A husband has sparked a debate over his high decide for a child identify, after his spouse admitted she thinks it’s “horrible.”
In a current put up shared on Reddit, a lady requested fellow social media customers for assist, because the child identify that her companion’s “obsessed” with is one which she doesn’t like. She went on to share particulars in regards to the identify, Mips, and the way her husband has all the time been keen on it.
“My husband has been obsessive about this identify since earlier than we began having kids, and won’t let it go it doesn’t matter what I inform him,” she defined.
She then famous why she felt otherwise in regards to the identify, regardless of her husband’s constructive perspective.
“I feel the identify is mainly portray a goal on a child’s again and nobody will take them significantly,” she added. “My husband thinks it’s a cute identify and can begin a naming development.”
The lady shared that together with the identify Mips, her husband is “additionally optioning Mipsie.” After emphasizing that her companion was “severe” about this identify, she defined that she wished to persuade him that it was a “horrible” one, which is why she was posting on the Reddit web page.
Her put up shortly went viral, with greater than 18,000 upvotes. Within the feedback, a number of individuals criticized her husband’s child identify selection, with many claiming that it’s a nasty match for any youngster or grownup.
“Even when he likes it, naming a child is a two yeses or no scenario. Fortunate for you,” one wrote, whereas one other quipped: “If he needs to call one thing Mipsie, get a cat – Mips looks like such a cute animal identify!”
“Oh no. That could be a nice identify for a cat or a rabbit or a ridiculously fluffy canine,” a 3rd wrote. “One thing small and fuzzy. Not a grown-a** lady. I swear individuals overlook that infants grow to be adults sometime and should be saddled with the absurd names mother and father thought have been lovely embroidered on diaper baggage.”
Different individuals went on to slam the lady’s husband, with some going so far as claiming that she ought to finish her marriage and that her companion “must be stopped” from giving child identify concepts.
In an edit to the put up, she hit again at among the criticism, noting that she wouldn’t break up together with her “beautiful husband” over the scenario. She additionally shared that whereas she and her husband have a listing of child names they each like, Mips was the one one on the record that she didn’t like.
“It’s actually the one one I’ve needed to put a tough no on. He insists it’d be a very good identify for a child however fortunately he’s open to much more choices,” she added.
She then shared a message from her husband, who then acknowledged that “Mip/Mipsie” was a nasty identify. He additionally famous that following his and his spouse’s playful argument in regards to the identify – which he stated “was a Tremendous Mario 64 reference” – they each determined that on the finish of the day, they have been “all the time gonna identify [their] child one thing regular.”
This isn’t the primary time a dialogue about child names has gone viral. In a put up shared to Reddit’s “Am I The A**gap” discussion board in March, one lady was praised for capturing down her husband’s child identify for a lady, “Stuarta.” The identify was impressed by the identify Stuart Jr, since if the lady had a boy, she’d identify him after her husband.
“Apparently, [my husband’s] logic is that since Stuart ends in ‘t,’ we are able to simply add an ‘a’ to make it female,” she admitted. “I attempted explaining why that doesn’t fairly work, the way it sounds extra like a furnishings model than a human identify, how she’d be endlessly correcting individuals and explaining its origin.”
She began providing various names, some that had the identical “sound or that means” as “Stuart.” Whereas her husband wasn’t serious about any of these identify choices, she stated she nonetheless wasn’t going to call her youngster “Stuarta.”
“Now, I really like my husband dearly, and I perceive desirous to honor my household. However I can’t think about subjecting our daughter to a lifetime of awkward stares and infinite questions on her ‘uncommon’ identify. I additionally fear about potential bullying and the affect it may have on her vanity,” she defined.
