It can be really hard to pretend you like someone’s baby name when, in reality, you find it to be ridiculous.
One woman’s Family has been refusing to show some support for her sister’s baby name after she decided to use the same name as her crazy high school bully.
Two months ago, her sister had a baby girl and decided to name her Olivia. This was odd, as her family actually has an intense history with the name Olivia.
“To make a long story short, I was bullied by a girl named Olivia for years,” she said.
“My parents had to move me out of our local, small school into a bigger one, and it did not stop there. What started as an eight-year-old being mean and cruel at times turned into a 16-year-old being arrested for harassing.”
Her bully, Olivia, wasn’t your average bully. Things were so bad that she was too scared to leave the house for four years. Olivia would sometimes follow her home to antagonize her further and her parents would have to call the police.
Although she doesn’t have to deal with her bully and stalker anymore, she’s still quite scarred from the whole experience. So, when her sister decided to name her new baby Olivia, you can imagine how shocked her family was.
When her mom asked her sister why she chose that name, she became defensive and said that Olivia is a beautiful and very popular name right now.
“My brothers told her she was insensitive and that they had no idea she cared so little about me, which added to the defensiveness,” she explained.
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“[My] dad didn’t say a lot, but he told her it would take some time for us all to adjust to the name. She did not like that. I actually didn’t say anything, but she started ranting and raving about how many people are named Olivia, and we’re not acting like that about them.”
While she wasn’t there during this initial conversation, her mom and brothers tried to stick up for her by telling her sister that while she should be able to name her child whatever she wants, it’s disappointing that she didn’t take into consideration how the name would make her feel and the feelings it would bring up.
A few weeks after her sister argued with her family, she called her up and said the entire rift over the name was her fault. Her sister told her she should have tried to support the name and turn things around.
When she reminded her sister that the name was really traumatic to hear, her sister told her she was old enough to act mature and “not take it out on her daughter.”
“I told her that she’s old enough to understand she can’t force our family to pretend we like her daughter’s name,” she recalled.
Now, her sister is very angry with her entire family.
Should she and her family look past her new niece’s name, or do they have a right to be upset?
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