Reddit agrees that everyone in this situation regarding a name reveal could've been handled differently.
“My MIL has a family tradition that dates back many generations, naming the first born Diana if the first born was female and William if it was a male,” the pregnant mom continued. “My husband was not the first born and isn’t named William, so I didn’t think the ‘traditional’ naming would be passed on to us.”
But, everyone knows what happens when you assume! You make an a** out of yourself at the baby shower, apparently. “Little did I know that it would because MILs firstborn died too young to have kids and the naming tradition passed to my husband,” she continued, adding, “I was always hesitant to follow the tradition because I don’t like the names and they are very old and I don’t want my kid to get bullied just because of a dumb ‘tradition.
But the pregnant woman completely overreacted … in front of everybody. “I lost it and yelled at her that I’m not naming my child that and it’s my child not hers my husband says ITA but I think I’m not,” she wrote. “I don’t wanna name my kid some old Victorian name just because someone died, [since] the fight my MIL has tried to reach out to me but I don’t wanna talk to her so AITA?”
If you got lost in that slightly confusing rant, I’ll clear it up for you a little: the MIL was feeling nostalgic and sentimental about welcoming a new baby girl in her life after losing her own daughter too young, and her pregnant daughter-in-law yelled at her in front of everyone — in her own home.
Although, to be fair, the MIL should definitely not have tried saying this new baby was her daughter come back to life, nor should she have insisted on the name tradition.
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