was crushed by his mom’s response to their baby name.
“We LOVE our daughter’s name, and did not want to have our first moments with our daughter marred by this comment, so we ignored her text. SHE PROCEEDS TO CALL SEVERAL TIMES. We ignore the calls,” she wrote. “My husband calls her the next day when we are back at home. In that time, his sister has messaged him with several alternatives that she prefers (???). The mom asks him, ‘what does your wife’s family think?’ and he answers her ‘they all love it’ (they do). She LAUGHS and says, ‘they must not have good taste- nobody here likes it. Nobody.’”
Yes, this is getting further and further off the rails.
This poor mom concluded her post by saying, “We are sleep deprived. Coming down for an emotional high, during which our daughter was in NICU and I almost needed a blood transfusion because of how much blood I lost. My husband, so stoic and assured, is fucking crushed. I’m FUMING. I will NEVER forget how they made my husband feel during one of the most vulnerable and special times in his life.”
She also added in an edit that the baby’s name is Rosa, which is beautiful. Who knows what this mother-in-law’s problem is.
Thankfully, all the comments were absolutely supportive of mama and her husband.
“Tell your mother-in-law she is ridiculous and she can shut up immediately, if not sooner,” the top-voted comment reads.
Another highly voted comment says, “Rosa is a very pretty name. I’m so sorry your MIL is acting like this. Hope everything gets better soon.”
Yet another added, “I’m sorry you got that reaction. please stick with the name you love in spite of those assholes… that is just not an appropriate response to someone announcing their baby name.”
Here’s hoping this new mom takes the internet’s words to heart. Rosa is a perfectly lovely name, and her husband’s family’s reaction is completely out of pocket.
