A woman was shocked by her mum’s “disrespectful” reaction after revealing her son’s name.
The new mum took to Reddit to ask for advice over the delicate situation – and explained that her parents separated years ago.
The break-up was very “messy” and the woman still harbours a lot of anger.
Now she is fuming that the baby has been named after her ex-partner’s dad.
Naturally, lots of people supported the new mum.
In the post, she said: “I recently gave birth to my second baby boy, my partner and I decided on the name Samuel.
“My partner loves the name and Samuel was my grandfather’s name – on my dad’s side.
“My mum and dad separate years ago and it was a MESSY break – which resulted in my mum and her mother-in-law (my nan) falling out massively.
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“(Again, for context – they fell out because my dad has moved on and my nan supported him. My mum still sees my dad as “hers”).
“Since then my mum has always declared how much she hates my nan and grandad, despite them both now being deceased.
“When I told my mum my son’s name, her face dropped and she said, “I won’t be calling him that.”
“Out of pure anger and post-baby emotion, I replied if she won’t be using his name she won’t be seeing him.
“She believes I’m being disrespectful to her for choosing that name and refuses to use a shortened version because it’s still “the same”.
“Am I being over-dramatic by being this annoyed? What would you do?”
The post was flooded with support for the new mum as people reassured her.
One user replied: “You’re not being over-dramatic at all, she’s being disrespectful to you.
“Samuel is a lovely name. I could understand her POV if you named your child something very unusual like… “demon” but Samuel is a lovely name that has meaning to you.
“I’d do exactly the same in your position and me and my partner aren’t even telling people our unborn babies name until he’s born.
“He’ll be introduced with what we decide to call him and that’s his name.
“If you want to be petty you could start calling her completely the wrong name out too…Gertrude works well.”
Another commented: “I would tell her to grow up and act like an adult because it’s not about her.
“Wow. Sorry but that is so toxic what she is doing and when is older and can understand that she hates his name it is going to really hurt him.”
A third added: “Tell your mum to get a grip! It’s not her baby to name!
“Just because she has hang-ups doesn’t mean you have to.
“She can choose to call your baby his name or not be in his life, that and that alone is her choice not his name.”
What do you think the woman should say to her mum? Comment below.