Chip Chick
He still is very much so important to her, but she does not think he even would have liked her naming one of the babies after him.
“There are better ways of remembering him than giving his name to a child that will never have any real connection to him,” she concluded.
Her mother-in-law absolutely refuses to listen to her reasoning behind her name choices and went so far as to tell her that she will never talk to her for the rest of her life if one baby does not end up with the name Michael.
This poor mom-to-be is upset at the thought of not having her mother-in-law in her life, but she considers the ultimatum to not be just at all.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“…It sounds like she went through the grief of losing a son, but now she’s going through the grief of “what could have been” with the new babies on the way.”
“But naming one of them after Michael could open up a whole barrel of worms. The father might feel uncomfortable around that son which could manifest in favoritism toward the son named after his own father.”
“Or the ex-MIL might exhibit heavy favoritism toward him and spoil him. Either way, this could also drive a wedge between the twins.”
“Raising twins can be a challenge on its own: treating them both equally and as individuals. It’s hard enough for a twin to be seen as their own person, let alone constantly compared to someone who’s passed.”
“Every kid deserves to start life with a blank slate.”
