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Parent Won’t Make Son Change Hamster’s Name Which SIL Wants For Her Child, She Absolutely “Blows Up”
Have you ever encountered a pet with a “human” name? Perhaps even your own (!) name? Isn’t that just the best? I mean, you’re namesakes with this cute creature of pure bliss and happiness. If only you could swap places and sleep for 75% of the day instead of going back to your 9-5…
Turns out, though, sometimes people take offense to this! In this story, a parent clashed with a SIL, because auntie wanted to usurp their son’s hamster’s name – Amy – for her own soon-arriving daughter.
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Sharing a name with a carefree pet is definitely cute for most people, but it turns out that some think it’s “embarrassing”, to say the least
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A parent took it online to ask whether they’re a jerk for refusing to make their son rename his hamster “Amy”
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Soon after they got the hamster and named it (after Sonic’s girlfriend), their SIL became pregnant and decided that her daughter’s middle name will be Amy
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After considering the issue, the parent got back to the SIL, saying that they’ll stay firm on the name and she simply exploded
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The parent caught flak from family, but their mom probably summed it up best – the whole thing is just childish
Sometimes parents are really particular about names. If you gave me a dollar for every time I heard about two parents dueling it out whose baby name will prevail, I’d probably have… like 10 bucks. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s just enough to get a soda and chips in today’s economy.
And trust me, with a name like Larsas (with apparently only 2 more people of the same name in Lithuania) I’m your trusted authority on unique names.
Which means that I’ve never encountered a pet with my name, at least so far. For me, it’s a source of infinite despair, but it’s a clashing point for others, or so it appears.
In the original poster’s (OP) story, their sister-in-law decided that her upcoming daughter’s middle name would be Amy. It’s set, the name is Amy, so that means that OP’s son’s hamster can’t be named that same. Obviously.
The parent and son duo wasn’t going to back down as easily, especially as the SIL pretty much demanded that the poor hamster’s name be changed. It doesn’t help that Amy is Sonic’s canonical self-appointed girlfriend so you just know that the name has special meaning.
So when OP came back to the SIL, it didn’t go down well. She allegedly “blew up”, saying that it’s “embarrassing” to have a hamster share a name with her daughter. I think she kind of has it backwards – it’s not the hamster sharing, the daughter will be.
It’s only natural, the hamster is the original here, it got the name first.
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The idea that sharing a name with a pet is embarrassing is also pretty shallow. I mean, are you gonna get upset about every single thing that shares your daughter’s name? What about them being Sonic’s girlfriend? Amy from Futurama? Where does it start and where does it stop?
Besides the admittedly childish argument, the poster came under quite a lot of fire for dropping this emotionally-charged decision on their child. Especially the implied “you upset her” comment.
How could an 11-year-old upset anyone by naming their pet one or another way? The only person upsetting anyone really is the SIL.
If the association to the hamster’s name is going to live rent-free in her head if the name isn’t changed, wouldn’t it already be forever tarnished by this whole thing?
It’s also really silly to think that (middle name) Amy may ask her mom someday “how did you choose this name?” and get a “we stole it from a hamster, honey” reply. Plus it’s only a middle name! The whole situation is just ridiculous, no matter how you spin it.
If you’re similarly having troubles picking a name for a family pet, you could refer to How To Do That’s guide. Some good suggestions are to take a vote or sit in a circle around the dog, calling out a name until the dog comes to a person, meaning that name wins!
Don’t take the guide to heart though, as it suggests taking three suggestions for names, Arya, Skye, and Melania, and mashing them up, getting Skarlanya.
That’s a name for some kind of demon prince or Frankensteinian monster, not a pet.
The poster’s story collected over 16 thousand upvotes in mere days, with a 96% ratio and nearly 9k comments to boot. The community judged the poster not to be a jerk, but many did say that burdening the kid with adult emotions was uncalled for and could have been done better.
What are your thoughts about the story? Make sure to share them, along with your pets’ names in the comments, “human” or no!
The community judged the poster not to be a jerk, but many said they should never have burdened their child with such an “adult” emotional decision
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MakeupMama68 1 year ago
As someone named Amy, I would be quite honored to share a name with a tiny floof 🥰
Lakota Wolf 1 year ago (edited)
I’d be honored to hear ANYONE close to me named a pet after me (let some a child, lol) though I personally don’t think my name - Crystal - lends itself well to animals, unless it’s one of those well-coiffured smol dogs, or maybe a Persian cat. On a personal level, I’m not overly keen on “human” names for pets, but ffs, this was a KID and Sonic the Hedgehog’s gf is legit named Amy, so it’s totally okay. Adults naming their dog “Kevin” or “Dave” is a bit weirder, only because I can’t imagine yelling “DAVE! Stop humping that Weimaraner!” at the dog park, but that’s just me. XD
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MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
I have a guinea pig named Janice. I also have a neighbor named Janice. She thinks its hysterical (the neighbor, the pig really has no opinion on the subject).
Maria 1 year ago
Actually I asked Janice her opinion and she says "whee wee wee weee wee weee!"
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Adam Belaire 1 year ago
It's not like the doctor is going to say "Sorry, Amy is taken. Would you like Amy394, Amy139, or Amy2023?
Anne S. 1 year ago
Ha! But that might have been helpful for me in HS. Small school we had 25 or so in a classroom. 4 of us had the same name. Our lockers were near each other too. Ashley. Overused in 86'. Sometimes I think I should get a rat and name him R. Butler.
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Super Beast 1 year ago
The level of entitlement makes me feel like I'm going crazy. The audacity
ShellsBells 1 year ago
"Why should I change my name, (s)he's the one that sucks!" -Amy the Hamster, probably, after watching Office Space and quoting Michael Bolton.
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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)
You know, a friend of mine had a Rottweiler he adored named Kathy, decades before I met him. I’m downright proud and honored to have shared my name with a beloved pet like her. I bet someone out there right now has a hamster named Kathy, and I’m proud to share my name with that little fluffball too! In fact, here’s 100% blanket permission to name by of your pets Kathy that you want to! Doesn’t matter if they’re a dog, a hamster, a spider, a fish, I don’t care. Name them all Kathy. I will be proud to share my name with each and every one of them!
Brittney King 1 year ago
I shall christen my next tarantula KATHY- slayer of meal worms.
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Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
I disagree with those who say she shouldn't have brought it up with her son. I think he deserved to know, because SIL seems the type to make a snide comment down the line and try to embarrass or guilt him. good for him to know it could be coming instead of getting blind sided by his aunt suddenly acting nasty. but I wouldn't have pushed it like OP seemed to. "hey son, aunt wants to know if you want to change Amy's name to something else so she can give it to your cousin, what do you think about that?" and when he said no, that would be that. lol pregnant people can act crazy, that's for sure 😅
Scrolling Panda 1 year ago
You don't put the onus on a child because an adult might randomly be nasty to them. You put a hard stop to the whole thing by setting a boundary with the adult. If they act like an a*s after that, then they've just shown the whole family how civil they are willing to be towards children and you can pull them aside and censure them right then and there. It's never on the kid to fix how an adult feels.
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Panda-riffic 1 year ago
Is anyone in real life ever going to confuse Amy the person with Amy the hamster?
