Redditor Wants Her MIL To Stop Calling Her Daughter By The Wrong Name, She Says She'll "Call Her What She Pleases"

There's always some tension with the in-laws, but we expect that when the MIL decides to purposely call her granddaughter the wrong name.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• March 7, 2023

Welcome back to another Reddit post where someone is looking for some advice and opinions from strangers on the internet. It might sound odd, but this is what we do here on Reddit, and it's actually pretty effective.

We are here today to dive into another post that was left on the AITA thread on Reddit so we can get an idea of the full story, form our own opinions, and see what other people had to say as well. So if you're interested in this type of thing, then you're sure to enjoy this post.

Today we'll be looking at a post that was submitted by a woman who has some concerns about her MIL not calling her daughter the right name. Ultimately her MIL came up with a nickname for her daughter and, from then on, introduced the granddaughter like that.

This obviously caused problems because nobody called their daughter by her correct name, but what might really surprise you is how her MIL responded to her request to call her by her correct name. So if you want to know what happened in the full story and also see what people had to say about it then you'll want to stay because we're going to give you the full details in this post.

OP starts off by explaining a bit about her and her partner and their history together.

She then goes on to say that they picked out a name for their daughter but that her MIL didn't like the name.

Her MIL then picked a nickname for her that they weren't exactly keen on, but they let her continue with it anyway because it's a nickname.

Eventually this became a problem as she'd always introduce her by the wrong name.

To which, her MIL responded that she would refer to her however she wanted because their name was too hard to remember.

Even after everything her MIL is still doing this and so OP has started correcting her on the spot, which is where she thinks she might be TA.

First comment says that she's NTA and goes into a deep dive on why her MIL is wrong for her actions.

This person continues on with a comment about how she is intentionally being difficult about the name.

This comment came in with a great response that OP can say anytime her MIL decides to say the wrong name.

Some people came for more information in the comments and OP responded saying that some of her friends said that she may have chosen the wrong hill to die on.

Then people started asking about the name, which is exactly what I think most of us want to know. Turns out that it's a beautiful name that isn't hard to pronounce.

Ultimately this is the bottom line. Her daughter's name is her daughter's name and that's not going to change no matter how many times her MIL wants to call her something different.

Her MIL is shaming all of them and it's honestly really sad that she won't accept her granddaughter's name.

We are on OP's side all the way with this one because someone's name is their name for a reason> Whether you like it or not, that's what they should be called, and her MIL, out of all people, should respect that.

We definitely don't blame her for making the decisions she made in response to her MIL's reaction.

Daphnie