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<p>Your kid&#39;s name can shape their entire life. So is it a good or bad idea to name them after a fictional character &mdash; especially a video game character?</p><p>That&#39;s what one dad-to-be is asking himself after he announced his intention to name his kid after a video game character, and his mom flipped out. She&#39;d rather he name the baby after her late brother, but he doesn&#39;t want to budge. He&#39;s wondering if he&#39;s in the wrong for &quot;snapping&quot; at her. He <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/oiuk61/aita_for_wanting_to_name_my_son_for_a_video_game/">took to Reddit</a> to ask for advice.</p><h2>He says the baby is the first grandchild for both sides of the family:</h2><blockquote> <p>My wife (26F) and I (27M) are both big gamers. We actually met through playing a game together online and it&#39;s important to us. We&#39;re expecting a baby boy in October and we couldn&#39;t be happier! This will be the first child for all of us, and the first grandchild/nibling on both sides of our families. So they&#39;re pretty excited to meet him too.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>He and his wife are in agreement on a specific name:</h2><blockquote> <p>Here&#39;s where the problem comes in. My wife and I were both greatly moved by the story of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. We consider him one of the best fictional characters of all time. I&#39;ve been playing video games for a long time and his story is the only one to ever make me cry. It was my wife who suggested that we use Arthur Morgan as the first and middle names for our son.</p> </blockquote><h2>They like the name on its own anyway:</h2><blockquote> <p>Not only would we be paying tribute to our favorite character, but there&#39;s nothing wrong or &#39;weird&#39; about the names, other than Arthur is a little old-fashioned now. But it isn&#39;t as if we&#39;re naming him Sonic the Hedgehog or Donkey Kong.</p> </blockquote><h2>But his mom has other ideas:</h2><blockquote> <p>My mother had a brother that died when I was about a year old, so I don&#39;t have any memories of him. She has been pressuring us to name our son after him. There&#39;s nothing wrong with his name, either. It&#39;s pretty common, think something like &quot;Robert John&quot;. It&#39;s just not what we wish to name our sprout.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>His mom is angry:</h2><blockquote> <p>My older brother left slip to my mother that the name we chose was from a video game character and she completely flipped out. She actually drove 30 minutes to our house so she could bang on our door and berate us in person for honoring someone who doesn&#39;t actually exist over her flesh-and-blood sibling. I understand that she still misses my uncle, but while this is may be her grandchild, he is still first and foremost our son and we already think of him as Arthur. That&#39;s going to be his name no matter how she feels about it. When we tried gently (and then firmly) to advise her that we respected her position but that we weren&#39;t going to budge on ours, she walked out and told us that she would have nothing to do with our son and would never acknowledge him as family.</p> </blockquote><h2>He&#39;s wondering if he&#39;s in the wrong:</h2><blockquote> <p>AITA for not making my mother happy and just giving her a freebie on this? I&#39;ve actually always had a really good relationship with her and it would hurt badly not to have her in my life or my son&#39;s life. My wife says that as parents we are going to have to learn to advocate for ourselves because people are always going to be telling us that we&#39;ve done something wrong and and disagreeing with our parenting decisions.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The people of Reddit agree whole-heartedly that his mom has no say here.</h2><p>NotaVampire2 says:</p><blockquote> <p>Your child, you and your spouse&#39;s choice.</p> <p>That simple.</p> </blockquote><p>And lovelycosmos agrees:</p><blockquote> <p>as long as the names are passable as normal names I don&#39;t see why not. I wouldn&#39;t think twice about a kid named Arthur Morgan. On the other hand if you named him Solid Snake...</p> </blockquote><p>keesouth thinks this is a pretty solid choice as far as video game names go:</p><blockquote> <p>I was prepared to hear some weird name that your poor kid would be saddled with but Arthur and Morgan are classic names. Your wife is right you do need to stand your ground. Your mother is using emotional blackmail and she can not be rewarded for that. I hope she realizes she&#39;s overreacting and will come around once she sees her grandchild.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And mamawiz92 thinks he&#39;s got a mom problem, not a name problem:</p><blockquote> <p>You get to name your own child. If your mother wants to sulk about it and be super butt hurt enough to disown you then she picked an unworthy hill to die on. Has she always been this bratty?</p> </blockquote><p>GivenToFly164 has some advice:</p><blockquote> <p>Yeah, stand your ground. I can&#39;t imagine this will be the last time she will have a strong opinion about your parenting. Better to settle this before you&#39;re exhausted and sleep-deprived.</p> </blockquote><p>And rx_khaleesi sums it up:</p><blockquote> <p>WE DON&rsquo;T NEGOTIATE WITH EMOTIONAL TERRORISTS!</p> </blockquote><h2>So, case closed. Arthur Morgan it is!</h2><p>Hope this grandma-to-be has an attitude adjustment before little Artie arrives.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Dad asks if it's wrong to name son after video game character instead of late uncle.