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"The wood shavings and teeny tiny poops on the floor? That must be the *other* Amy."
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Otto Katz 1 year ago
My husband had an affair, I divorced him. He then got her pregnant, and felt obligated to marry her. (30 years later, he's still regretting it ha!) She had the baby, and named her 'Shelby' . after her own dog. She named her daughter after her dog. She was a dipshit then, she's still a dipshit. And they deserve each other.
Mireille Oosterhof 1 year ago
Yeah, i know somebody who did exactly that. First Brutus the dog, and then Brutus the son. And they were both alive at that point....
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Sonja 1 year ago
I'd tell her about Amy Fisher. Let the picture of a murderer and porn star live in her head instead of a hamster! See how she likes that!
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
I had a pet rat who had the same name as one of my friends (by coincidence; I met the friend after naming the rat). When my friend found out she thought it was awesome! Later on I wrote a crime novel in which I *deliberately* named the psychopathic serial killer after my friend, and she thought it was THE BEST THING EVER. So yeah, she's now shared her name with a rat *and* a psycho who murders her victims by drugging them and encasing them in resin while still alive in order to make murder sculptures. I'd say a hamster is small potatoes by comparison. >:D Also this person is batpoop insane and shouldn't be taken the least bit seriously. I mean come on.
Libstak 1 year ago (edited)
I once had a co worker tell me they placed a bet on a horse named Libby because we shared the name. The horse came 1st and they were happy, I was happy too, loved the whole idea. I kept an eye out for that horse but it was a regional country race where he and his family were holidaying and guess she retired before she hit any big races cos I never did track her. Also, Im not into betting so the buzz faded pretty quick. Anyhow SIL is an entitled psycho brat with no fun in her soul.
Seabeast 1 year ago
Looks like there were at least 2 thoroughbreds called Libby. One born in 1963 and the other in 1989. __ https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=check&search_bar=horse&h=libby&g=5&inbred=Standard
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Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing: name the car “Amy,” the boat, the skunk under the house, the raccoon in the trash bins, the Roomba … name EVERYTHING “Amy” just to mess with and apparently p**s off this entitled halfwit. (Am I an 🫏🕳️ because I have NEVER met anyone named “Binky” so I don’t know what it feels like for anyone to “steal” my name, so I laugh at these people? There suuure seems to be a lotta people who feel entitled to be the only one with their name in their friend/family circles!)
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mooshoflove 1 year ago
I named my first ever pup, "Mila." 2 years later, she has a human cousin named Mila. Glad no one ever asked me to rename my pupper.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
I'd tell entitled SIL to use the name Amie and shove it! Wonder if that breeding bunch of ignoramuses aka SIL and husband/OP's brother know that there are multiple Amys out there? Is she going to make them all change their names? Good bloody luck with that. She's going to need it...!!!
Vira 1 year ago
I am horrified that woman is having a child. She threw a tantrum over a hamster name.
Elio 1 year ago
Mood. There's a lot of people named Amy, is the SIL going to freak out about that too. Besides, the hamster was here first.
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Tysha “tyshadragon” Dopson 1 year ago
My hamster, Nyx, has just gotten herself a middle name, and is now Nyx Amy Dragon 😂 (she seems quite happy about it).
Zenozenobee 1 year ago
In my neigborhooh, there is a golden retriever named Julia, a dalmatian named Thierry, a terrier named Georges and 2 hens named Athena and Adèle. If anyone with one of these named wants to be offended 😂
Pamela Blue 1 year ago
What I can't figure out is that Amy is going to be the kid's MIDDLE name. Most people aren't called by their middle name, so SIL's carry-on makes even less sense. I'm curious as to what the kid's first name is? I'm sure there will be a dog or cat around the neighbourhood somewhere with that name. LOL!
Debby Keir 1 year ago
We had problems deciding on a name and the only one we could fully agree on happened to be that of my aunt's dog (Sally) So eldest daughter was named after my aunt's dog - everyone knows, and thinks it's sweet (and she certainly doesn't mind.)
Brooke McElhannon 1 year ago
I always get excited when I meet an animal with the same name as me. Honestly makes me feel more special to share a name with such an adorable lovely animal. ❤️
Mireille Oosterhof 1 year ago
When my parents had to pick my name, they rather liked 'Susan'. But well, my Mother childhood doll already had that name, and my grandfathers horse. So they decided to switch. NOT because of the horse, mind you, but because adding a third susan would make it a bit hard to keep track. 😄
Trillian 1 year ago
A hamster lives around 2-3 years. Since the SIL just found out she's pregnant, by the time the kid learns her name the hamster will be an ex-hamster. So much ado about nothing.
Bored Retsuko 1 year ago
For real. I wouldn't even have bothered the child with this "problem". Why make him feel bad about such nonsense?
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Allen Packard 1 year ago
I come onto this site and lose hope for our continued existence as a species. NTA. Just wow.
Duvet Woman 1 year ago
Luckily I didn't have this issue. Nobody wanted to call their child Hammy.
The Last Silent Tiger 1 year ago
Sorry, but I'm naming my child Hamlet...
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deanna woods 1 year ago
If someone wanted to name their pet after me, it wouldn't bother me at all. I don't own the rights to my name. No one owns the rights to a name. The SIL sounds super annoying and I would not have much to do with her.
PeakyBlinder 1 year ago
WTF - if she does not like it, why doesn't she pick another Name for the child? I don't understand why you even bothered your son with this BS
Robin Roper 1 year ago
The family of one of my friends had a dog named after one of their son's girlfriends - the dog lasted way longer than the girlfriend. I'd be petty as heck and any name mentioned, I'd respond with "That's a nice name, too bad it was ruined when I met another XYZ girl/boy named that - she/he/they were just horrible/selfish/mean/fill in the blank.
Robyn Ward 1 year ago
It is/was/ a selected MIDDLE name, so not even a first name. How entitled some people are. What if she had a dog named Jack and she wanted that ....tough, get over yourself...NTA
JOHN DOE 1 year ago
Fist give the hampster a a prefix, Original Amy. Second, tell the SIL if she doesn't cool it, hamster #2 will share her baby's first name. Also casually mention that you have this or that friend whose snake or other random pets shares the same name as your hampster. Really ruin the name for her, like wasn't Buttafuoco's side piece named Amy. Sorry but the child should have been told but not asked to change the name. That was gross.
Kathleen Reiser 1 year ago
I had a cat named after me once, ' Little Kathleen '. I was beyond honored.
Kathy Potts 1 year ago
When we adopted our dog he came with the same name as one of my grand nephews. He was an older dog whose owner died unexpectedly. We never considered changing his name and no one has said anything about it. Maybe because we're all adults and act like adults. NTA.
Mikey Kliss 1 year ago
As a, Mike, I rarely go out in public without meeting another Mike. People share names, its a fact of life and doesnt matter whether its a person or an animal. Also, the SIL wanted Amy for the middle name so she needs to just BTFO. For the record, Amy is a character from Sonic so the boy loves his stuff lol
Tracy Sellars 1 year ago
My Nana was always proud that when in her early 20's a neighbor on the farm named a cow after her.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
I'd like to see more YTA posts. It seems that the vast majority comprises blatantly obvious NTA situations.
