Husband Stunned by Wife’s Baby Name Suggestion with Connection to Surprising Person: ‘Absolutely Not’

A soon-to-be begetter says that he and his woman are astatine likelihood complete what to sanction their babe — and she's leaning toward nan sanction of her ex-boyfriend.

In a station shared to Reddit, nan anonymous 30-year-old man writes that nan mates is expecting a boy, and has precocious begun discussing names.

"She suggested nan sanction 'Lucas.' I thought it was a bully name, but past I remembered—that’s nan sanction of her ex-boyfriend," he writes. "Not conscionable immoderate ex, but nan feline she dated for six years earlier we sewage together."

"I laughed and said, 'Yeah, perfectly not,'" he continues. "She acted confused and asked why. I reminded her that Lucas was her semipermanent ex, and she rolled her eyes, saying, 'So what? It’s conscionable a name. I’ve ever loved it.' "

The man past told his woman that "it felt weird to sanction our boy aft a feline she utilized to beryllium successful emotion with."

"She said I was being ridiculous and insecure, that nan sanction has thing to do pinch him, and that I was ruining a sanction she’s loved since childhood," he recounts. "I told her location are virtually thousands of different names retired there, and I’d beryllium happy to talk options—but not this one."

Now, his woman is upset, accusing him of "overreacting and making a large woody retired of nothing." He wants to cognize who is successful nan wrong, and Reddit users were happy to stock their thoughts.

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"If he ever has a girl pinch his wife, he should propose naming her aft 1 of his semipermanent exes to spot if nan woman still feels nan aforesaid astir it being conscionable a name," 1 commenter writes. "I person a emotion that if nan tables were turned, nan woman would not beryllium happy."

"Why can't she person empathy pinch your feelings and chose immoderate different name?" different asks. "You are intelligibly uncomfortable pinch nan name, a partner should understand that and compromise."

Others consciousness nan female mightiness not beryllium complete her ex, pinch 1 writing, "So she’s consenting to commencement a warfare complete this name……… that’s not normal. I’d beryllium asking immoderate questions."