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Expecting mom refuses to name her daughter 'Emmy Grace' after her husband's girlfriend of 6 years, who passed when he was 21: 'He told me he wanted to use the names and he was putting his foot down'

Emmy Pratt

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‘A human child obviously has priority over a dog for a name.’: A neighbor’s belief that his child's name trumps a dog's name leads to a conflict that proves the dog's owner to be more reasonable and respectful than the neighbor

Laurent Shinar

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14-year-old shortens her name to mirror her late mother's name, only for her father, who encouraged the name change prior, to forbid it when he remarries a jealous woman: 'She wanted that extra connection to her mom'

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled sisters adopt a Russian Blue cat and name him exactly like their friend’s name she saved for her black cat: 'Kuro means black in Japanese, their cat is literally dark grey'

Ayala Sorotsky

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'The lady on the phone immediately said his name and I almost screamed. IT’S HIM!!!': After two years of searching, a cat rescuer's hunch about a stray feline is confirmed by a microchip scan, leading to a heartfelt reunion with her beloved cat, Rus

Laurent Shinar

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26-year-old pregnant woman demands naming daughter after her late childhood dog, 31-year-old husband refuses, claiming it will negatively impact their child in the long-run: 'I'd be weirded out if I were named after a dog'

Emma Saven

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“He responded to his name and climbed into my lap like no time had passed”: A family lost their beloved cat in 2012, mourned him for a decade, and then got the call they thought would never come, but bringing shadow home wasn’t so simple

Laurent Shinar

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The CDS deploys a kitten delivery to a nerdy family who wants to name the furball after a Star Wars character: ‘My Jar Jar Binks approves of a Star Wars themed name’

Ayala Sorotsky

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Pregnant wife finds out her husband called his ex "his soulmate" and wants to name their unborn baby after her cat: 'The whole evening I felt like an idiot'

Ayala Sorotsky

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'She told me she’s calling animal control about it': 60-year-old neighbor throws a tantrum because a family named their newly adopted female street cat, who just gave birth to 6 adorable kittens, a 'male' name

Mariel Ruvinsky

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32-year-old pregnant woman kicks sister out of baby shower and blocks her on social media after she insists that her baby name, Audrey, is outdated: "Tell your sister you'll spell it Auhdreigh. She'll get on board"

Ely Bulnes

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New parents secretly change their 4-month-old's name after the husband's sister-in-law steals their original name choice and gives it to her 7-month-old: ‘First, middle, and last name’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom-to-be wants to name her daughter 'Audrey,' sister protests and says it's too outdated: 'We eventually just kicked her out of the shower'

JR Atkinson

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Husband wants to name his 3rd child after his mother, doesn't understand why wife refuses: 'I really truly fear that it will cause issues in our marriage'

JR Atkinson

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'He’s told friends I’m "undermining his kid’s name legacy"': 30-year-old new father tells his friend that she is being disrespectful for not re-naming her cat after the couple gave their baby the same name, saying that they "claimed [the name] first"

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Dad forces 21, 23, and 27-year-old children to call his wife "bonus mom," refuses to let them call her anything else even though it makes them uncomfortable: 'Our dad says it “makes her happy” and to just do it.'

Emmy Pratt

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