'I have changed the subject, walked away and hung up on her and it still doesn't stop her': 26-year-old woman's 30-year-old sister won't stop telling her what to name her baby, woman threatens to take space from her

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Baiz Hoen
Mar 31, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

If you were ever part of the fandom life, you know that it can be an all-consuming community, even more so when that fandom is all about dedicating yourself to a fictional world. The media that you've become infatuated with infiltrates your brain. The story you've become immersed in feels like real life. The characters you've fallen in love with feel like family. You make connections with your story and the characters, and sometimes you'll create new theories between characters just because they're beloved to you.

Some people take these obsessions and make amazing things from them. Fan fictions that are thousands of words long fill the internet, and fan art makes its way through the ranks of the fandom. These works could enrichen the story in ways the original creator could never even dream of, or could even reach the creator and influence them to change the story completely. Where things get tricky is when you let this fascination affect your day-to-day functionality. One woman had a problem with this when her sister insisted that she name her newborn children after characters from Bridgerton. When the sister would not let it go, this woman had to take drastic measures.

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    "AITA for warning my sister that if she won't shut up about what she wants me to name my child then we'll need some time apart?"

    My sister (30f) and I (26f) have usually been pretty close but during my pregnancy she has been pushing boundaries over the name of my child. My sister gave birth to her son George a few months ago. It was during
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    few months ago. It was during the time our pregnancies overlapped that she became obsessed with this idea that if I had a girl I should name her Charlotte and then we'd have a George and a Charlotte. She's obsessed with all things Bridgerton so that's where her inspiration comes from. That and how she likes classic vintage names.
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    My sister likes older names anyway and she has been a little opinionated on names I liked in the past. Before either of us were pregnant I had expressed that a little girl we met had a cute name (Meadow) and she was like omg no and that's not the kind of name we should ever consider for our future kids. Another time
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    our future kids. Another time after our cousin had a baby and she named him Dex I said how much I loved it. Afterward my sister was asking me why I'd lie and I told her I didn't and I really loved the name. Even with stuff like that happening occasionally she didn't fixate on it.
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    But now? Totally different. At the very start she told me I should choose a vintage name for a baby like Ethel, Evelyn or Arthur, Theodore. I told her I wasn't looking for name ideas and wouldn't discuss them with anyone but my husband. Then
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    anyone but my husband. Then when she had decided on George for her son she told me I needed to name my baby Charlotte if she's a girl. She wants me to use Edmund for a boy because of another Bridgerton character. I told her we weren't discussing names.
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    But she kept bringing it up and then she asked me what I was going to name my baby and I said it wasn't something we were talking about until after baby is here and we're ready to announce.
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    In reality we're between two girls names right now with Lyra slightly winning right now. I know my sister won't like the name and I'm not telling her in advance so she can double down even harder on the idea of Charlotte.
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    But all this interference from my sister is me off. I have changed the subject, walked away and hung up on her and it still doesn't stop her. So the other day when she brought it up again I told her to stop. That I
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    again I told her to stop. That I don't want to repeat myself anymore but if she wont shut up about the name Charlotte or what she wants me to name my child then we'll need some time apart and I won't answer any calls or go anywhere she is. I told her I mean it. That she's pushing too much when this baby is not hers.
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    She told me I was overreacting and it would be petty to stop talking to her over baby names. I told her it's not about the names themselves but the way she keeps trying to tell me what to name my child. I told her I didn't do this to her. Her response was I was acting like a kid instead of an adult. AITA?
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    Everyone took this woman's side, and said that her sister needed to pipe down.

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    It would be petty to stop talking over baby names. It would NOT be petty to stop talking over having an established boundary stomped on again and again because she can't let it go. NTA.
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    Huge W.

    She is being pushy and overbearing, completely ignoring your boundaries. It is perfectly acceptable to put her in time out. For fun, you could also nod when she suggests a name, take out your phone and write it down, then explain that any name she suggests is going on a list of names you absolutely will never use.
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    I see what you did there!

    George and Charlotte were a couple, no? You could always ask her - very publicly - why she wants cousins to be named after a VERY sexually involved couple (so many children!)... NTA, obvs
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    NTA it's childish to keep - ignoring a request from someone when they very clearly told you "no". She is doing this to herself and doesn't need to dictate your choices. Plus you have your husband, who also gets to have a say, she's being disrespectful to both of you. What does her own partner say about her behaviors? Is she pushy like this to others about other things?
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    Lyra is a name of Greek origin, (derived from Lyre which is an instrument) and has been widely documented in use since the 19th century although there are previous stories of Lyra's as far back as the stories of Orpheus
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    Now that's a work around.

    If you WANT to be petty, go with Lyra AND make a point of the fact that it's actually a VERY vintage name and that George/Charlotte are quite recent in comparison
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    But NTA- she stomped your boundaries, you have every right to cut her off with no explanation let alone just distancing yourself
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    NTA Baby naming is decided by parents of the baby. Your sister can have another child and name it Charlotte if she wants so bad.
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