Hokuloa 1 year ago
People don’t seem to share the obvious YTAs as much, do they? I suppose that should bouy our faith in humanity that people at least recognize when they are being moronic a’holes
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AliJanx 1 year ago
NTA. Hamster's name remains Amy. Hamster will die, as all pets do, and then you can gently guide your child away from "family" names.
Nessie Will 1 year ago
It wasn't even a family name at the time. He named his hamster before they even knew that his aunt was considering Amy as a middle name.
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MonsterMum 1 year ago
I pet sat for my friendss recently. One of their gerbils shares a name with my daughter (12). My daughter thought it was cool.
Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 1 year ago
It bothers me intensely that perverse psycho SIL is about to have a child.
millac 1 year ago
Everyone sucks. Her son will actually realize that yeah, this does affect him, when his uncle, aunt, and new cousin all avoid him and this turns into a big gaping chasm of A Thing which affects every family holiday. Honestly, she should have kept her trap shut when she realized they were naming their kid Amy (be real: how many of us would know the name of a nephew's hamster?) warned her kid not to bring it up, and flat out lied that the name was now different, and then everyone could have gotten on with their lives. Now the OP thinks her brother and SIL are ridiculous and that she's somehow damaged her kid by asking him to rename a hamster, they hate her right back, and it will stay that way regardless if they name the kid Amy or are forced to change it.
brittany 1 year ago
i share a name with a pop singer and a country in western europe. i demand they both hence forth change their names because i will always connect those two things to my name forever. s/ is this girl for real? amy is a popular name ranking 216 in popularity. (not top 50 but not bad either)
Amy Pontious 1 year ago
NTA This is funny because my first name is Amy, I think it's cool that I share my name with a hamster! Your SIL is being childish and get over it please keep the name Amy!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Daycare Attendant Sun 1 year ago
But my name is xXAmyTheHedgeHamster91Xx, and you can't have it.
Ugh_What_Now 1 year ago
In between the article and this comment section "40 Of The Cutest Hamster Pics The Internet Has To Offer". Hehehe 😂
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago (edited)
So, the kid gets a hamster BEFORE the SIL even knows she's pregnant and wants HIM to change the name. WTF is with these entitled a**holes these days? I wouldn't even have mentioned it to my son, I just would have laughed at SIL and told her to go f*ck herself. I'm just so incredibly tired of this moronic bullsh*t. NO ONE OWNS A NAME. Share it (with a hamster probably no one will ever know exists) or change it. Do you know how many "Amy's" probably live in your ZIP code alone? You're an idiot.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
NTA necessarily-- but I kinda agree with Difficult-Problem696, especially the STFU parts. 1. Your son had tha hamster before SIL even found out she was pregnant; 2. Hamsters don't live that long; get over it or choose another baby name; 3. wth does ESH mean???
Michael Tyler 1 year ago
Find out what the first name is for her daughter, and go get a dog, cat or even a goldfish and go name it that!
Barrygirl1943 1 year ago
NTA and your mom is right - childish (on your SIL and brother’s part). The whole idea of wanting a child to change a pet’s name is ridiculous. Your initial joke about already having an Amy was reality and appropriate. The troubling part is that two people about to have responsibilities for a child can’t appreciate the joy of another child in their lives instantly saying “That’s Amy” for a pet he waited and worked so hard to get. I hope their hearts soften. It sounds like you did what you needed with your son. Dear Auntie or Uncle would have hit him with it at some time.
Nikki Angulo 1 year ago
I won’t say my dogs name, but when I call her and say her name and then ‘come’ really fast, it sounds just like my grandma’s maiden name, and I always smile a bit.
Shadow 1 year ago
Wow!!! All I can think of is the Seinfeld episode where George wants the name Seven for the kid he never ends up having!! Haha. Boy, is SIL going to be pissed when she finds out others in this world have the same name. Psychological secret . . . It's not the hamster, she's a psycho. NTA
Cathy Carey 1 year ago
It's the daughter's Middle name not her first name. This is ridiculous and makes me wonder about SIL's love for her in-laws. I wouldn't make him change the name; SIL needs to get over this non-issue. Wow, they really went all out for this little hamster with the huge cage and everything - respect.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Hit her back with "Oh no! You'll have to change your babies name. We had the hamster first and now every time we talk to the hamster we're going to be forced to think about your baby!"
Unaffected 1 year ago
I had two co workers, best friends, inseparable at work. One's daughter was called Linda.The other bought a dog and named it Linda.They never talked again, let alone work again!
dino_Z71 1 year ago (edited)
NTA. We see this type of post occasionally here on BP. I have decided that the imagined conflict between family members over pets that were named first and unborn babies is insane and unwarranted. There is a recurring theme these days (since 2017+-) of entitlement or exclusivity of people. I believe we are all special and individuals. I also believe we are all people and inside we are all the same. Don't we all just want to be happy, healthy and loved? AND, it's not even going to be the child's first name... No one can take a joke anymore...
Just saying 1 year ago
My childhood dog was called Amy, it's a great name. And it was a great opportunity for the kid to see how a reasonable adult a) copes with an unreasonable adult and b) how a reasonable adult sorts out a misunderstanding with a child.
Lunicia the crazy healer 1 year ago
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Granted, I was pissed at my SIL after she gave her daughter the name I had already choosen for my second daughter (but hers was born first, but she knew that I wanted to name my next daughter this specific name), but it never even crossed my mind to ask her to change her baby's name because of that. And in this case, it's about a hamster! He won't be around long (which is sad), but it's name shouldn't be an issue to begin with!
John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
Your SIL suffers from main character syndrome and needs to get it fixed.
ravenhorse 1 year ago
The hamster was named first, and your SIL sounds like someone to go no contact with. No way your son should even be involved in the matter. SIL is pathetic IMO
E V 1 year ago
I've met a few people with the name "Amy". SIL can get over self. Nothing special about the name just to be an @$$ over a pet sharing the name that was around BEFORE the baby or knowing the gender. Thank goodness I was reasonable during my pregnancy. Good lord. SIL needs to grow up.
FantastiKitty 1 year ago
When I was born, my mom was criticized for giving me the same name as one of her friends' dog. I love it.
Bobbi McGough Robert 1 year ago
I wouldn't tell my son to pick another name. SIL needs to grow up!
Bobbi McGough Robert 1 year ago
Parents don't "own" names. Tell her to grow the f* up and move on with life!.
brandyy17 1 year ago
my friend has a mouse named chrissy and my name is christie. she even told me she named her mouse after me cuz im her best friend and ive done so much for her. do i mind sharing my name with a mouse? heck no! im honored shed name her little ball of floof after me. im even more honored that she thinks so highly of me shed name her pet mouse after me. her mouse is absolutely adorable too. it loves going into pockets. if u have a hoodie b careful wen leaving her house. i cant tell u how many times i had to turn around and walk back bc i found chrissy in my pocket. she likes hoods more so i tend to forget about the pockets lol. she also likes the sound of flip flops so if ur wearing flip flops she will chase after u. she also has a HUGE personality for a tiny mouse. my friend even managed to house train her and she understands wen u r talking to her. she will listen to every word u say then respond accordingly. chrissy is now 3 years old and the vet fully believes she will outlive the average lifespan of a mouse bc of how healthy she is
Sara Wilson 1 year ago
That hamster will live forever, rent free, in this woman's mind, regardless of whether or not she names this kid Amy. But I am already feeling VERY sorry for this little girl. Seems to me she has a "Karen" or at least a "Karen in Training" for a mom.
