"OUR baby!" ::family members creepily caress OP's belly:: <-that's all I was picturing while I was reading this story XD It's like the family members are going to seize the child after birth for some kind of human sacrifice and/or to spirit it away to be raised as the Antichrist or something.

The part where they made her cry and then LAUGHED ABOUT IT made my blood boil.

yitaf does brother just ASSUME he has naming rights over a baby that's not his? That's...kind of insane.

My wise mother - who had seven children - shared this advice with each of us: Never, ever reveal the name you’ve selected for your child before they are born!

This name was fine. But seriously, getting other people's input prevented me from giving my son a tragedeigh of a name. Sometimes input is good. And sometimes it's ridiculous. This woman's brother sounds creepy AF.

the raefarty flashbacks🤣🤣🤣. but yh the family is weird af it isnt 'their' baby fgs. the brother needs to get a life

The brother is weird and controlling and OP needs to GTFO. Also this is why you should never tell people what you are going to all your child until after the baby is born. People are far less willing to criticise after the birth. Charlotte is a gorgeous names - for goodness sake, it's fairly popular with British Royalty, Prince William's daighter is called Charlotte.

Weird! If your family thinks the name Charlotte is dated, they can call her Lotte, Charley, Lotty, Lotta, Carla, Lola... I have an old fashioned name, but only my parents and aunts call me like this, all the others use nicknames.

Her family is upset about charlotte? It’s a classic name.

As if new moms don't have enough to worry about. Seriously, the last thing little Charley's mom needs is to be bullied by her toxic family. I hope they figure their sh*t out!

When I first read the title of the post I thought this was going to be another one of those where the mother was going to name their child some strange way of a common name. Once I started reading g OP's story and found out what she wanted to name her baby, I agreed with her. The name of Charlotte is very good name. I have a older female friend named Charlotte. To me the name Charlotte is not that common but still not a weird name to name your child.

I'm hoping baby Charlotte (very lovely name, btw) grows up well and proceeds to pull a Flair aka puts all these delulu dumbsh*ts in Figure Eights until they bow down to the Queen. These dumbsh*ts wouldn't deserve anything less -_-"

Re partner in basic training, once that's completed she should go with him wherever he's transferred - but until they get married OP & the baby are "non-persons" to the military. Their transportation & moving costs to the new assignment won't be paid for; she & the baby will have no medical care provided; she won't have commissary or PX privileges. Her partner won't be able to list her as next of kin. There's always a waiting list for base housing anyway but it's only available to service members who are married. I hope everything works out, & "Charlotte," the name chosen by the baby's parents (the only people who have any right to even have an opinion on the subject), is a beautiful name. It's one of those strong names that command respect & will be advantageous to her as an adult - really, do you want to entrust your legal or financial affairs to somebody whose name is "Tawney" or "Aquarius" or "Tragedeigh"? It may not be fair but people make snap judgments when they hear a person's name.

Skipped passed everything shared here after reading just a couple of paragraphs to say this: Don't tell anyone the name before the baby is born and properly named. Just don't. If it's already the baby's name, people can't try to change your decition. It's too late. If you tell them whilst pregnant, peeople take it as an opening to argue agaist names they don't like.

Yeah that took waaay to long to get an apology.

Her family sounds exhausting. I wish her and her daughter and her partner all the best. Her brother has major boundary issues.

This is one of those stories where literally Noone in his right mind would call her AH. Also, Charlotte is a nice name

Do these people live under a rock? Are they completely unaware that Prince William and Princess Katherine named their daughter Charlotte? It's a timeless, beautiful name and it's as modern as it is classic.

Tell them she will be named after a beautiful spider who befriended a pig.

NTA This is horrible in so many ways. Where did they all get the idea that they could even express an opinion much less browbeat OP like that until she cried? "This is all our baby"? They're so incredibly adamant & insistent. & The brother is an out & out creep - I would never let him near a child. Furthermore, they know hers is a high-risk pregnancy but subjected her to a great deal of stress - you'd think somebody in the group would have stopped this abuse for that reason alone. Since OP says she has the means, she should get out now. Otherwise, if she & the baby return there after the birth, they're all going to "help" her with "our" baby whereas what they should do is ask her what she needs help with & then have enough respect for her as the mother to do exactly & only as she says - I don't see that happening & she'll probably end up having to fight to get control over her child. And no, "I did it THIS way when I had my babies," or "You should ....." I don't see that happening & i

This story is one of the dumbest things I've ever read! I pity the child being born in to that family.

Yet MORE 'rage bait' and a remarkably long one. Please BP have more happy posts!!