Naming your baby is a really tough task. It's a moniker they'll carry for the rest of their lives - so you want it to reflect them perfectly.
Do you want something traditional? Modern? Or inspired by a relative? Wherever you get your baby name inspiration from, the likelihood is that you and your significant other will make the final decision.
But it wasn't that easy for one woman, whose in-laws are 'refusing' to see their baby because of a decision they made concerning his name.
They even offered the woman money to change their grandson's name, leaving the new mum fuming.
The woman took to Reddit's 'Am I the a**hole' forum to explain that she (25F) and her fiancé (27M) have a two-month-old son, and they were both "overjoyed at being parents."
However, this was slightly soured because her in-laws didn't approve of what they'd named their son.
She explained: "My in-laws have a tradition of giving the first-born son of every generation the same name. Let's say it's 'Peter'. This has been going on for about seven generations already, and they're very serious about it.
"My fiancé's eldest cousin was the latest person to get named Peter. Every one of his cousins has only had daughters so far, so our baby is the first son of his generation and consequently should get the name.
"I have no problem with the name Peter, and would've been okay with naming my son that. Unfortunately, that was also the name of my uncle, who died before I was born. I won't get into details, but it was tragic and traumatising for my family. My father never got over losing his younger brother."
The woman said that her grandmother had asked the whole family not to name any of their future children Peter during her lifetime due to the trauma, and she'd told her in-laws about the "promise."
"At first they seemed to not only be okay with us avoiding the name Peter, but also supportive of the one we chose", she explained.
"However, my grandmother sadly passed away when I was seven months pregnant. We traveled for her funeral. On our last days there, my in-laws called to offer me their condolences. Then my mother-in-law asked me if I was willing to 'think about the name Peter now.'"
The pair were then "insistent" that the name they had chosen was "awful", stating they "had to honour their tradition."
Her in-laws said that they had "only agreed to make an exception" because of her grandmother, stating that they had "no obligation to keep it now that she had passed."
When the baby was born, the in-laws were "furious that they had broken a seven-generation-old family tradition", calling them "selfish."
She said that her father-in-law had even offered them $1000 (£806) to change their son's name to Peter after he was born.
She finished the post by writing: "That was two months ago, and neither of my fiancé's parents have met the baby or seen us since I was pregnant. Most of my in-laws are on their side, and this is causing a huge rift between my fiancé and his family. He assures me he's fine, but I'm starting to feel really guilty about this."
In the comments, people were baffled by the tradition, urging them to "move on."
One wrote: "It's listed that long because of the shame and manipulation they are using on you now. Stand fast and be the change."
Another said: "Family name traditions are weird and you can do whatever you want and name your baby whatever you want. Keep pushing the 'I'm honouring my late grandmother's final wishes' hard so they see how unhinged they sound asking you to flout that."
"Just because they named their kids a name they didn't like to keep up a tradition, doesn't mean you have to. He is your son, you guys name him whatever you want", someone fumed.
Someone else suggested: "Two birds one stone- next girl born name her Petra the female version. You're carrying on the tradition while breaking the misogyny part of it."
What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments.