Sara Wilson 1 year ago
So, working from her mindset (apparently), she's NOT ok with her daughter having the same name as a pet in the family, but ok sharing with someone like Amy Fischer? Does this mean that there can no longer be ANY animals named Amy ever? And what if they have more kids? Or what about any pets already named Amy? Does the Sonic "universe" now need to change Sonic's GF's name or they have to break up? I mean, where does this end? She's being ridiculous, and honestly, OP did more than I would! I would have given it one pass to the kid and that would have been it. New moms/parents r starting to get as entitled as Brides these days!
Tell Me A Yarn 1 year ago
I meet people with my first name all over. Now my middle name is quite unique. I've never met anyone with my middle name. Google hasn't had any luck with it at all, I've tried multiple times and it tries to auto correct to Layette. Laysette... Where my mother came up with it is beyond me.
WonderWoman 1 year ago
Oh my gosh, I can't even fathom asking someone to change the name of a pet because I want to name my kid that. I hope the SIL always thinks of a hamster when she uses the name. A.L.W.A.Y.S.
JayWantsACat 1 year ago (edited)
Amy isn't even the kid's first name, FFS. I'd be petty and agree to change the hamster's name... but change it to the kid's first name.
Scrolling Panda 1 year ago
You should never have involved the child AT ALL. You and SIL are the adults in the situation and you should have handled it between you...after that if SHE tried to bring it t up with him you should have stepped in and put her in her place, THEN explained to him that she was being unreasonable. Everyone demanding your son accommodate her are refusing to acknowledge him as a person with feelings of his own equal in value to hers and need to be reminded of that. You failed to protect him from this, but you can continue to support him by putting a swift and definitive end to this idiocy by taking a hard stance on it and brooking no argument from anyone involved.
Yettichild 1 year ago
I used to work in an animal shelter. Trust me, unless your name is HIGHLY unusual, there is an animal sharing your name. Hell! I gave my sister a fossil of a trilobite and she named him Kevin. So congrats all you Kevin's out there! You share a name with a trilobite. Not to be confused with a troglodite. That's different.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
NTA. 1. Its her kids MIDDLE name not first name. 2. Whats her plan when you tell her Amy (hamster) is named after a sonic hedgehog character? She plan to call Sonic creators up and demand they change the name too? Entitled is what she is.
Ozymandias73 1 year ago
She might as well email, call, text, fax, telegram, pony express every other Amy, Aimee, Amie, etc. in the world and tell them all she wants that name b/c end of the world if another person or pet has that name. Sheesh.
Zoe Duddle 1 year ago
She doesn’t even want to name her child Amy, she wants it as a middle name! Who would ever confuse a child with a completely different first name with a hamster they don’t even know exists?
Janet Howe 1 year ago
Of all the dumb c**p that comes thru BP, this is the dumbest. NTA, but if OP hadn't made a joke about it, SIL, would never have known. SIL has some screws loose. Let's blame it on hormones, because it's hard to believe anybody is that petty. "I'll always know...??" Get a grip lady. It's a hamster. Probably wont be alive for more than another 8 months.
RandomlyRan Cannabis 1 year ago
Eh.....if it was a dog would she want them to change the dogs name? BUT also she shouldn't have put it together for the SIL either. That's just not smart. I have dogs named Avery and Frank, when I meet a person with that name I don't say "Hey that's my dog's name."
Featherking 1 year ago (edited)
Hey, MY name is Mim. Yes. Like the dumpy Disney witch with purple hair. I LOVE it - legit; no sarcasm. I don’t see how sharing name with a hamster could possibly be a bad thing.
Yer maw 1 year ago
Saw this the other day and was contributing in the original post. Then I took my son for new school shoes and the person in the shop was called Amy - and I sad "oh like the hamster" like it was common knowledge everywhere
Michael Largey 1 year ago
The SIL should be returned to whatever pet store she came from. The mistake was allowing her to breed in captivity.
The Last Silent Tiger 1 year ago
Tell SIL that you'll make your son change the name, but you know someone you hate at work with the same first name as what she wants to name her daughter so she has to change it. You cannot look at her daughter without feeling those negative emotions. If she gives an excuse, give her back that same excuse why your son shouldn't change the name.
Spittnimage 1 year ago
If you had a kid named Amy would brother and SIL expect you to change it? They chose to use the name, they don't own it.
Adeline Bennett 1 year ago
I wouldn't have even entertained that bullshxt and certainly wouldn't have addressed it with my son.
Ash Conner 1 year ago
Sometimes people get very irrational while being pregnant. I have been pregnant myself. I'm not stereo typing or anything like that. But sometimes people really do get rational when hormones are not balanced. You just have to be careful in handling things with somebody going through this. It's it's Hard. What she said was absolutely ridiculous for your kid to change the hamsters name. It's a hamster not a dog. On top of amy is a middle name that she was going to use. So not a dog and not a first name. Personally, I think it's cool through the hamster and the little baby to share her name. The little girl probably think it's cool too. Just maybe she should just have a heart to heart with the sister in law and show her that the kids would think it's the coolest thing, Even though she is definitely not named after the hamster, Just cool that they share the same name.
LayDiva in the Zone 1 year ago
Sis, why do you need advice when you should already know you're dealing with idiots? Sis in law is weird and so is your brother for harping on a common name like Amy. Like it's so special and unique lol. How about you being the AH because you made your son upset over an adult's craziness? I would have laughed in their faces.
Annette Scott 1 year ago
SIL is TA for tellingly no you to force your child to rename his pet that he named prior to her finding out she and brother are expecting a girl. Quite frankly instead of trying to get your son to rename his pet you should have told SIL that she should change their expected daughter’s middle name as Amy was already taken before she knew she was having a girl! Also you should apologize to your son for trying to get him to change his pets name after he chose that name before knowing Aunt was having a girl and wanted that name🤬
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 1 year ago (edited)
I would totally name my kid after a hamster. I mean, Indiana Jones was named after the family dog. If she can't deal with a hamster, let's see how she deals with Amy Starr, Amy Reid or Amy Anderssen (the ladies are cute, too but very unlike the hamster NSFW). Or if we want to go really, really dark, try Amy Fisher, Amy Bishop or Amy Archer-Gilligan.
Brittany Copeland 1 year ago (edited)
My first cat shared a name with my dad's other daughter (I was 5 at the time, and the cat came before the sister). My stepmother apparently went off on my mom for allowing me to name her that. Mom had no contact with them that wasn't court enforced, so I'm curious how she was supposed to know that they wanted to name the daughter she didn't even know they were having that when even I didn't know. I just liked the name. Mom didn't tell be about this until well into my teenage years and after my precious girl was gone, but I'm still confused about the WHY of the situation.
