Choosing a baby's name can be an intimate and special moment, but sometimes relatives can't resist chiming in with their opinions, often unsolicited and sharp. A woman recently vented on Reddit about the harsh critique her father-in-law had for her chosen baby name, sparing no feelings in his assessment. Her post read: "I have begged my husband to keep our baby name a secret until we were a million percent confident that's the name we wanted to use (first and middle).
" 'My stepmom threatened to miss my wedding because of my dog' 'My friends hate my fiancé — I'm thinking about uninviting them to my wedding' She had compelling reasons for wanting to keep the name under wraps, particularly due to her family's tendency to be overly critical. She elaborated: "I would have loved to wait until birth to tell people because his family is beyond judgmental and can't keep their negative opinions to themselves." The struggle to find a mutually agreeable name was real, and while she wasn't one to be easily influenced, she still preferred privacy: "It took us forever to settle on a name we both liked, and while I'm not easily swayed, I still didn't want people knowing the baby's name before birth because I don't want to feel bad about the name we've chosen.
" Despite her best efforts, her husband let the cat out of the bag, leading to the dreaded fallout. She recounted: "Well, it finally got out because my husband, bless him, just can't keep a secret. And as I feared, negative comments .