A furious husband is demanding that his true-crime-loving wife change their twins’ names, after discovering she named them after mass murderers.

The dad-of-two says his wife has a ‘slightly irritating’ true crime hobby, which they try to keep separate from their relationship.

“For the most part, she’s normal about it and knows when to bring it up,” he explained. “I’m only reminded of it when she’s around another ‘aficionado’.”

The couple welcomed twin boys earlier this year, and the dad admits they had to do some negotiating when it came to their names.

“I know at the end of the day, she’s the one doing the hard work and has the final say, but she was inclined to eccentric, potentially life-ruining names that I had to talk her out of.

“One day she came to me with two surprisingly ordinary names. And named separately, no one would bat an eye at either one. In fact, no one batted an eye until recently.

“We were visiting family and she was showing off the kids when my sister-in-law (brother’s wife) took me aside and said, ‘Are you serious? You named your twins after them?’ I had no idea, I hadn’t made the connection until that moment.”

The boys names are Dylan and Eric. While they are very common names, they also happen to be the names of the teenage boys who killed 12 students and one teacher in the Columbine High School massacre.

“When I got home, I confronted her and demanded we change the names. She said it was just coincidence and that maybe subconsciously, she paired the names, but the names are common, and changing them would be a hassle and draw even more attention to it in the first place.

“I said we can simply explain we hadn’t made the connection at the time and decided to change it as soon as we realised. After all, my sister-in-law already said something! She won’t budge and I find it concerning. Am I wrong?”

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