Woman Has Had Enough of Her Sister Pushing Her to Choose a “Bridgerton”-Inspired Baby Name
The sister wants the child to have a 'Bridgerton'-inspired name to complement that of her own child
A woman who will soon have her first child is frustrated with her sister, who recently gave birth and has become "obsessed" with offering up baby names
The sister wants the two to have children with complementary names inspired by the show Bridgerton
But the woman says she's had enough, and let her sister know to stop hounding her about the names
A 30-year-old pregnant woman says she's had it with her sister, who gave birth to her own child a few months ago and is now "obsessed" with the two children having complementary names inspired by the Netflix series Bridgerton.
In a post shared on Reddit, the anonymous woman writes: "My sister gave birth to her son George a few months ago. It was during the time our pregnancies overlapped that she became obsessed with this idea that if I had a girl I should name her Charlotte and then we'd have a George and a Charlotte."
"She's obsessed with all things Bridgerton so that's where her inspiration comes from. That and how she likes classic vintage names," the woman adds.
The sister, she says, has always been "a little opinionated" when it comes to baby names and even before either of the two were pregnant, had shot down potential baby names when they had discussed them.
"I had expressed that a little girl we met had a cute name (Meadow) and she was like omg no and that's not the kind of name we should ever consider for our future kids," the woman writes. "Another time after our cousin had a baby and she named him Dex I said how much I loved it. Afterward my sister was asking me why I'd lie and I told her I didn't and I really loved the name."
Once the two were pregnant at the same time, though, the sister became even pushier.
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"At the very start she told me I should choose a vintage name for a baby like Ethel, Evelyn or Arthur, Theodore. I told her I wasn't looking for name ideas and wouldn't discuss them with anyone but my husband," the woman writes. "Then when she had decided on George for her son she told me I needed to name my baby Charlotte if she's a girl. She wants me to use Edmund for a boy because of another Bridgerton character. I told her we weren't discussing names."
Still, the sister "kept bringing it up" and now the woman doesn't want to let her know that she's already decided on a name — and it isn't Charlotte.
"All this interference from my sister is pissing me off. I have changed the subject, walked away and hung up on her and it still doesn't stop her," she writes. "So the other day when she brought it up again I told her to stop. That I don't want to repeat myself anymore but if she wont shut up about the name Charlotte or what she wants me to name my child then we'll need some time apart and I won't answer any calls or go anywhere she is."
Her sister, she adds, is "pushing too much when this baby is not hers."
Other Reddit users have waded in to the discussion, with many saying the sister has overstepped.
"It would be petty to stop talking over baby names. It would NOT be petty to stop talking over having an established boundary stomped on again and again because she can’t let it go," writes one.
Adds another: "Seems your sister needs to have another baby ASAP so she can name her own child -- emphasis on 'her own' child."
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