A woman has sparked a debate after condemning her cousin's baby name, saying it sounds like a nasal spray – but now her entire family have turned their backs on her.
Taking to Reddit, the cousin explained how Sarah proudly announced her son's name to the family over dinner – but everyone just sat there biting their tongues. She decided to speak up and 'say what everyone was thinking', hoping it would change Sarah's mind and save the boy from a lifetime of embarrassment.
Family dinner confrontation
She said on Reddit: "My cousin Sarah just had her first baby and honestly the name she picked is so ridiculous I couldn't just sit there and pretend it was normal during the family dinner last night."
"She named the poor kid Alegron which sounds exactly like something you’d take to stop sneezing in the spring and I’m apparently the massive jerk for pointing that out to everyone."
"She was doing that annoying thing where she makes everyone go around and say what their favourite thing about the baby is and when it got to me I just said he’s cute but he sounds like a prescription for hay fever."
Tears and backlash
However, Sarah didn't take too kindly to the comment and let out a gasp before bursting into tears.
The cousin added: "She said she and her husband spent months finding a name that was 'unique and strong' but come on if you name your kid something that sounds like it should have a warning about drowsiness on the back you have to expect people to notice.
"I tried to explain that I was actually doing her a favor because kids in middle school are going to be way meaner than me but she just kept sobbing about how I ruined her first outing since the hospital."
All the while, her brother was kicking her under the table, telling her to shut up – but the cousin claimed she "wasn't even being mean".
Reddit verdict
Wanting to know whether she was in the wrong, she added: "I was just being realistic and honestly if she didn't want opinions she shouldn't have asked for them in a room full of people.
"Now my mum is blowing up my phone saying I’m 'socially stunted' and demanding I send a formal apology but I feel like I’m the only one being honest while everyone else is just coddling her and letting this kid grow up with a name that belongs in a pharmacy aisle."
She added: "I even looked it up later and there is literally a drug called Allegra so I’m not even reaching here but everyone is acting like I slapped the baby instead of just giving some constructive feedback on a terrible naming choice. Am I the a***hole for not wanting my nephew to sound like a nasal spray?"
Commenting on her post, one user said: "The child is already named. Just leave little Allegra alone."
Another user added: "Little Ben only realised much later that Benadryl was not a regular name."
A third user said: "You could’ve gone about that in a nicer way or just says nothing at all even if the name does sound dumb. I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong to have that opinion though."
