Although she had no issues naming her son Peter, her grandmother personally asked her not to name her future child Peter as long as she was still alive. When she told her in-laws this story, they understood and approved the alternative name they picked for their son. Then, her grandmother passed away while she was seven months pregnant.
Her in-laws offered their condolences, but her mother-in-law was very quick to ask if she’d reconsider naming their son Peter.
“Suddenly, they were insistent that the name we chose was awful, and we had to honor their tradition,” she recalled.
“According to them, they had only agreed to make an exception for us for my grandmother’s sake and had no obligation to keep it now that she had passed.”
Although her family agreed that she could use the name Peter if she wanted to, it’d be fine. But after her grandmother’s passing, it still didn’t feel right to name her son Peter.
So, when she gave birth two months ago, she and her fiancé named their son the alternative name they picked out. Ever since, her in-laws have been very upset, as they officially broke the family name tradition. Her in-laws told her and her husband they were selfish, and her father-in-law offered them money to switch their son’s name to Peter.
“Neither of my fiancé’s parents have met the baby or seen us since I was pregnant,” she added.
“Most of my in-laws are on their side, and this is causing a huge rift between my fiancé and his family. He assures me he’s fine, but I’m starting to feel really guilty about this.”
Should she feel guilty for breaking the name tradition?
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