Her Family Is Trying To Pressure Her Into Naming Her Baby After Her Sister, But She Doesn’t Want To Do This At All

morrowlight - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purpose only, not the actual person
morrowlight - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purpose only, not the actual person

A woman has a sister named Jenn that she has just never liked that much. Her mom and dad babied Jenn over the years, as she was born with a lazy eye and a cleft lip, though she did have surgery to fix the latter.

She feels as if her mom and dad really didn’t pay her any attention and doted on Jenn instead. She was largely an afterthought, and her mom and dad would forget to come to her school and sporting events.

Her parents would also never remember to pick her up from her events or get her presents on her birthday, yet they never forgot about Jenn and what Jenn needed.

Her parents are bad enough, but Jenn loved the fact that she was the favorite in the family, and she held that over her head in many ways growing up.

Jenn has a couple of health issues, though nothing major, and she’s probably never going to have kids of her own.

Well, she is currently pregnant with a daughter, and her whole family is trying to pressure her into naming her baby after her sister Jenn, but she doesn’t want to do this at all.

Jenn has also started obsessing over her unborn daughter. Jenn purchases things for her baby, sends her “instructions” regarding how the baby’s nursery needs to be decorated, and even created a baby name list.

Jenn put her name as the first option on the baby name list, and then went so far as to buy a baby onesie with “Mini Jenn” printed on the front since Jenn expects her to name her daughter Jenn too.

She told Jenn that she would not be naming her daughter the same name as her, before revealing that she would have kicked Jenn out of her life long ago, except that she’s her sister.

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What Jenn said in response to that was, well, rather strange.

“…She told me that since she allowed me to date her crush it’s only fair that she gets to pick the name of our first child,” she explained.

“Which I honestly find beyond ridiculous she didn’t even tell me that she liked the guy I was dating until I became engaged to him and she also continuously commented on how ugly she thought he was and even if that was the case, her logic still doesn’t make sense.”

After that conversation with Jenn, her mom and dad called her up to berate her for being self-centered and for hurting Jenn’s feelings.

Over the phone, her mom and dad said she needs to name her baby after her sister, as Jenn won’t ever know what it’s like to have her own kids.

If you’re curious as to why she hasn’t thrown all of her family members out of her life, she added that she’s hoping her mom and dad will “prove” that they really do love her “one day.”

She’s left wondering if she’s the worst for not wanting to name her baby Jenn. Do you think she should honor her family’s request, or pick whatever name she wants her daughter to have?

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