A man has sought advice on the internet after his wife confronted him and demanded they change their firstborn child’s name.
As the man in question revealed in his Reddit post, he and his wife agreed to name their first baby, a girl, Violet Robin Smith.
Though she is already four-and-a-half years old, the man’s wife wants to change the child’s name to include her maiden name – Agassi.
According to the husband, his wife only called for a name change after their son, who is now 6 months old, was born and named Mitchell Agassi Smith, carrying both the mother’s and father’s surnames.
“My wife has been vocal about wanting to change our daughter’s middle name to her maiden name. Saying things like it’s been eating her up for years and it’s one of the ‘biggest regrets of her life.’ I’m not trying to add any hyperbole, but she’s getting really upset about it,” he wrote.
“She mentioned this in passing years ago as well, but I never paid a ton of attention to it to be honest. I thought it was a passing feeling and she’d get used to it over time.
I mean, we did pick it out together! It wasn’t under duress or anything. She feels that our daughter won’t have anything of hers in terms of her name. My wife’s middle name is her mother’s maiden name as well.”
As the troubled man explained, however, he believes it is too late to completely change their daughter’s name because she is already used to it.
While he suggested they rename their daughter to Violet Robin Agassi Smith to include his wife’s maiden name, the woman allegedly wants to get rid of her daughter’s current middle name, Robin, to make the format of the name match that of their six-month-old son.
This the father doesn’t want to agree to since his daughter is already commonly known and referred to as Robin.
“I feel like we are at an impasse. I brought it up this AM and she ended up crying afterwards when I reiterated that I didn’t want to change her name outright, but would be fine amending her overall name,” the man added.
“Can anyone give a some perspective her on having two middle names, changing names (at this age) and the idea of having the maiden name as something the child brings with them?”
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