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She made her opinion known

A woman has been ordered to apologise to her sister-in-law for making fun of her daughter’s ‘ridiculous’ name. She explained how her relative proudly announced her daughter’s name as America Dream, leaving the woman in stitches.

But after she realised she wasn’t joking, she started condemning her for ‘ruining’ her child’s life with such an obscure name. Taking to Reddit, she said: “At first I thought it was a joke so I laughed. She is dead serious. I told her that is a f***ing ridiculous name, and they are setting up their daughter for failure. My brother pulled me aside and said I was overreacting.

“My sister-in-law and brother want me to apologise. I told them I would not apologise for stating a fact, that name is ridiculous.” The woman went on to explain how she was named after an “extremely obscure animated character”, saying it has started to negatively impact her in life.

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“Thankfully, it was not well known growing up so I did not have many issues. As I got older the obscure nature kind of became less obscure, especially in my line of work and circles. I get jokes for my name, but I am older and can take a joke. I think for kids it is 1,000 times worse.”

Unconvinced that her brother is fully on board with the name, she plans on having a heart-to-heart with him to try to talk him out of it. “My sister-in-law does plan on it being a double name just like hers. She goes by her first and middle name, and she plans to do the same for her daughter. If it was just America I could see that, if it was Dream I could see that. The combo together especially with the intent to use it as a double name is what makes it ridiculous.”

Commenting on her post, one user said: “Children aren’t pets, you don’t just pull a name out of a hat. They have to live with that name for at least 18 years; which is 18 years of bullying, harassment, and more. I’ve seen people who do hiring say it’s a huge disadvantage to have a name like that. If there are thousands of candidates they just pick the ones with the easy names to even review. If it’s down to two perfectly identical candidates except for names, they’ll pick the easy name

Another user added: “America Dream? Seriously? The worst I’ve heard is ‘Number 16 Bus Shelter’ but this is pretty close. Their child is going to get bullied and by kids named Abcde.” A third user said: “That’s what you name a horse running the Kentucky Derby, not a child. I mean you’re not wrong for getting them to think about it, but the way you went about it was a bit too much.”

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