Welcome, internet-surfin' sisters. Family traditions can be lighthearted and fun. For example, one family's yearly tradition of eating Greek cuisine on Thanksgiving due to some hilarious mishap-turned-inside-joke can be both incredibly delicious and hilarious. Other family traditions seem innocuous enough but are actually quite toxic. Click here to read a story wherein the smallest children of a family are allowed to blow out peoples' birthday candles first, before the person being celebrated, reinforcing the false notion that everything revolves around them.
The worst family traditions are those that breach family members' autonomy and privacy. In our story today, our protagonist is expected to name her child according to her husband's family's naming conventions. She attempts to compromise by using the name in question as a middle name, but this only adds fuel to the fire as the family demands all or nothing. Get all the details of this juicy story by scrolling down.
