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A furious mum says she’s set on sabotaging the relationship between her daughter and her ex and his partner’s new baby, all because of the name they’ve chosen.

The 31-year-old mum-of-one says her 35-year-old ex-husband got married six months ago, and his 25-year-old wife fell pregnant not long after. They recently revealed they’re having a baby girl.

“I am a huge fan of the movie Frozen, so when our daughter was born six years ago I wanted to name her Elsa and my husband agreed to that,” the woman explained on reddit.

“I know it is a little dumb to name your kids after things like that but it is not a super unusual or ugly name, it is pretty and it means a lot to me. My husband and I divorced when our daughter was three, we don’t hate each other but we are not best friends either.

“The issue with the new baby is that he explained to me that after he told his new wife the story behind the name of Elsa, she proposed that their daughter should be named Anna, so they could be sisters like in the movie.”

The very thought of her daughter’s half-sibling being named Anna has infuriated the mum, who has tried everything to stop it happening.

“For me it is totally unfair that they are stealing my naming process from me like that. What if I have another daughter? It would have been perfect to name her Anna and now I wouldn’t be able to do it without it looking like I am stealing from them. My husband doesn’t even like Frozen that much. He always said his favorite Disney animated movie was Bolt. I don’t know if the mother likes Frozen but I am totally sure she doesn’t like it as much as me.

“I demanded to him that they choose another name but he thinks I am acting crazy. I called my divorce lawyer but she doesn’t think there is anything we can do about this. My mother just laughed at me. I feel so defeated.”

The mum says she became so enraged that she threatened to make sure the girls didn’t have any sort of relationship, thwarting her ex’s plan for them to have a sisterly bond.

“My sadness turned into anger and, in an impulse of rage, I called my ex-husband. I told him that if they insisted with using that name, I would do everything I could to sabotage the relationship between our daughter and theirs, so they never were real sisters like Elsa and Anna. He got really angry and said horrible things to me.

“I immediately regretted saying what I said and it is not true, I would never do that, but this whole situation has been so horrible for me and now he is really angry too. I think that I am ultimately in the right about why they shouldn’t use that name but I was wrong in saying what I said. I want to insist on them picking another name but without going too far.”

She’s now wondering if she’s being the a**hole in the situation. Let us know what you think in the comments below. 

  • She sounds very controlling and immature. What a ridiculous drama over nothing of her concern.

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  • This mum sounds unreasonable to me, they are free to name their baby whatever they like

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  • The mum sounds so petty and immature. Let them name the baby whatever they like.

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  • They will name their daughter whatever they want, put aside this weird obsession with keeping names or naming processes for yourself and enjoy that your daughter will have a sibling that she can have something to bond over.

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  • The couple can name their baby whatever they like. Is she really going to be so ridiculous over a name?

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  • The husband and his new wife are entitled to name their daughter any name they like. The former wife is not in any position to dictate the name of the baby of her former husband.

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  • Omg this woman is way out of line. They can name their baby what they want and she can name hers what she wants. So what if her daughter ends up with two half sisters with the same name. And that is down right nasty stating she was going to sabotage the daughters relationship with her half sister. Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill. Keep the peace for the little girl stuck in the middles sake

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  • Seriously life’s to short
    You sound like a nutter carrying on over a name that you have no rights too…. So, Let it go!! Let it go!!

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  • I’m sorry but I think this mum is a bit crazy. It’s just a name. She doesn’t own the name Anna. Get a grip,

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  • People are always very iffy when it comes to names!
    I remember asking a gf of mine once what she was going to name her baby and she said to me, “I’m not telling because people steal names”. Ummm… I wasn’t even pregnant so how can I steal a name?!
    I guess she can still name the next baby Anna as at least people who actually know her know the story behind the names…

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  • Well she’s definitely being a bit of an idiot. It sounds like the new wife was actually trying to be nice and support a relationship between the two girls. Mum should have tried explaining her thought process calmly – it sounds like she just behaved like a nutcase.


    • Yes, she could see it from a positive side !

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  • Sounds a bit petty from all three of these adults tbh

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