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Family & in-lawsBench · Juror Moss

Judge me for vetoing a baby name that is also my ex's?

My sister is pregnant. She wants to name the baby Nico. That is the name of the person I dated for four years and do not speak to. I told her, once, privately, that I would flinch every holiday. I offered two other names I like. I did not make a speech at dinner.

She told our mother I was 'claiming a word.' Our mother asked me to be bigger. I said I can be bigger in every other room. I cannot clap for that name on a cake.

They are still deciding. I am the villain in a group text I was not added to, which I know because a cousin forwarded a screenshot.

Their side

She would say it is her child, that I do not own a name, and that asking her to reroute a choice this late is making my history her problem.

Ask: Does a sister get a veto on a name that hurts, or is a baby name none of my business?

The jury

Guilty22 · 29%
Not Guilty19 · 25%
Both28 · 37%
Hung6 · 8%

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