Rob Tobi 1 year ago
It will be the kids middle name for god sakes she can get over it! I would get a fancy name plate done up for Amy the Hamster and proudly display it in front of Amy the Hamsters home 🐹 I am female and was given the name of my father .. who was given the name of his uncle and so back through the generations .. I have cousins with the same name ...and it is also a popular dogs name. .. my own husband as a kid had a dog with the same name as me. I was teased and bullied over my name growing up but I cant imagine demanding people change their pets name, who gives a shite! It's a cute little hamster
Sarah Young 1 year ago
I can report my mother's name is Amy and she is perfectly fine with sharing with a hamster.
MakeupMama68 1 year ago
This pales in comparison to Steven Segal naming his baby after his kid’s nanny who he was cheating on then wife Kelly Le Brock with 😱 That’s other level D**k move
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
Why do so many brides and mothers to be act like they're so fricken special and unique? Millions of people get married every single day. Millions of people have babies every day. It's not that big a deal to anyone but you.
Houseof No 1 year ago (edited)
Back in the day we would have called this either a tempest in a teapot or making a mountain out of a mole hill. That hamster has a life expectancy of 18 months to three years. Human beings live on average into their mid to late 70s. I am pretty sure that unborn child is NOT going to be scarred for life sharing a name with a rodent only expected to live for a few years. It's disgusting how petty this woman is. Just my opinion. "I'm laughing at the 'superior intelligence.." James T. Kirk (portrayed by William Shatner) Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan (1982).
Ty Stratton-Quirk 1 year ago
I have a sibling who shared a name with one of the family cats, (the cat was named first, by the way) and we never had any problems...mostly because he never came when called anyway.
Captain Kyra 1 year ago
My name is shared by a beautiful pitbull, even though it's a different spelling. It's currently a popular name in science fiction. When my friends named their dog the mother of the family was afraid I'd be offended. I told her only if they picked it because it fit a female dog.
Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago
This is so ridiculous it feels like it should be made up. She needs to change her baby's name then!! The kid chose "Amy" first and sorry she has no right to make him change it. I can't believe the mother would even ask that's pretty messed up. She essentially took her side initially by asking her son to partake in this ridiculous request. In his eyes especially.
MakeupMama68 1 year ago
As someone named Amy, I would be quite honored to share a name with a tiny floof 🥰
Lakota Wolf 1 year ago (edited)
I’d be honored to hear ANYONE close to me named a pet after me (let some a child, lol) though I personally don’t think my name - Crystal - lends itself well to animals, unless it’s one of those well-coiffured smol dogs, or maybe a Persian cat. On a personal level, I’m not overly keen on “human” names for pets, but ffs, this was a KID and Sonic the Hedgehog’s gf is legit named Amy, so it’s totally okay. Adults naming their dog “Kevin” or “Dave” is a bit weirder, only because I can’t imagine yelling “DAVE! Stop humping that Weimaraner!” at the dog park, but that’s just me. XD
Load More Replies... MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
I have a guinea pig named Janice. I also have a neighbor named Janice. She thinks its hysterical (the neighbor, the pig really has no opinion on the subject).
Maria 1 year ago
Actually I asked Janice her opinion and she says "whee wee wee weee wee weee!"
Load More Replies... Adam Belaire 1 year ago
It's not like the doctor is going to say "Sorry, Amy is taken. Would you like Amy394, Amy139, or Amy2023?
Anne S. 1 year ago
Ha! But that might have been helpful for me in HS. Small school we had 25 or so in a classroom. 4 of us had the same name. Our lockers were near each other too. Ashley. Overused in 86'. Sometimes I think I should get a rat and name him R. Butler.
Load More Replies... Super Beast 1 year ago
The level of entitlement makes me feel like I'm going crazy. The audacity
ShellsBells 1 year ago
"Why should I change my name, (s)he's the one that sucks!" -Amy the Hamster, probably, after watching Office Space and quoting Michael Bolton.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)
You know, a friend of mine had a Rottweiler he adored named Kathy, decades before I met him. I’m downright proud and honored to have shared my name with a beloved pet like her. I bet someone out there right now has a hamster named Kathy, and I’m proud to share my name with that little fluffball too! In fact, here’s 100% blanket permission to name by of your pets Kathy that you want to! Doesn’t matter if they’re a dog, a hamster, a spider, a fish, I don’t care. Name them all Kathy. I will be proud to share my name with each and every one of them!
Brittney King 1 year ago
I shall christen my next tarantula KATHY- slayer of meal worms.
Load More Replies... Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
I disagree with those who say she shouldn't have brought it up with her son. I think he deserved to know, because SIL seems the type to make a snide comment down the line and try to embarrass or guilt him. good for him to know it could be coming instead of getting blind sided by his aunt suddenly acting nasty. but I wouldn't have pushed it like OP seemed to. "hey son, aunt wants to know if you want to change Amy's name to something else so she can give it to your cousin, what do you think about that?" and when he said no, that would be that. lol pregnant people can act crazy, that's for sure 😅
Scrolling Panda 1 year ago
You don't put the onus on a child because an adult might randomly be nasty to them. You put a hard stop to the whole thing by setting a boundary with the adult. If they act like an a*s after that, then they've just shown the whole family how civil they are willing to be towards children and you can pull them aside and censure them right then and there. It's never on the kid to fix how an adult feels.
Load More Replies... Panda-riffic 1 year ago
Is anyone in real life ever going to confuse Amy the person with Amy the hamster?
- 1 year ago
"The wood shavings and teeny tiny poops on the floor? That must be the *other* Amy."
Load More Replies... Otto Katz 1 year ago
My husband had an affair, I divorced him. He then got her pregnant, and felt obligated to marry her. (30 years later, he's still regretting it ha!) She had the baby, and named her 'Shelby' . after her own dog. She named her daughter after her dog. She was a dipshit then, she's still a dipshit. And they deserve each other.
Mireille Oosterhof 1 year ago
Yeah, i know somebody who did exactly that. First Brutus the dog, and then Brutus the son. And they were both alive at that point....
Load More Replies... Sonja 1 year ago
I'd tell her about Amy Fisher. Let the picture of a murderer and porn star live in her head instead of a hamster! See how she likes that!
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
I had a pet rat who had the same name as one of my friends (by coincidence; I met the friend after naming the rat). When my friend found out she thought it was awesome! Later on I wrote a crime novel in which I *deliberately* named the psychopathic serial killer after my friend, and she thought it was THE BEST THING EVER. So yeah, she's now shared her name with a rat *and* a psycho who murders her victims by drugging them and encasing them in resin while still alive in order to make murder sculptures. I'd say a hamster is small potatoes by comparison. >:D Also this person is batpoop insane and shouldn't be taken the least bit seriously. I mean come on.
Libstak 1 year ago (edited)
I once had a co worker tell me they placed a bet on a horse named Libby because we shared the name. The horse came 1st and they were happy, I was happy too, loved the whole idea. I kept an eye out for that horse but it was a regional country race where he and his family were holidaying and guess she retired before she hit any big races cos I never did track her. Also, Im not into betting so the buzz faded pretty quick. Anyhow SIL is an entitled psycho brat with no fun in her soul.
Seabeast 1 year ago
Looks like there were at least 2 thoroughbreds called Libby. One born in 1963 and the other in 1989. __ https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=check&search_bar=horse&h=libby&g=5&inbred=Standard
Load More Replies... Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing: name the car “Amy,” the boat, the skunk under the house, the raccoon in the trash bins, the Roomba … name EVERYTHING “Amy” just to mess with and apparently p**s off this entitled halfwit. (Am I an 🫏🕳️ because I have NEVER met anyone named “Binky” so I don’t know what it feels like for anyone to “steal” my name, so I laugh at these people? There suuure seems to be a lotta people who feel entitled to be the only one with their name in their friend/family circles!)
