My husband wants to name our baby after a serial killer, it’s ridiculous but he can’t see the issue
A MUM-TO-BE has claimed her husband's suggestion for their unborn baby's name is 'idiotic at best, sociopathic at worst'.
The anonymous woman told that she and her husband had butt heads over what to call their child, who is expected in three months.
She revealed they were keeping the baby's gender a surprise, and were excited to welcome their child into the world after years of struggling to conceive.
However, the mum-to-be, 35, was becoming frustrated with her husband's baby name recommendations.
She explained that her husband loved his grandad and was gutted his child wouldn't be able to meet him, so wanted to call the child after his relative.
He wants to call the baby Theodore if it’s a boy, or Theodora if it’s a girl, and she added "either way, we will either call them Teddy, or Theo/Thea respectively."
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"It’s not that I mind the name, the issue is that our last name is Bounde; pronounced bun-dee.
"I asked my husband, do you really see no issue in naming our kid Teddy Bounde? You don’t think that would raise any questions?
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"He says no, he’s just honoring his grandpa; I told him he needs to think about how we will be perceived, how our child will be treated, and the implications that that name inherently carries.
"I literally had to spell out why that would be a horrible idea, and he still thinks I just hate his grandpa."
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She said she had to explain their child would be associated with the infamous serial killer from the 70's and 80's, and not his grandad.
She continued: "He kept pushing and pushing until I blew up and told him to stop with the idiotic suggestion, and that’s what it is; idiotic at best, sociopathic at worst.
"He got extremely upset and told his family and my parents, who are divided."
The mum-to-be explained that his family wanted their child to be named after his grandad but her parents agreed with her, saying: "They understand the social pariah we would make our child by giving them such a similar name to the person who did such abhorrent and downright evil things to so many women."
She asked users if she was in the wrong for not being onboard with the name, but most agreed with her.
One wrote: "Why does he love his grandpa more than his own child? I have bad news for your husband, grandpa is dead and won't know the difference. The kid will. Don't let him do it."
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"I was wondering why there was a problem until you said your last name. My mouth dropped open. You cannot name your kid after a serial killer. If you do, make sure to call him Theo or something....NOT TED. If it's a girl, Thea should be fine," said another user.
A third wrote: "He intent behind the name only has meaning to your husband. All it will mean to the kid is a life of ridicule. Use the grandpa's middle name if the child has to be named after him."
