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<p>It&#39;s always awkward when somebody has the same name as you. It&#39;s even more awkward when that somebody is a dog.</p><p>A woman found herself in a kerfuffle with her cousin that got so heated, their grandma even got involved. She posted on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/rw6q72/aita_for_not_wanting_to_change_my_dogs_name/">&quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot;</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My family has a dog named Lilly (not real name), she&rsquo;s a bit over a year old. For the holidays my dad&rsquo;s sister and her pregnant daughter came to visit. Keep in mind my family is not close at all with this aunt and cousin.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Once they got to the house they were introduced to the dog and acted really surprised when we said her name and mentioned that&rsquo;s what cousin was going to name the baby. No big deal, we laughed about it, said it was a cute name and moved on.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But no, the cousin did not move on, and began a campaign to change the dog&#39;s name.</p><blockquote> <p>Later on my dad comes to me and says his sister and my cousin feel uneasy about the dog having the same name as the baby, and would like us to give her away and get a new one with a different name. I said that they were crazy, why would I give away my dog that has been with us for a whole year because she wants to name her baby the same as my dog?</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>My dad said I should at least compromise and change her name to something else. I also disagreed. If it really bothers them this much they can name the baby that isn&rsquo;t even born yet something else.</p> </blockquote><p>Grandma got dragged into this, and she sides with the cousin:</p><blockquote> <p>My grandma is now involved and everybody seems to think that IATA (I Am The A**hole) because I won&rsquo;t rename or get rid of my dog. I really don&rsquo;t see the big deal, they can both have the same name, plenty of people have dogs out there with their names and it&rsquo;s nothing to be embarrassed by, it&rsquo;s literally a name someone likes and chose to name an animal they like!</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Am I really the asshole for wanting my dog to keep the name I chose for her and not letting my not close at all cousin have the name for her baby?</p> </blockquote><p>While her whole extended family might be on her cousin&#39;s side, at least the internet strangers have Original Poster&#39;s back. They unanimously ruled her Not The A**hole and criticized the cousin&#39;s entitlement and tactics.</p><p>&quot;NTA (Not The A**hole). Maybe they can name the baby the same as the dog and then give that baby away and get a new one!&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NUT-me-SHELL/">NUT-me-SHELL</a> joked.</p><p>&quot;NTA. If they aren&#39;t close enough to not have even heard the dog&#39;s name in a year, I don&#39;t think the baby sharing a name with the dog is going to have any effect in their life,&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Slow-Bumblebee-8609/">Slow-Bumblebee-8609</a> added.</p><p>It&#39;s not uncommon for humans to have the same name as dogs, and it&#39;s not as confusing as the cousin makes it out to be.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;I know of someone who married a man with the same name as her dog. Now they&#39;re known as Nigel (human) and Big Nigel (rottweiler). It&#39;s not that big a deal, especially when you barely know them,&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/riano25/">riano25</a> explained.</p><p>People criticized the cousin for being so callous as to assume that the family would give away the dog they&#39;ve had for a year.</p><p>&quot;NTA - their suggestion is incredibly entitled. I would tell every single one of your family members that you will under no circumstances change the name of your dog, case closed,&quot; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok-Succotash7483/">Ok-Succotash7483</a> wrote. &quot;If they suggest rehoming her one more time, I would literally hang up or walk away without a word. That suggestion does not deserve a response!&quot;</p><p>Hang up, walk away, and leave Grandma out of this.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she's wrong to refuse to change dog's name cousin wants for her baby.

It&#39;s always awkward when somebody has the same name as you. It&#39;s even more awkward when that somebody is a dog.A woman found herself in a kerfuffle with her cousin that got so heated, their grandma even got involved. She posted on &quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot;: My family has a dog named Lilly (not real name), she&rsquo;s a bit over a year old. For the holidays my dad&rsquo;s sister and her pregnant daughter came to visit. Keep in mind my family is not close at all with this aunt and cousin.  Once they got to the house they were introduced to the dog and acted really surprised when we said her name and mentioned that&rsquo;s what cousin was going to name the baby. No big deal, we laughed about it, said it was a cute name and moved on. But no, the cousin did not move on, and began a campaign to change the dog&#39;s name. Later on my dad comes to me and says his sister and my cousin feel uneasy about the dog having the same name as the baby, and would like us to give her away and get a new one with a different name. I said that they were crazy, why would I give away my dog that has been with us for a whole year because she wants to name her baby the same as my dog?  My dad said I should at least compromise and change her name to something else. I also disagreed. If it really bothers them this much they can name the baby that isn&rsquo;t even born yet something else. Grandma got dragged into this, and she sides with the cousin: My grandma is now involved and everybody seems to think that IATA (I Am The A**hole) because I won&rsquo;t rename or get rid of my dog. I really don&rsquo;t see the big deal, they can both have the same name, plenty of people have dogs out there with their names and it&rsquo;s nothing to be embarrassed by, it&rsquo;s literally a name someone likes and chose to name an animal they like!  Am I really the asshole for wanting my dog to keep the name I chose for her and not letting my not close at all cousin have the name for her baby? While her whole extended family might be on her cousin&#39;s side, at least the internet strangers have Original Poster&#39;s back. They unanimously ruled her Not The A**hole and criticized the cousin&#39;s entitlement and tactics.&quot;NTA (Not The A**hole). Maybe they can name the baby the same as the dog and then give that baby away and get a new one!&quot; NUT-me-SHELL joked.&quot;NTA. If they aren&#39;t close enough to not have even heard the dog&#39;s name in a year, I don&#39;t think the baby sharing a name with the dog is going to have any effect in their life,&quot; Slow-Bumblebee-8609 added.It&#39;s not uncommon for humans to have the same name as dogs, and it&#39;s not as confusing as the cousin makes it out to be.&quot;I know of someone who married a man with the same name as her dog. Now they&#39;re known as Nigel (human) and Big Nigel (rottweiler). It&#39;s not that big a deal, especially when you barely know them,&quot; riano25 explained.People criticized the cousin for being so callous as to assume that the family would give away the dog they&#39;ve had for a year.&quot;NTA - their suggestion is incredibly entitled. I would tell every single one of your family members that you will under no circumstances change the name of your dog, case closed,&quot; Ok-Succotash7483 wrote. &quot;If they suggest rehoming her one more time, I would literally hang up or walk away without a word. That suggestion does not deserve a response!&quot;Hang up, walk away, and leave Grandma out of this.

It&#39;s always awkward when somebody has the same name as you. It&#39;s even more awkward when that somebody is a dog.  A woman found herself in a kerfuffle with her cousin that got so heated, their grandma even got involved. She posted...