Chip Chick
John popped the question to her, and they became married. She invited her mother-in-law to her wedding, and her mother-in-law said to her that she knows that Michael is happy for her to have John.
It meant the world to her that her mother-in-law took the time to say that on her special day, but now her mother-in-law has stopped being supportive of her life choices.
When she discovered that she was pregnant, her mother-in-law was initially over the moon about getting to be a grandma to her children too.
However, when the discussion of what she was planning on naming her child was brought up (at this point in time, she did not know she was carrying twins), her mother-in-law couldn’t believe she was not going to name the baby Michael.
She wanted to name her child after John’s dad if it happened to be a boy. She found out at 20 weeks that she wasn’t carrying one baby, but two.
This started the tailspin for her mother-in-law.
“When I told her the news, she flat out told me that I had to name one of the babies after Michael, or she would never forgive me,” she said.
“When I told her that we weren’t going to do that, she absolutely flipped, saying that I was betraying the memory of her son.”
“I tried to make her understand that as much as I love and miss Michael, that chapter of my life is over, and I feel like it’s disrespectful to John to insist on naming one of his children after another man.”
John tried to tell her that he was ok if she wanted to name one of their sons Michael, but then he owned up to that making him feel a little weird.
Just because she is not going forward with naming one of their babies Michael doesn’t mean she has ignored her first husband.