Load More Replies... mooshoflove 1 year ago
I named my first ever pup, "Mila." 2 years later, she has a human cousin named Mila. Glad no one ever asked me to rename my pupper.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
I'd tell entitled SIL to use the name Amie and shove it! Wonder if that breeding bunch of ignoramuses aka SIL and husband/OP's brother know that there are multiple Amys out there? Is she going to make them all change their names? Good bloody luck with that. She's going to need it...!!!
Vira 1 year ago
I am horrified that woman is having a child. She threw a tantrum over a hamster name.
Elio 1 year ago
Mood. There's a lot of people named Amy, is the SIL going to freak out about that too. Besides, the hamster was here first.
Load More Replies... Tysha “tyshadragon” Dopson 1 year ago
My hamster, Nyx, has just gotten herself a middle name, and is now Nyx Amy Dragon 😂 (she seems quite happy about it).
Zenozenobee 1 year ago
In my neigborhooh, there is a golden retriever named Julia, a dalmatian named Thierry, a terrier named Georges and 2 hens named Athena and Adèle. If anyone with one of these named wants to be offended 😂
Pamela Blue 1 year ago
What I can't figure out is that Amy is going to be the kid's MIDDLE name. Most people aren't called by their middle name, so SIL's carry-on makes even less sense. I'm curious as to what the kid's first name is? I'm sure there will be a dog or cat around the neighbourhood somewhere with that name. LOL!
Debby Keir 1 year ago
We had problems deciding on a name and the only one we could fully agree on happened to be that of my aunt's dog (Sally) So eldest daughter was named after my aunt's dog - everyone knows, and thinks it's sweet (and she certainly doesn't mind.)
Brooke McElhannon 1 year ago
I always get excited when I meet an animal with the same name as me. Honestly makes me feel more special to share a name with such an adorable lovely animal. ❤️
Mireille Oosterhof 1 year ago
When my parents had to pick my name, they rather liked 'Susan'. But well, my Mother childhood doll already had that name, and my grandfathers horse. So they decided to switch. NOT because of the horse, mind you, but because adding a third susan would make it a bit hard to keep track. 😄
Trillian 1 year ago
A hamster lives around 2-3 years. Since the SIL just found out she's pregnant, by the time the kid learns her name the hamster will be an ex-hamster. So much ado about nothing.
Bored Retsuko 1 year ago
For real. I wouldn't even have bothered the child with this "problem". Why make him feel bad about such nonsense?
Load More Replies... Allen Packard 1 year ago
I come onto this site and lose hope for our continued existence as a species. NTA. Just wow.
Duvet Woman 1 year ago
Luckily I didn't have this issue. Nobody wanted to call their child Hammy.
The Last Silent Tiger 1 year ago
Sorry, but I'm naming my child Hamlet...
Load More Replies... deanna woods 1 year ago
If someone wanted to name their pet after me, it wouldn't bother me at all. I don't own the rights to my name. No one owns the rights to a name. The SIL sounds super annoying and I would not have much to do with her.
PeakyBlinder 1 year ago
WTF - if she does not like it, why doesn't she pick another Name for the child? I don't understand why you even bothered your son with this BS
Robin Roper 1 year ago
The family of one of my friends had a dog named after one of their son's girlfriends - the dog lasted way longer than the girlfriend. I'd be petty as heck and any name mentioned, I'd respond with "That's a nice name, too bad it was ruined when I met another XYZ girl/boy named that - she/he/they were just horrible/selfish/mean/fill in the blank.
Robyn Ward 1 year ago
It is/was/ a selected MIDDLE name, so not even a first name. How entitled some people are. What if she had a dog named Jack and she wanted that ....tough, get over yourself...NTA
JOHN DOE 1 year ago
Fist give the hampster a a prefix, Original Amy. Second, tell the SIL if she doesn't cool it, hamster #2 will share her baby's first name. Also casually mention that you have this or that friend whose snake or other random pets shares the same name as your hampster. Really ruin the name for her, like wasn't Buttafuoco's side piece named Amy. Sorry but the child should have been told but not asked to change the name. That was gross.
Kathleen Reiser 1 year ago
I had a cat named after me once, ' Little Kathleen '. I was beyond honored.
Kathy Potts 1 year ago
When we adopted our dog he came with the same name as one of my grand nephews. He was an older dog whose owner died unexpectedly. We never considered changing his name and no one has said anything about it. Maybe because we're all adults and act like adults. NTA.
Mikey Kliss 1 year ago
As a, Mike, I rarely go out in public without meeting another Mike. People share names, its a fact of life and doesnt matter whether its a person or an animal. Also, the SIL wanted Amy for the middle name so she needs to just BTFO. For the record, Amy is a character from Sonic so the boy loves his stuff lol
Tracy Sellars 1 year ago
My Nana was always proud that when in her early 20's a neighbor on the farm named a cow after her.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
I'd like to see more YTA posts. It seems that the vast majority comprises blatantly obvious NTA situations.
Hokuloa 1 year ago
People don’t seem to share the obvious YTAs as much, do they? I suppose that should bouy our faith in humanity that people at least recognize when they are being moronic a’holes
Load More Replies... AliJanx 1 year ago
NTA. Hamster's name remains Amy. Hamster will die, as all pets do, and then you can gently guide your child away from "family" names.
Nessie Will 1 year ago
It wasn't even a family name at the time. He named his hamster before they even knew that his aunt was considering Amy as a middle name.
Load More Replies... MonsterMum 1 year ago
I pet sat for my friendss recently. One of their gerbils shares a name with my daughter (12). My daughter thought it was cool.
Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 1 year ago
It bothers me intensely that perverse psycho SIL is about to have a child.
millac 1 year ago
Everyone sucks. Her son will actually realize that yeah, this does affect him, when his uncle, aunt, and new cousin all avoid him and this turns into a big gaping chasm of A Thing which affects every family holiday. Honestly, she should have kept her trap shut when she realized they were naming their kid Amy (be real: how many of us would know the name of a nephew's hamster?) warned her kid not to bring it up, and flat out lied that the name was now different, and then everyone could have gotten on with their lives. Now the OP thinks her brother and SIL are ridiculous and that she's somehow damaged her kid by asking him to rename a hamster, they hate her right back, and it will stay that way regardless if they name the kid Amy or are forced to change it.
brittany 1 year ago
i share a name with a pop singer and a country in western europe. i demand they both hence forth change their names because i will always connect those two things to my name forever. s/ is this girl for real? amy is a popular name ranking 216 in popularity. (not top 50 but not bad either)
Amy Pontious 1 year ago
NTA This is funny because my first name is Amy, I think it's cool that I share my name with a hamster! Your SIL is being childish and get over it please keep the name Amy!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Daycare Attendant Sun 1 year ago
But my name is xXAmyTheHedgeHamster91Xx, and you can't have it.