Your kid&#39;s name can shape their entire life. So is it a good or bad idea to name them after a fictional character &mdash; especially a video game character?That&#39;s what one dad-to-be is asking himself after he announced his intention to name his kid after a video game character, and his mom flipped out. She&#39;d rather he name the baby after her late brother, but he doesn&#39;t want to budge. He&#39;s wondering if he&#39;s in the wrong for &quot;snapping&quot; at her. He took to Reddit to ask for advice.He says the baby is the first grandchild for both sides of the family: My wife (26F) and I (27M) are both big gamers. We actually met through playing a game together online and it&#39;s important to us. We&#39;re expecting a baby boy in October and we couldn&#39;t be happier! This will be the first child for all of us, and the first grandchild/nibling on both sides of our families. So they&#39;re pretty excited to meet him too. He and his wife are in agreement on a specific name: Here&#39;s where the problem comes in. My wife and I were both greatly moved by the story of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. We consider him one of the best fictional characters of all time. I&#39;ve been playing video games for a long time and his story is the only one to ever make me cry. It was my wife who suggested that we use Arthur Morgan as the first and middle names for our son. They like the name on its own anyway: Not only would we be paying tribute to our favorite character, but there&#39;s nothing wrong or &#39;weird&#39; about the names, other than Arthur is a little old-fashioned now. But it isn&#39;t as if we&#39;re naming him Sonic the Hedgehog or Donkey Kong. But his mom has other ideas: My mother had a brother that died when I was about a year old, so I don&#39;t have any memories of him. She has been pressuring us to name our son after him. There&#39;s nothing wrong with his name, either. It&#39;s pretty common, think something like &quot;Robert John&quot;. It&#39;s just not what we wish to name our sprout. His mom is angry: My older brother left slip to my mother that the name we chose was from a video game character and she completely flipped out. She actually drove 30 minutes to our house so she could bang on our door and berate us in person for honoring someone who doesn&#39;t actually exist over her flesh-and-blood sibling. I understand that she still misses my uncle, but while this is may be her grandchild, he is still first and foremost our son and we already think of him as Arthur. That&#39;s going to be his name no matter how she feels about it. When we tried gently (and then firmly) to advise her that we respected her position but that we weren&#39;t going to budge on ours, she walked out and told us that she would have nothing to do with our son and would never acknowledge him as family. He&#39;s wondering if he&#39;s in the wrong: AITA for not making my mother happy and just giving her a freebie on this? I&#39;ve actually always had a really good relationship with her and it would hurt badly not to have her in my life or my son&#39;s life. My wife says that as parents we are going to have to learn to advocate for ourselves because people are always going to be telling us that we&#39;ve done something wrong and and disagreeing with our parenting decisions. The people of Reddit agree whole-heartedly that his mom has no say here.NotaVampire2 says: Your child, you and your spouse&#39;s choice. That simple. And lovelycosmos agrees: as long as the names are passable as normal names I don&#39;t see why not. I wouldn&#39;t think twice about a kid named Arthur Morgan. On the other hand if you named him Solid Snake... keesouth thinks this is a pretty solid choice as far as video game names go: I was prepared to hear some weird name that your poor kid would be saddled with but Arthur and Morgan are classic names. Your wife is right you do need to stand your ground. Your mother is using emotional blackmail and she can not be rewarded for that. I hope she realizes she&#39;s overreacting and will come around once she sees her grandchild. And mamawiz92 thinks he&#39;s got a mom problem, not a name problem: You get to name your own child. If your mother wants to sulk about it and be super butt hurt enough to disown you then she picked an unworthy hill to die on. Has she always been this bratty? GivenToFly164 has some advice: Yeah, stand your ground. I can&#39;t imagine this will be the last time she will have a strong opinion about your parenting. Better to settle this before you&#39;re exhausted and sleep-deprived. And rx_khaleesi sums it up: WE DON&rsquo;T NEGOTIATE WITH EMOTIONAL TERRORISTS! So, case closed. Arthur Morgan it is!Hope this grandma-to-be has an attitude adjustment before little Artie arrives.

Your kid&#39;s name can shape their entire life. So is it a good or bad idea to name them after a fictional character &mdash; especially a video game character?  That&#39;s what one dad-to-be is asking himself after he announced his...