Are we being unreasonable?

[Beth2511]

There's a lot of back story and posted a previous thread about a horrid MIL where it was a pretty unanimous.. she's a nasty piece of work.

Anyway, before all the heart break of the last 5 months we named DD (now 6 months) after my aunty and MIL. My aunty died in January the day after meeting DD and was desperate to have seen how grow up, she cried apologising that her only regret is not being able to watch her grow. MIL has written DD out of her life and tried to have her removed from us by social services and won't even acknowledge her existance. Tells people she has two grandchildren, not three etc.

OH suggested that he wanted MILs name taken out of DDs and I'd not thought about it until then but now I've thought about it I do, it breaks my heart that someone who can't even acknowledge she exists is honoured in the same way as an aunty who held on just long enough to even meet her. I agree I want it changed but I don't want to be doing wrong by DD. Me and OH have more or less agreed that if she won't acknowledge DDs existance, then to DD she does not exist.

What would you do? I'm so so hurt recently that I just don't know what to do, but my heart doesn't want my daughter having any connection in person or in name to her. Head or heart?

Personally I'd do it in a heartbeat. So i think yanbu.

I think I recall you can change a birth certificate within the first twelve months. Sure someone will confirm or tell me I've dreamt it.

I wouldn't lose a seconds sleep over this and gladly remove her name from your dds name. Why should she be honored when she has decided your dd has no existence.

I wouldn't hesitate to do it.

Sorry for the loss of your aunt

I would change it.

You could chose a similar name or a name with the same meaning if you wanted to keep some link to the name she already has.

I think if you change the name before the baby's first birthday it's very simple and easy. You just get a new certificate.

YADNBU!!
As others have said, don't even hesitate!

Thank you. It's good to know we are not being unreasonable, it's hard to judge when there is so much emotion surround events still. I just could not imagine in a few years explaining that her one name is after someone who loved her to pieces and fought to see her and well the other name is after someone who has caused so much hurt...

You can change the birth certificate within the first year as a PP said.

I wouldn't hesitate, she doesn't deserve the honour.

Yes do it. How dare she not acknowledge her granddaughter!

Fraid so I'd change it. That's really nasty for a grown woman to act this way. She's brought it on her self by the sounds of it.

Change it. No question at all. The sooner the better by the sound of it. No need to honour a nasty piece of work who hasn't earned it in any way.

Absolutely do it!

Absolutely do it!

Absolutely dump her name out of your DD's! She shouldn't have any input at all into your DD since she refuses to even acknowledge her.

She sounds foul - I don't know the back story but I don't think there's any coming back from this - so cut her out of your DD's name and life.

Yep! Do it vote from me!

YANBU!

Do it.

If she stays wicked and toxic you'll be glad you did.

If she ever gets to the stage of having a relationship in the future with your DD (by some miracle), it won't be affected by the name thing anyway.

I remember your thread Beth - recognise your username.

Definitely change, I'd do it without a second thought.

How about your name as a replacement?

Another vote for 'do it!' from me.
I also remember your previous thread. Do you have another relatives name you'd prefer? Your name? Heck, just pick something you like and your daughter is lucky to have parents as strong as you to keep her safe from such an awful woman!
hope all settles down now.

Change it. Even if your mil does at some point start acting like a decent human being, she has forfeited any right to see her self acknowledged in name through the next generation.

Change it. Yanbu, at all.

Definitely do it -