A new mum has been left in a difficult position after her now ex-partner took issue with her refusing to name their child after him.
According to this frustrated mother, her ex's name is Charles Frederick, after his own father before him, and he had hoped to pass the same moniker onto his son.
Unfortunately, she absolutely detests the name and has since opted to call him Dominic instead, much to his annoyance.
Even though her baby's father doesn't even go by his own name, he had expected to pass it on to his own child in turn. Although he hasn't said anything directly, he has been making quite a few "slick little comments" on the subject.
Taking to Reddit, the conflicted new mother admitted: "I absolutely hate this name and the fact that he doesn't even go by his name. I assumed that he doesn't even like his own name."
She added: "Long story short, me and baby daddy had split up in my pregnancy and he wasn't there when our son was born which was my choice, because I didn't want the drama while my son was being born.
"I named my son Dominic. Even if we were together, I never would have agreed to name my child Charles whether we were together or not.
"Baby daddy hasn't said that he's p***** off that I didn't name him Charles, but he does make slick little comments that I had a lack of judgment when naming our child."
Reaching out to fellow Reddit users for advice, the unnamed woman wondered whether she had been wrong to disregard Charles' wishes, regardless of her personal dislike for the name.
Offering some reassurance, one person commented: "My brother was the third, and growing up we always called him the turd. So you are saving your son from that."
Another advised: "I worked in record keeping for seven years and had SO MANY people have issues with multigenerational names. I had to help one person prove they were alive after their dad died. It was such a huge problem."
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