Agreeing on a baby name with your partner can almost be like a negotiation — they want one name, you want another. Which is why one couple resorted to "taking turns" when it comes to naming their kids. But for this dad-to-be on Reddit, it’s his wife’s turn to pick out their baby name and let's just say this plan is backfiring for him thanks to her "unique" favorite.
The parents are expecting their second child and they have a system in place for how to name their kids.
As the original poster explained in the post on the Reddit forum, the OP got to name their first child and his wife got to name their second.
“She didn’t have any strong opinions or preferences with regards to naming our son so I went with what I thought was a strong, somewhat unique name but that could just as easily suit a musician as a lawyer or doctor,” he wrote. “I picked the name Calvin Heath, the middle name after my brother who unfortunately passed away and my wife was fine with it.”
Now, it’s the wife's turn — and her pick is a little less traditional.
She wants to name their daughter Ever Winter Rain, “where Ever is the first name and Winter Rain is the middle name.”
The OP is not a fan of this idea for his little girl — to say the least.
“I don’t think this is a good name and that it isn’t fair to our daughter because Ever is a word and I don’t think it passes the supreme court justice test — it doesn’t sound professional, it’s confusing because it’s a word and I don’t think it would suit her into adulthood,” the OP explained.
But in his wife’s opinion, a promise is a promise.
The OP tried to get her to tweak the name, maybe her middle name could be Emma instead?
“My wife refused,” the OP wrote. “But our agreement was that she got to pick the name. AITA if I refuse and don’t sign the birth certificate if she wants to name her Ever?”
Most people agreed — the name Ever should NEVER be used.
"Gonna go with [Not the A–hole] here just because your wife sucks at naming things," one person wrote. "I’m assuming the agreement was choosing the name within reason. That name is dignifiedly hot trash."
"Eve or Evelyn would be a good compromise but OP is right, that name is absolutely terrible," another commenter agreed.
"I weirdly like the name Ever, but Ever Winter Rain is an obnoxious mouthful, and that's without the last name!" a third commenter added.
Others thought the OP had to accept the wife's pick.
“[You're the A–hole]," one commenter wrote. "Don’t make deals if you’re not prepared to follow through. Also if you refused to sign the birth certificate over something this stupid, you would be signing divorce papers soon after."
"[You're the A–hole] if you don't sign the birth certificate for sure," another commenter added. "That's your kid, you did make an agreement, and honestly on the 'youneek' baby name scale what you've listed isn't as terrible as it could be (Idk if you gave a fake name and the real one is worse?)."
While a third commenter wrote: "Yikes, I’m not trying to be rude but her taste in names is middle school fan fiction levels of cringe. You’re not an asshole for not wanting your kid named that way, unfortunately it’s the agreement you made and YTA if you don’t uphold it. Unfortunately you made the incorrect assumption she would pick a more traditional name, that was the wrong call lol."
In the end, it seemed like the OP had come around to signing the child's birth certificate — but still wasn't sold on the choice of baby name.
"Okay I’m not actually going to refuse to sign the birth certificate over this but I’m going to try to sell her on the name Everly Winter Rain instead," OP wrote later in thread.
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