I would have blocked them long ago so none of the conversations would have happened. Why do people get caught up in this? Just hang up und block them.

There is a bizarre subset of people who can only feel joy if they're stealing it from someone else.

They could have saved themselves a huge headache if they would have just blocked some phone numbers and told them to stay out of there lives from the get-go

Stole?? Can't you both use the same name for the kids?

3/4 down the article, they introduce the abbreviation "NC" and that lost me

What does NC stand for ?

"Goodness, SIL, you are so sweet. I'm beyond flattered that you would name your son after my son (who, while not yet born, is clearly already named). I had no idea you admired me so much. It's so cute that we're going to have two [names] running around, and I hope they're even better friends than us!"

TL:DR. The whole aside regarding the attempted theft was pushing it. The "as per my suggestion" part pushed it over the edge. The former adds nothing and the latter wreaks of arrogance.

SIL and MIL are obviously extremely toxic people and should not be in your lives.

Narcissists. It's a personality disorder.

WOW. I have 2 toxic AF sisters that I am NC with. They are just really horrible excuses for human beings. They're both younger than me, but the older of the 2 I haven't spoken to in over 20 years. Not only is she toxic, she's bat c**p crazy as well. I had always wanted to name any future daughter I had Jessica, after a dear childhood friend who had passed away. My sister knew this, so OF COURSE she named her daughter Jesica (but it's spelled different!). I did a pretty good job of pretending not to care and after a while I really didn't. It just further proved my stance on keeping her out of my life.

Not sure how the argument continued. Just stop speaking to them and leave it be.

What a long ass story. Imagine if after all of that, the kids just ended up going by different nicknames. That would be funny.

Aaand this is why I always say that blood bonds mean nothing... the most crazy, toxic, horrible people can be your closest relatives and complete strangers can turn into your true friends and family... Cut toxic people out of your life, people, it doesn't matter if they're "family"...

The SIL and MIL seem toxic but still is it a problem to have two kids with the same name? I wouldt care at all. I have two cousins who have the same names AND surnames and sometimes it is confusing to determine which one we are talking about but we are used to add a city of origin to their name to distinguish them. then I have counsins who have the same names but a different surnames. Dont know about the surnames in this story but I would say they at least have different surnames so what is the point here really. Your child has a name which has a significance for you. their child has the same name with zero significance other than to annoy other ppl. if that is what they want to go with I wouldnt care

That SIL is not right in the head.

Why is it always the people who deal out all the s**t who demand apologies from those they’ve dumped on, and always seem to get the backing from their families who also pile on?

When I was expecting my first child, we thought of naming male child after his grandfather (FIL) He was full of happiness! But crazy MIL screamed and cursed and threw things and said no "other woman" was naming a child after her husband Thankfully, first child was female. NC with MIL

... This WHOLE... (whatever IT is) was a VACUOUS exercise in "Who the hell CARES"... Jerry Springer material... no wait... it's BENEATH Springer-level vacuousness... this is just wasted time in someone's "life"... if you can even call it that. Reminds me of Junior High School drama... Find some better ways to waste your time here on Earth... Thanks! ✌

You get a standing round of applause!

Poor babies. No child asked to be called anything in particular. Both parties treated children as a paen in their games to be rude and cruel to each other. This is toxic as fk on both ends. Both should be ashamed and never should of started this bs over names. Sick really. Neither baby boys asked to be born to such a sick toxic family. Shame.

Remove there contact and NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER let her NEVER your child or else she might take it away and claim it's her child. People are stupid move away and cut all contacts from them

Some people love drama, others are just POS jerks. My cousin and her husband were trying to get pregnant and it just wasn’t happening. They went to in-vitro and spent a fortune they really struggled to make. Turns out my cousins body was having issues with preservatives used in the in-vitro process, the struggle went on for over a year. TBH her husband was a bit of a jerk, refusing to work for another man, so instead he had a paper route (not knocking gainful employment, but he was keeping them in poverty needlessly). He finally started his own business, my cousin supporting his dreams. He hired a woman who he constantly ridiculed and put down behind her back. He was awful. One day were we’re driving somewhere and we’re talking baby names, still hopeful. I told them I loved a particular name and they both agreed it was a good one. Then he dumped my cousin, married his employee and his first born was named that name I had mentioned in the car. He left my cousin devastated.

And who actually cares how many babies in the family is given the same name?

Unrelated kind of but my dad had two daughters when he met my mum. One of whom had the same name as my mum and also my dads surname despite their parents being divorced. So when my mum and dad married we had my mum and my sister with the same first and second name for years until my sister got married 😆

Well now I want to know the name.

Both sides sound like a bunch of douche bags.

I really don't understand why it's so important to "own" the name. SIL went to great lengths to get OP to change their baby's name. Is it really that important. Seems like a super petty situation.

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One of those. "Who the f#% cares stories". Get a life and some real problems. Ex girlfriend "stole" the name i wanted to give my son. She was faster, good for her. Found another name for my son. Problem solved.

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This was BSC for EI. ND, time will heal, but it sounds like SIL has DIs and is jealous of her HS's relationship. TB.