Father-to-be reveals how his pregnant wife tried to give their child a ‘stupid’ name that he hates

An expectant father has revealed the manipulative power play his pregnant wife pulled off in a bid to get him to give their son a name he hates.

The 25-year-old man took to Reddit’s ‘Am I the hole?forum on Friday to ask whether he was wrong for refusing to let his 23-year-old wife name their unborn child “something stupid.”

The original poster, who goes by the username Public-Praline-3691, explained that she is nine months pregnant and is due to give birth any day now, but they still haven’t agreed on their son’s name.

“The only major argument we had during her pregnancy happened a few days ago, and it was over what we were going to name our child,” he wrote. ‘It all started when we found out the gender of the baby.”

He recalled how he and his wife sat down to make a list of possible baby names after learning they were having a baby boy during one of her checkups.

“Almost all the names she suggested were normal, until the name that made me write this message,” he said. “She suggested we name our son Mune.

‘She told me the name came from a movie she watched when she was younger and that it always stuck with her. I told her that the name was a little known and that he would be made fun of for it.

“She claimed he wouldn’t, and we started going back and forth deciding whether to add the name to the list or not. Ultimately, she agreed to keep the name off the list. We picked a few that we liked, and I thought that was that.”

The Reddit user thought they had put the feud behind them until his mother-in-law threw a baby shower for his wife.

He explained that everything was fine until she opened her mother’s gift in front of their family and friends.

“My wife opened the gift bag and took out a blue, handmade blanket. At first it seemed normal enough until my wife unfolded it and laid it low and lo and behold, there was Mune’s name written on the blanket,” he explained.

‘When I saw it I was teased, but I didn’t want to cause a scene so I stayed quiet. After that revelation, family members came up to me and asked me about the name and why I hadn’t told them.

“I didn’t know what to tell them because I had no idea about this either and just had to tell my family in an embarrassing way, which confused me even more,” he admitted.

He said that after they went home, he started questioning her about what happened in the shower, and she “became defensive.”

She insisted that Mune was a “good name” and that he was “exaggerating.”

“I brought up the previous points and told her it was a stupid name for a child, and if she wanted to name something Mune so badly, she could use the name for a dog,” he explained.

‘She got angry and called her mother to come get her. After she left, she called me and told me she wouldn’t be back for a while.”

He noted that everyone he spoke to assured him he “wasn’t the asshole,” but now that his wife is gone, he wonders if he “could have handled the situation better.”

The man’s post received more than 6,000 comments, with many people claiming that his wife was the one who was “manipulative” and “deceitful.”

There were also many users who agreed that the name Mune was ‘stupid’ and would lead to their child being bullied.

“This is a child, not a goldfish,” one person wrote. “There are consequences and repercussions to choosing a name that is very unusual to begin with… To go behind the other parent’s back and tell a grandparent what the name is going to be, that is unacceptable.”

“I’m also about to give birth and we haven’t decided on a final name yet,” someone else shared. ‘If my husband told his family a name behind my back and didn’t bother mentioning it to me… I would be furious! Not to mention she told them early enough that they had time to personalize or hand make a personalized gift!’

“More than concerned about the name, I would be concerned that your wife is deceitful and manipulative,” another added.