Ugh_What_Now 1 year ago
In between the article and this comment section "40 Of The Cutest Hamster Pics The Internet Has To Offer". Hehehe 😂
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago (edited)
So, the kid gets a hamster BEFORE the SIL even knows she's pregnant and wants HIM to change the name. WTF is with these entitled a**holes these days? I wouldn't even have mentioned it to my son, I just would have laughed at SIL and told her to go f*ck herself. I'm just so incredibly tired of this moronic bullsh*t. NO ONE OWNS A NAME. Share it (with a hamster probably no one will ever know exists) or change it. Do you know how many "Amy's" probably live in your ZIP code alone? You're an idiot.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
NTA necessarily-- but I kinda agree with Difficult-Problem696, especially the STFU parts. 1. Your son had tha hamster before SIL even found out she was pregnant; 2. Hamsters don't live that long; get over it or choose another baby name; 3. wth does ESH mean???
Michael Tyler 1 year ago
Find out what the first name is for her daughter, and go get a dog, cat or even a goldfish and go name it that!
Barrygirl1943 1 year ago
NTA and your mom is right - childish (on your SIL and brother’s part). The whole idea of wanting a child to change a pet’s name is ridiculous. Your initial joke about already having an Amy was reality and appropriate. The troubling part is that two people about to have responsibilities for a child can’t appreciate the joy of another child in their lives instantly saying “That’s Amy” for a pet he waited and worked so hard to get. I hope their hearts soften. It sounds like you did what you needed with your son. Dear Auntie or Uncle would have hit him with it at some time.
Nikki Angulo 1 year ago
I won’t say my dogs name, but when I call her and say her name and then ‘come’ really fast, it sounds just like my grandma’s maiden name, and I always smile a bit.
Shadow 1 year ago
Wow!!! All I can think of is the Seinfeld episode where George wants the name Seven for the kid he never ends up having!! Haha. Boy, is SIL going to be pissed when she finds out others in this world have the same name. Psychological secret . . . It's not the hamster, she's a psycho. NTA
Cathy Carey 1 year ago
It's the daughter's Middle name not her first name. This is ridiculous and makes me wonder about SIL's love for her in-laws. I wouldn't make him change the name; SIL needs to get over this non-issue. Wow, they really went all out for this little hamster with the huge cage and everything - respect.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Hit her back with "Oh no! You'll have to change your babies name. We had the hamster first and now every time we talk to the hamster we're going to be forced to think about your baby!"
Unaffected 1 year ago
I had two co workers, best friends, inseparable at work. One's daughter was called Linda.The other bought a dog and named it Linda.They never talked again, let alone work again!
dino_Z71 1 year ago (edited)
NTA. We see this type of post occasionally here on BP. I have decided that the imagined conflict between family members over pets that were named first and unborn babies is insane and unwarranted. There is a recurring theme these days (since 2017+-) of entitlement or exclusivity of people. I believe we are all special and individuals. I also believe we are all people and inside we are all the same. Don't we all just want to be happy, healthy and loved? AND, it's not even going to be the child's first name... No one can take a joke anymore...
Just saying 1 year ago
My childhood dog was called Amy, it's a great name. And it was a great opportunity for the kid to see how a reasonable adult a) copes with an unreasonable adult and b) how a reasonable adult sorts out a misunderstanding with a child.
Lunicia the crazy healer 1 year ago
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Granted, I was pissed at my SIL after she gave her daughter the name I had already choosen for my second daughter (but hers was born first, but she knew that I wanted to name my next daughter this specific name), but it never even crossed my mind to ask her to change her baby's name because of that. And in this case, it's about a hamster! He won't be around long (which is sad), but it's name shouldn't be an issue to begin with!
John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
Your SIL suffers from main character syndrome and needs to get it fixed.
ravenhorse 1 year ago
The hamster was named first, and your SIL sounds like someone to go no contact with. No way your son should even be involved in the matter. SIL is pathetic IMO
E V 1 year ago
I've met a few people with the name "Amy". SIL can get over self. Nothing special about the name just to be an @$$ over a pet sharing the name that was around BEFORE the baby or knowing the gender. Thank goodness I was reasonable during my pregnancy. Good lord. SIL needs to grow up.
FantastiKitty 1 year ago
When I was born, my mom was criticized for giving me the same name as one of her friends' dog. I love it.
Bobbi McGough Robert 1 year ago
I wouldn't tell my son to pick another name. SIL needs to grow up!
Bobbi McGough Robert 1 year ago
Parents don't "own" names. Tell her to grow the f* up and move on with life!.
brandyy17 1 year ago
my friend has a mouse named chrissy and my name is christie. she even told me she named her mouse after me cuz im her best friend and ive done so much for her. do i mind sharing my name with a mouse? heck no! im honored shed name her little ball of floof after me. im even more honored that she thinks so highly of me shed name her pet mouse after me. her mouse is absolutely adorable too. it loves going into pockets. if u have a hoodie b careful wen leaving her house. i cant tell u how many times i had to turn around and walk back bc i found chrissy in my pocket. she likes hoods more so i tend to forget about the pockets lol. she also likes the sound of flip flops so if ur wearing flip flops she will chase after u. she also has a HUGE personality for a tiny mouse. my friend even managed to house train her and she understands wen u r talking to her. she will listen to every word u say then respond accordingly. chrissy is now 3 years old and the vet fully believes she will outlive the average lifespan of a mouse bc of how healthy she is
Sara Wilson 1 year ago
That hamster will live forever, rent free, in this woman's mind, regardless of whether or not she names this kid Amy. But I am already feeling VERY sorry for this little girl. Seems to me she has a "Karen" or at least a "Karen in Training" for a mom.
Sara Wilson 1 year ago
So, working from her mindset (apparently), she's NOT ok with her daughter having the same name as a pet in the family, but ok sharing with someone like Amy Fischer? Does this mean that there can no longer be ANY animals named Amy ever? And what if they have more kids? Or what about any pets already named Amy? Does the Sonic "universe" now need to change Sonic's GF's name or they have to break up? I mean, where does this end? She's being ridiculous, and honestly, OP did more than I would! I would have given it one pass to the kid and that would have been it. New moms/parents r starting to get as entitled as Brides these days!
Tell Me A Yarn 1 year ago
I meet people with my first name all over. Now my middle name is quite unique. I've never met anyone with my middle name. Google hasn't had any luck with it at all, I've tried multiple times and it tries to auto correct to Layette. Laysette... Where my mother came up with it is beyond me.
WonderWoman 1 year ago
Oh my gosh, I can't even fathom asking someone to change the name of a pet because I want to name my kid that. I hope the SIL always thinks of a hamster when she uses the name. A.L.W.A.Y.S.
JayWantsACat 1 year ago (edited)
Amy isn't even the kid's first name, FFS. I'd be petty and agree to change the hamster's name... but change it to the kid's first name.
Scrolling Panda 1 year ago
You should never have involved the child AT ALL. You and SIL are the adults in the situation and you should have handled it between you...after that if SHE tried to bring it t up with him you should have stepped in and put her in her place, THEN explained to him that she was being unreasonable. Everyone demanding your son accommodate her are refusing to acknowledge him as a person with feelings of his own equal in value to hers and need to be reminded of that. You failed to protect him from this, but you can continue to support him by putting a swift and definitive end to this idiocy by taking a hard stance on it and brooking no argument from anyone involved.
