Choosing a name for your baby can be thrilling and daunting at the same time but one expecting mom found herself in a difficult situation because of her nagging mother-in-law.
The wife took to Reddit and explained that she and her fiancé are expecting a baby girl and they were very excited as they have been preparing for parenthood.
Everyone in their family is excited about the arrival of their baby, especially the soon-to-be grandmother.
“She’s a very stubborn person and hasn’t really accepted me as part of the family yet,” the woman wrote.
“She always tells my fiancé how he could do so much better than me and that he’s fallen into the trap of having ‘my’ child.”
The pregnant woman said that her fiancé has already talked to his mother about it but she never apologized.
“Recently me and my fiancé have been coming up with names for our little girl and we both decided on the perfect name. A few days ago on a phone call, my fiancé accidentally slips up by telling my FMIL [future mother-in-law] that we’ve chosen a name.”
Because her mother-in-law has a habit of announcing everything on social media, they did not want to tell her the name until after their baby girl was born.
However, the mother-in-law has been messaging and calling them non-stop to find out her grandchild’s name.
“She tried guilt tripping my fiancé by telling him how he’s hurting her by not telling his own mother the name of her grandchild, that he doesn’t love her and that we (especially me) are gonna try and keep her from seeing the baby,” the woman revealed.
She then messaged her mother-in-law and said that if they would tell her the name of the baby but she can’t post it on social media.
“She agreed and I told her a fake name… Five minutes later into checking FB: ‘I can’t believe I’m going to be a granny to baby Charlotte next month. So proud of (fiancé’s name) and his partner!’
“My fiancé was furious and called her and told her that she was wrong to announce it. She said that she was so overjoyed by it that she couldn’t resist.”
Her fiancé then told his mother that ‘Charlotte’ was not the name and that they were not going to tell her until the baby was born.
“Her words were, ‘Who even tells their FMIL the wrong name of their grandchild?’”
Reddit users were quick to share their thoughts on the situation, with one person writing: “Y’all had a deal and she broke the terms.”
Another wrote: “Holy hell does FMIL have trouble with boundaries! She simply reaped what she sowed.”
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