Pregnant woman says husband wants to name baby after the one who got away — and people aren’t having it

Hope Schreiber
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A pregnant woman seeks advice from Reddit after her husband informs her he wants to name their child after “the one who got away.” (Photo: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)
A pregnant woman seeks advice from Reddit after her husband informs her he wants to name their child after “the one who got away.” (Photo: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

On Thursday, a woman rocked Reddit when she shared a post on “relationship advice.” The title was, albeit, a bit deceiving: “Divorce on table because husband and I cant agree on baby’s name.” It seems drastic, no? Perchance you would change your mind when you read further.

The 23-year-old woman writes about her dilemma with her 24-year-old husband: “We’ve been dating for a year, been married for 2 years. I got pregnant like 7 months ago so recently we started discussing name for the baby.” Then, the plot thickens: “Ever since we found out its gonna be a girl my husband wants to name it like his exes name.”

But not just any ex. According to the wife, the ex is “the one he dated for long period of time and loved the most.”

“In the beginning of our relationship we had may problems because of her but she moved away so the problems went away,” which — spoiler alert — they clearly did not.

The post continues, “Now he made it clear that he wants the baby to have that name and I can name the second child. When I asked him why does he want that name so badly he said just because he and his ex didnt work out doesnt mean he doesnt want something to keep reminding him of her. He doesnt understand how much its affecting me and keeps saying its just the hormones.”

Naturally, people on Reddit were quick to support the wife and let her know it’s not just the hormones, honey.

“The MOST insane thing I’ve read ever,” wrote u/Yame2010. “Divorce seems inevitable anyway, might as well file.”

Tttapir, more to the point, just wrote, “This is insane.”

“Tell him that you want to name your second child after one of your previous f*** buddies because the sex was so good you just want to be reminded of it even though things didn’t work out,” wrote u/Shore16. “Like seriously what the f*** is he thinking. I don’t know your husband’s feelings towards his ex but it’s not normal.”

A surprising number of Reddit users, including Lelandra01, shared their own experiences of what it’s like to be named after your father’s mistress or former love interest: “I’m a girl who was named after my dad’s lover (mom had no idea) and I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE my name. He just casually told me on one occasion. In general, the name is beautiful but when I think about the reason why was I named like that it makes me puke. So for the love of god don’t ever name your child by your ex partner, it will bring a bitter taste to your child’s mouth (pondering of renaming myself in the future, yes it’s that dreadful for me).”

How would you handle the situation?

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