Yettichild 1 year ago
I used to work in an animal shelter. Trust me, unless your name is HIGHLY unusual, there is an animal sharing your name. Hell! I gave my sister a fossil of a trilobite and she named him Kevin. So congrats all you Kevin's out there! You share a name with a trilobite. Not to be confused with a troglodite. That's different.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
NTA. 1. Its her kids MIDDLE name not first name. 2. Whats her plan when you tell her Amy (hamster) is named after a sonic hedgehog character? She plan to call Sonic creators up and demand they change the name too? Entitled is what she is.
Ozymandias73 1 year ago
She might as well email, call, text, fax, telegram, pony express every other Amy, Aimee, Amie, etc. in the world and tell them all she wants that name b/c end of the world if another person or pet has that name. Sheesh.
Zoe Duddle 1 year ago
She doesn’t even want to name her child Amy, she wants it as a middle name! Who would ever confuse a child with a completely different first name with a hamster they don’t even know exists?
Janet Howe 1 year ago
Of all the dumb c**p that comes thru BP, this is the dumbest. NTA, but if OP hadn't made a joke about it, SIL, would never have known. SIL has some screws loose. Let's blame it on hormones, because it's hard to believe anybody is that petty. "I'll always know...??" Get a grip lady. It's a hamster. Probably wont be alive for more than another 8 months.
RandomlyRan Cannabis 1 year ago
Eh.....if it was a dog would she want them to change the dogs name? BUT also she shouldn't have put it together for the SIL either. That's just not smart. I have dogs named Avery and Frank, when I meet a person with that name I don't say "Hey that's my dog's name."
Featherking 1 year ago (edited)
Hey, MY name is Mim. Yes. Like the dumpy Disney witch with purple hair. I LOVE it - legit; no sarcasm. I don’t see how sharing name with a hamster could possibly be a bad thing.
Yer maw 1 year ago
Saw this the other day and was contributing in the original post. Then I took my son for new school shoes and the person in the shop was called Amy - and I sad "oh like the hamster" like it was common knowledge everywhere
Michael Largey 1 year ago
The SIL should be returned to whatever pet store she came from. The mistake was allowing her to breed in captivity.
The Last Silent Tiger 1 year ago
Tell SIL that you'll make your son change the name, but you know someone you hate at work with the same first name as what she wants to name her daughter so she has to change it. You cannot look at her daughter without feeling those negative emotions. If she gives an excuse, give her back that same excuse why your son shouldn't change the name.
Spittnimage 1 year ago
If you had a kid named Amy would brother and SIL expect you to change it? They chose to use the name, they don't own it.
Adeline Bennett 1 year ago
I wouldn't have even entertained that bullshxt and certainly wouldn't have addressed it with my son.
Ash Conner 1 year ago
Sometimes people get very irrational while being pregnant. I have been pregnant myself. I'm not stereo typing or anything like that. But sometimes people really do get rational when hormones are not balanced. You just have to be careful in handling things with somebody going through this. It's it's Hard. What she said was absolutely ridiculous for your kid to change the hamsters name. It's a hamster not a dog. On top of amy is a middle name that she was going to use. So not a dog and not a first name. Personally, I think it's cool through the hamster and the little baby to share her name. The little girl probably think it's cool too. Just maybe she should just have a heart to heart with the sister in law and show her that the kids would think it's the coolest thing, Even though she is definitely not named after the hamster, Just cool that they share the same name.
LayDiva in the Zone 1 year ago
Sis, why do you need advice when you should already know you're dealing with idiots? Sis in law is weird and so is your brother for harping on a common name like Amy. Like it's so special and unique lol. How about you being the AH because you made your son upset over an adult's craziness? I would have laughed in their faces.
Annette Scott 1 year ago
SIL is TA for tellingly no you to force your child to rename his pet that he named prior to her finding out she and brother are expecting a girl. Quite frankly instead of trying to get your son to rename his pet you should have told SIL that she should change their expected daughter’s middle name as Amy was already taken before she knew she was having a girl! Also you should apologize to your son for trying to get him to change his pets name after he chose that name before knowing Aunt was having a girl and wanted that name🤬
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 1 year ago (edited)
I would totally name my kid after a hamster. I mean, Indiana Jones was named after the family dog. If she can't deal with a hamster, let's see how she deals with Amy Starr, Amy Reid or Amy Anderssen (the ladies are cute, too but very unlike the hamster NSFW). Or if we want to go really, really dark, try Amy Fisher, Amy Bishop or Amy Archer-Gilligan.
Brittany Copeland 1 year ago (edited)
My first cat shared a name with my dad's other daughter (I was 5 at the time, and the cat came before the sister). My stepmother apparently went off on my mom for allowing me to name her that. Mom had no contact with them that wasn't court enforced, so I'm curious how she was supposed to know that they wanted to name the daughter she didn't even know they were having that when even I didn't know. I just liked the name. Mom didn't tell be about this until well into my teenage years and after my precious girl was gone, but I'm still confused about the WHY of the situation.
Rob Tobi 1 year ago
It will be the kids middle name for god sakes she can get over it! I would get a fancy name plate done up for Amy the Hamster and proudly display it in front of Amy the Hamsters home 🐹 I am female and was given the name of my father .. who was given the name of his uncle and so back through the generations .. I have cousins with the same name ...and it is also a popular dogs name. .. my own husband as a kid had a dog with the same name as me. I was teased and bullied over my name growing up but I cant imagine demanding people change their pets name, who gives a shite! It's a cute little hamster
Sarah Young 1 year ago
I can report my mother's name is Amy and she is perfectly fine with sharing with a hamster.
MakeupMama68 1 year ago
This pales in comparison to Steven Segal naming his baby after his kid’s nanny who he was cheating on then wife Kelly Le Brock with 😱 That’s other level D**k move
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
Why do so many brides and mothers to be act like they're so fricken special and unique? Millions of people get married every single day. Millions of people have babies every day. It's not that big a deal to anyone but you.
Houseof No 1 year ago (edited)
Back in the day we would have called this either a tempest in a teapot or making a mountain out of a mole hill. That hamster has a life expectancy of 18 months to three years. Human beings live on average into their mid to late 70s. I am pretty sure that unborn child is NOT going to be scarred for life sharing a name with a rodent only expected to live for a few years. It's disgusting how petty this woman is. Just my opinion. "I'm laughing at the 'superior intelligence.." James T. Kirk (portrayed by William Shatner) Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan (1982).
Ty Stratton-Quirk 1 year ago
I have a sibling who shared a name with one of the family cats, (the cat was named first, by the way) and we never had any problems...mostly because he never came when called anyway.
Captain Kyra 1 year ago
My name is shared by a beautiful pitbull, even though it's a different spelling. It's currently a popular name in science fiction. When my friends named their dog the mother of the family was afraid I'd be offended. I told her only if they picked it because it fit a female dog.
Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago
This is so ridiculous it feels like it should be made up. She needs to change her baby's name then!! The kid chose "Amy" first and sorry she has no right to make him change it. I can't believe the mother would even ask that's pretty messed up. She essentially took her side initially by asking her son to partake in this ridiculous request. In his eyes especially.
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