‘My cat had that name first’: Feline pawrent pestered by entitled pregnant family member to change her cat child’s name for her baby, finds vindication in the hissterical comments section

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    Am I wrong for not wanting to change my cats name because my pregnant cousin wants to use his name?
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    1 (22F) found stray kitten 3 years ago I named him Daniel, My cousin and her husband both 25 are expecting baby boy in January, they want to use the name Daniel.
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    My cousin texted me saying she and her husband love the name Daniel and if I could change my cats name, when I asked her why she told me she doesn't want her son to share name with pet cat.
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    I told her NO because my cat had that name first and that me changing his name would probably confuse him, because there's studies proving that cats know their name,
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    My cousin called me Jok, her husband texted me on her phone saying to change the cats name because he's just regular stupid house cat, while his son would have that name forever, I told him the same thing he called me I for not wanting to change my cat name.
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    My mom called me this morning saying my cousin cried to her saying I'm being rude, my mom told me I should just change my cat name to just make everyone happy.
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    maroongrad Top 1% Commenter Does your cousin normally throw complete fits about stupid stuff and expect everyone to bend over backwards for her? If that's the case, tell everyone you renamed the cat. It's a two part name. One half is her husband's name, the other half is the masculinized version of her name. Don't actually rename the cat, but turn the drama up so that she learns not to mess with you in the future.
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    ETA: All baby clothes and gifts from you are 100% cat themed. Stuffed cat toy, blanket with a cat print on it, pajamas covered in pictures of sleeping cats....
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    Dalton402 My sisters and I had a cat called Lucy growing up. Years after our cat ded, my eldest sister called her first child Lucy. There is no reason for you to change your cat's name. There is no reason for your cousin not to call their child Daniel.
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    Turm... Top 1% Commenter NTA. I'd object to a puking baby having the same name as my cat too. Edit to add: I know a zoo that has a gibbon called Daniel (or they did a couple of years ago). Googling 'animals called Daniel gives multiple instances, including an emotional support duck that wore red shoes (seriously). Whatever they call their spawn, there will be an animal with the same name. And the kid won't care.
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    AnxiousTelephone2997 Top 1% Commenter A. I would say something to the effect of "I am 100% certain that my cat is not going to upstage your son in life. Neither are even going to know what their names are. They don't even understand the concept of names. Let's all get some perspective here".
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    epeeist42 but question Under what circumstances would this be an issue? They're visiting you in a few years and call Daniel over and your cat, responsive and obedient as all cats are (LOL) comes over instead of their son? You post to social media about your cat and they don't want confusion between cat videos and their own?
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    I mean, lying to people who are being ridiculous I don't see as being as big of a problem. Can you say "Okay, I'll change his name to Derrick, but I may forget sometimes and use the name I've been used to for 3 years." If they're only going to see you a couple of times a year at e.g. Thanksgiving and Christmas, and presumably you visiting without cat, what does it matter if you tell them you changed cat's name and do nothing?
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    chez2202 Top 1% Commenter These people, including your mother, are supposed to be grown adults. I just googled it and in the US, 606.9 people out of every 100,000 are called Daniel. It was the most popular boy name 5 times in the last 20 years. Their child is highly likely to share his name with someone else he will meet at some point.
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    Clean-Fisherman-4601 Top 5% Commenter . Sounds like your cousin is immature. I have a cat named Lily Bit and when my son and his wife were expecting a girl, he told me the name they chose. The nickname is Lily. I reminded him I have a cat named Lily and he was fine with it. My granddaughter is 6 now and loves there's a kitty who shares her name.
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    Liu1845 Sorry, no one owns a name. The cat was named first. Is your cousin worried about people confusing the two Daniels at work or in social settings? Because I really don't think they will running into each other all that often. If they do, the Daniels can just explain that, yes, they are in the same family, just different branches. There will probably be only a slight resemblance since OP's Daniel is adopted. The two Daniel's will probably just laugh off any confusion.
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    Kindly-Cry-4974 Wow. Your whole family are being That's crazy, wildly entitled, and super controlling. Good for you sticking up for yourself. I hope you have lots of boundaries with them moving forward to never discuss that again or anything else like it. They seem to need a refresher on what you get to choose and that they do, not that it's your job to teach them.
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    nightcana Top 5% Commenter I just named my new house plant Daniel in solidarity protest! Now your cousins goblin will have to share a name with a cat, a duck with red shoes, a gibbon and a pink plant. Take that!
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    And YouShallGet -my name is Cookie. Do you know many animals I've met in my life with the same din name? Plenty!! I've have never been offended. Tell them you'd be HONORED to have them name their son after your cat! Then gift them some onesies with cats on them. Baby cat toothbrushes, like that. That'll really stoke their goat! I'm petty like that.

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