A Redditor went viral after asking if she was wrong to feel upset that her daughter’s father gave his newborn with his girlfriend the same name as their daughter together.
A few weeks ago, the mom made a post on the Reddit subreddit AmITheA—— explaining how the situation came to light.
Giving context to her readers, the mother explained that she has never been in a relationship with her daughter’s father, whom she calls her “friend,” and that he recently had a new child with his girlfriend of four years.
After her friend and his girlfriend were expecting a baby of their own, the mom revealed that she was as supportive as she could be, going so far as to offer to babysit so the two girls could bond.
“Overall, I thought everything was great and I was excited for my daughter to have a sibling because she always wanted one, but I wasn’t interested in having another child,” the woman said. However, things changed when the baby was born.
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“Three days ago my friend [her daughter’s father] and his girlfriend had a daughter, they asked me to bring my daughter to the hospital to meet her little sister yesterday along with the rest of the family,” she continued. “I did just that, but when they introduced us to the baby, I was shocked . They used my daughter’s name.”
“[The girlfriend] She didn’t seem to have a problem with it when she presented the baby bold as brass. My friend seemed uncomfortable and would not look at me directly. I asked them what they were playing, and then my friend’s father said he was going to take my daughter to the cafeteria to eat something and left with her.”
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Once it was just the three of them in the room, the Redditor’s friend and his girlfriend tried to rationalize their decision. “My friend told me to calm down and not exaggerate, while his girlfriend told me that she didn’t see a problem and that it was a nice name,” she said.
“I asked them if they would name a child for my daughter trying to figure out the logic here but his girlfriend said no it’s just a nice name she likes.”
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When she asked them if they planned to use a nickname or middle name when addressing their newborn daughter, they told her they didn’t see the need for it and even suggested that the woman’s daughter could use a nickname. “I immediately shut it down wondering why it made more sense for a girl who has been using that name for a decade to be ashamed of her name compared to a baby who has no idea what a name is yet.”
Comments on the post were filled with support for the mother, saying the girl’s decision seemed malicious.
“From the outside, it sure looks like she wants to replace her partner’s love for his first daughter with his new baby. Of course it’s creepy.”
Another pointed out that the two girls will be confused for the rest of their lives.
“They hid this for a reason. He was embarrassed for a reason. The same FIRST and LAST name is going to cause both of these girls problems in their lives, especially with the same father. Normally I would be a little more understanding of a woman who had just given birth, but she seemed to deliberately cold and cruel to your daughter (her stepdaughter) for doing this.”
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