Have you ever had someone "steal" a baby name from you? For instance, let's say you've told your friend group for years that you would name your baby girl Grace, but then one of your best friends gets pregnant before you and names their daughter Grace. It would feel a bit unfair, wouldn't it? One woman has had a baby-naming drama, but it doesn't involve her friends. It involves her dad and stepmom. Her mom unexpectedly passed away last year, and it's been very hard on her and her three siblings. Her mom was a very clever and artistic person. She always wanted to have four kids and name them in a particular order, so their first name initials spell out the word "love." When she was younger, she asked her mom what she would do if she couldn't have any more kids before spelling out "love." Her mom said she'd like one of her children to carry out the tradition and finish the word for her. Before her mom's passing, all their family needed was one more sibling to be the "E" baby and finish the word. Her mom always said she'd love to have a daughter named Elise or a son named Emilio. But as time passed, the relationship between her parents worsened due to her dad's infidelity, so they always put off having a fourth child. Now, her dad has remarried, and her stepmom is the woman who used to be his mistress. She recently had a baby, and months before going into labor, she ran into some major drama with them. [caption id="attachment_254661" align="alignnone" width="595"] AnnaDemy - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person[/caption] Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox. When she was six to seven months pregnant, her dad and stepmom announced they were also expecting a baby. While she thought she'd be carrying on her mom's naming tradition herself, her dad and stepmom swooped in and announced they'd be naming their child Emilio. "My sister and I were horrified and spoke to my dad privately," she said. "While mom did want someone to continue on the acronym idea, we found it disrespectful to do it with the woman he was cheating on her with." She informed her dad that her mom wanted one of the kids to pass on her tradition, but he shut her down, telling her it would make more sense for his baby to complete the sibling acronym instead of hers. Two weeks before she gave birth, her dad and stepmom discovered they weren't having a baby boy like they thought. So when she gave birth to her daughter, she went ahead and named her the name her mom wanted, Elise, before they could use it for their baby girl. "They could name her Emily or something else, but it wouldn’t be the name my mother chose, and that's what mattered to me," she explained. "My father and especially my stepmother are furious at me for 'ruining' my mother's lasting wishes and tarnishing her idea." Now, she has some of her father's side of the family berating her and saying she was petty for naming her daughter Elise. She didn't expect to receive so much backlash and is very stressed out. Her dad and stepmom have begun taunting her, telling everyone their baby will be "the real 'E' baby." Should she feel bad for carrying on her mom's tradition, or are her dad and stepmom being too stubborn? You can read the original post on Reddit here. If true crime defines your free time, this is for you: join Chip Chick’s True Crime Tribe She Was A Driven College Student With A Bright Future, And She Vanished While Hiking In A Region Riddled With Supernatural Rumors She Was A Paleobiologist, And Her Expeditions To The Gobi Desert Were So Successful That She Brought Back Over 20 Tons Of Fossils You Can Actually Make Fertilizer For Your Garden Using Scraps From Your Kitchen, And Here's How She's Supposed To Be The Best Woman At Her Brother's Wedding But After She Found Out Her High School Bullies Are Going She's Bailing Her Daughter Just Confessed That She's Having An Affair With Her Best Friend's Husband, And She Doesn't Feel Bad For Being A Homewrecker An Increasing Percentage Of Childless U.S. Adults Do Not Anticipate Ever Having Kids She Matched With A Guy On A Dating App, And 6 Years Later, He Said He Couldn't Stop Thinking About Her Before Asking If She Was Still Single
