Partners family crossing a line about our baby’s name.
I don’t know if I’m being a bit over sensitive/dramatic.
My baby will be having my partners surname, and his family have chosen the middle name - it’s tradition in their family for the first born son to have a particular middle name - I don’t really like the name but I agreed because it’s important to them.
I have chosen a first name I really love and my partner has agreed to it because he already has the middle and surname, but his family hate it and are trying to convince me out of it. They keep telling me it’s a horrible name and are trying to push other names on me that I don’t like. I’ve tried to explain why I like the name but they just won’t stop and accept it. I’m finding it quite rude and it’s beginning to hurt my feelings. It feels like they don’t care about me having any input in my son’s name at all.
Am I overreacting.. should I just ignore it, should I say something to them or should I consider changing the name since everyone seems to hate it so much?
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Ignore them. Im in the EXACT same boat!! Its been a few month now since telling them and I dont hear many comments now
Would love to know what name ! :)
I would speak up, and I am surprised that your partner hasn't. It's incredibly rude, especially when you have already been so accommodating to them. Aside from the importance of you naming your child what you want, and them supporting that, it sounds like it's also a good idea to set some boundaries of how much control they are going to have over your child...
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