A mum claimed her sister-in-law ‘stole’ the name she wanted to use for her child – but thanks to her elaborate revenge plot, the family now think she’s a ‘weirdo’
A mum has been praised for intentionally giving her son the same name as his cousin to make a point to her ‘entitled’ sister-in-law. The post resurfaced as a baby name expert revealed three things you must do before naming a child.
The woman explained that it’s a tradition in her Irish husband’s family to name the firstborn son Oisín – a name she “loves”.
However, she was surprised when her sister-in-law, who fell pregnant just two months before her, also chose the name Oisín for her son. She shared on Reddit: “Neither my family or my sister in-law have any other connection to Ireland.
“She got pregnant right around when I did and her son was born two months before ours. They named my nephew Oisín Miguel. I did get upset or anything.”
Despite knowing this would mean her son would share the same name as his cousin, she and her husband decided to continue with the tradition and named their son Oisín.
This decision didn’t sit well with her sister-in-law, who felt it would ‘complicate’ things within the family. She added: “When my son was born we named him Oisín Daniel. Like I had told her we would be doing. She has flipped out that two cousins will have the same name. She is nuts because our family is Hispanic and half of our cousins are named Carlos or Camilla.”
“She is trying to insist we call him by his middle name or change his name. I told her to p*** off. My mum is staying neutral but she was very surprised that my brother gave his son an Irish name he knew I was planning on using. She expected him to name him for our late father. Anyways my husband’s family thinks the whole thing is hilarious, my family thinks my sister in-law is a weirdo and she thinks I’m an a*****e for copying her.”
One user commented on her post: “She thought she was going to own the name by claiming it first, even though her reasoning for the name was that you didn’t own it. So she can either call her son Miguel, or put on her big-girl pants and live with the fact that cousins have the same name. It’s been known to happen.”
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Another user chimed in: “You’re right, anyone can use a name. That means even after she used a name that meant nothing to her, but so much to you and your hubby, it’s still OK to use that name. Tell the sis she can p*** off. You didn’t get mad when she took the name you planned on using.
“My family is similar… We had four John’s, two Rick’s who were cousins around the same age, and most women have some variation of the name Anne.”
A third user added: “Sounds like someone in the family likes to manufacture drama.”