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Paige Freshwater

'I named my baby after a Disney film, I'm furious my ex's new wife wants to copy'

A woman tried to take legal action against her ex-husband after decided to name his second daughter after a Disney character.

The 31-year-old shares a daughter, named Elsa, with her ex after taking inspiration from the Disney movie Frozen.

When their child was three-years-old, they decided to go their separate ways. But less than six months later, he started dating a woman 10 years his junior - and is now preparing for the arrival of their baby girl.

Taking to Reddit, the first wife said: "His girlfriend, 25, got pregnant very fast. Recently, he told me that they were having a girl. I am a huge fan of the movie Frozen, so when our six-year-old daughter was born I wanted to name her Elsa and my husband agreed to that.

The mum doesn't want them to have 'matching' names (stock photo) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

"I know it is a little dumb to name your kids after things like that but it is not a super unusual or ugly name, it is pretty and it means a lot to me.

"He explained to me that after he told his new wife the story behind the name of Elsa, she proposed that their daughter should be named Anna, so they could be sisters like in the movie."

Outraged, the woman blasted his new wife for "stealing" her idea and destroying her option to name her own future daughter Anna.

"It is totally unfair that they are stealing my naming process from me like that," she added.

"My ex-husband doesn't even like Frozen that much. He always said his favourite Disney animated movie was Bolt.

"I don't know if the mother likes Frozen but I am totally sure she doesn't like it as much as me.

Disney's Frozen (Disney)

"I demanded to him that they choose another name but he thinks I am acting crazy."

She called her divorce lawyer for back up - but was told there's nothing they can do about it on a legal level.

She said: "My mother just laughed at me. I feel so defeated. My sadness turned into anger and, in an impulse of rage, I called my ex-husband.

"I told him that if they insisted with using that name, I would do everything I could to sabotage the relationship between our daughter and theirs, so they never were real sisters like Elsa and Anna.

"He got really angry and said horrible things to me.

"I immediately regretted saying what I said and it is not true, I would never do that, but this whole situation has been so horrible for me and now he is really angry too.

"I think that I am ultimately in the right about why they shouldn't use that name but I was wrong in saying what I said."

Wanting to know whether she has taken things too far, she has asked Reddit users for their opinions and advice on what to do moving forward.

In response, one user said: "Lord, her own mother laughed at her. If that didn't tell her she was crazy, nothing will."

Another user added: "I would pay so much money to hear that phone call with the lawyer."

A third user said: "This is why people don't like Disney adults. As much as Frozen means the world to me, I would never actually do this to future kids."

Do you have a story to share? Email paige.freshwater@reachplc.com.

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