Man's Sister-in-Law 'Reused' His Daughter's Middle Name — 30 Years Later, It's Still a Sore Subject

A man is taking to the Internet to share that, some 30 years ago, his sister-in-law "reused" his daughter's middle name when naming her own child. Now, all these years, later, the family is still talking about it — and he wants to know who, if anyone, made a wrong move.

In a post shared to Reddit, the man writes that his wife's sister gave birth to her daughter roughly one year after they had their own child. "[My sister-in-law] named her daughter with the same middle name as my daughter," he adds.

At the time, he writes, he "immediately brought this up and protested, but only to my wife, not to the in-laws...and was told it didn't matter, middle name and all that."

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And while he says he "didn't make a stink about it," he says he did "tease" his sister-in-law and her husband about it a "few times over the course of the first few months of their daughter's birth, and never mentioned it again."

Now, all these years later, his in-laws are "reminding me that I brought it up a few times in the early months of the new baby."

"My wife and SIL were very close and we all actually lived next door for a few years, then moved to different places about 5-6 blocks away. The children grew up with each other and we all spent time with everyone in the family all the time," he continues.

He continues: "I never said anything really ugly about [the name] but I did protest immediately to my wife. I never said anything in actual protest to SIL and BIL, but like I said, I did say things in a somewhat teasing manner, with an eye roll and a pursed lip occasionally, but after a few months it was never mentioned again."

Now, the children are "all in their 30s," but he is "getting heat" for the teasing he did all those years ago.

Reddit commenters are split on the issue, with some arguing that the man must have been more rude that he lets on for the family to still bring it up, 30 years later.

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Others, however, say the in-laws are simply bringing it up unnecessarily.

"Holding a 30 year grudge and bringing it up 30 years later is ridiculous and anybody who disagrees is just as ridiculous," wrote one commenter.

Added another commenter: "It's been THIRTY years? And people still care?"

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