Choosing a baby name for your little one is undeniably difficult. It's an even harder decision when your family doesn't approve of the moniker in question.
An upset new mum has claimed that her mother-in-law hates her baby daughter's name. The situation has become so awkward that the woman refuses to even use it and continuously offers alternative suggestions or nicknames.
Taking to popular forum site Reddit, the woman confessed her sadness that her in-law hasn't warmed to the name of her and her partner's baby girl - Florence. She explained: "My partner and I have a 16-day-old little girl we decided to call Florence."
The woman went on: "We went to see his mother today so we could go out and run the other car and get some shopping.
"When asked what we had decided on for a name, we said Florence. She wasn't happy with that. Oh no she said. I'm not calling her that.
"To which we said Floss, Flossie, Flo, and she said no to those as well.
"She said she was going to call her Lauren (F-Lauren-ce) or Freya (which is my name).
"We both said that wasn't her name and we liked it. She really doesn't like it and to be honest, we're both really quite hurt by this."
Seeking advice, she questioned: "She even said I had such a pretty name why did I give her a name like that? What do we do?"
Flocking to the comment section, Reddit users sympathised with the upset mum - while several people shared suggestions on how to proceed with the situation.
One person suggested: "Start calling your mother-in-law Nigel until she desists. Whenever your mother-in-law calls your daughter by the wrong name, just say 'oh, Florence, isn't Nigel being silly!'.
Meanwhile, someone else questioned: "Tell her to get over it?"
"Tell her to f*** off?" A third asked. "That's the baby's name, either respect it or don't bother to come around her."
A different user penned: "Wow your mother-in-law is being incredibly rude."
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