Both Stepdaughter and Stepmother Wanted To Give Their Newborns The Same Name, Drama Ensues

• By Danish Faheem
• September 30, 2023
• 4 minutes read

Naming our children is a major activity as part of the whole pregnancy process. There is a lot of thought that goes into the decision after making a lot of considerations. The name that then gets decided is what you would use to call your child forever. It is a really cute exercise. A rule of thumb here is that parents prefer to pick names that no one else in the family and friend circle has.

In today’s story, we have got for you guys a drama that revolves around picking baby names. Reddit user u/Throwaway-babynam3 shared that because she and her stepmother didn’t have much of an age gap, the two got pregnant at the same time. No problem with that. The problem was that both the stepdaughter and the stepmother had decided to name their daughters “Elizabeth”. OP wanted to do so after her grandmother’s name and her stepmother wanted to do so after her best friend’s name who had passed away.

OP requested her stepmom and dad to pick another name but they refused to move. OP’s dad called her an AH for making such a request. The matter got taken to the courts of the subreddit “Am I The A$$hole?” by OP to know if not wanting her parents to name their child “Elizabeth” was the right thing to do or not.

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Source: u/Throwaway-babynam3

1. Can we do that? Let’s see.

2. Because there isn’t much of an age gap between OP and her stepmother, the two got pregnant at the same time.

3. OP always wanted to name her child Elizabeth. Her partner also liked the name.

4. However her stepmother also had plans to name her girl Elizabeth. OP was going to name her grill after her grandmother and her stepmom was going to name her daughter Elizabeth after her best friend who had passed away.

5. OP got upset by this news because according to her she picked the name first.

6. OP messaged her stepmother to ask her and her father to pick another name as the same names would create a lot of confusion.

I am sorry, woman, but who told you only you are entitled to the name Elizabeth? I know the story is yet to finish but I am declaring OP a major AH for this. She did not tell her parents she was going to name her child Elizabeth so it isn’t like they stole the idea from her or anything. OP should either get the name Elizabeth patented or shut the fu*k up and let her stepmom name her child whatever she wants.

Let’s see what happens next. Scroll down below to continue reading!

Source: u/Throwaway-babynam3

7. OP’s stepmom was clear about not changing the name. Her father was of the same view.

8. OP’s father called her selfish for making such a request.

9. He said because their daughter will be born first, they will take the name and OP would have to look for something else.

10. OP stood her ground as much as her parents so the matter got taken to the AITA community.

Source: u/Throwaway-babynam3

Here’s what the internet had to say about this:

11. OP literally made zero sense in this story.

Via SufficientStomach846

12. There are no weights attached to names. It is not like it can be more important to one than the other. Anyone can use any name.

Via Bostonya

13. But who will explain that to OP?

Via Lia_Delphine

14. See! Learn to live with your relatives instead of fighting over the smallest of issues.

Via ThingsWithString

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