My family hates my son’s name – they made faces and called it a joke but karma came for my younger sister
A NEW mom has revealed her family got instant karma after bashing the name she chose to give her son.
She revealed that her relatives decided to give her newborn a nickname because they hated the name that she chose.
The mom took to Reddit’s Name Nerds forum to explain the situation four months after she gave her son a name that she settled on after asking people online for their help.
“We struggled with our son’s name. We named him at the last minute before leaving the hospital,” she wrote.
“We were between Elliott and Emmett. We posted on here and the majority of you guys liked Emmett best.
“When we officially announced the name to my family the reactions from my family were as follows:
“Mother – that’s… different (makes face)
“Sister 1 – are you serious? I thought it was a joke (we had sent them a photo of the birth certificate thing).
“Sister 2 – do you hate your kid?
“Stepdad – you let strangers on the internet name your kid?
“He’s four months now and they all still call him Diddums (from Bluey – my daughter nicknamed the baby before he was born) instead of his name because they don’t like it.
“I still get… ‘I can’t believe you named the kid Emmett’ comments.”
The mom asked members of the forum if her family was just being dramatic or if she had made the wrong choice.
She said: “I did some Googling earlier on and there isn’t much, but found a post where some people said it was insensitive to name a child Emmett because of the association with Emmett Till.
“Thoughts on that?”
A stream of commenters reassured the new mom that the name was a good choice and argued her family was being unreasonable.
One person wrote: “Emmett is not my style… but I couldn’t ever imagine shaming the name.
“Your family is being rude for no reason. You like the name, he’s your son.
“Their opinions don’t matter and if I were in your position, that’s exactly what I’d tell them. They can suck it. There’s nothing wrong with that name.”
Another said: “It’s a nice name and did not think of the Emmett Till association. Maybe because I know an Emmett and that is who I thought of when I read your post.
“I personally love the name Elliott and would have been my choice over Emmett but also nothing wrong with that name. I don’t hear it often.”
A third commented: “Emmett is an excellent name! People will have opinions no matter what you choose!
“Your kiddo will not suffer due to his name. My grandmother’s husband is an Emmett, in my mind, it’s somehow classic although not super common.”
The mom said her family has had a lot of disagreements that she can usually ignore but the name dispute stung.
However, an unexpected turn of events happened which allowed her to get the last laugh.
“The karma here is my younger sister is in her school play and they did Legally Blonde. Her best friend got the part of Emmett [laughing] so she had to hear it A LOT,” she wrote.