A young mother has been slammed for committing the ultimate crime of friendship by stealing her best friend’s “perfect” baby name.
Alison* and Mary* were due three weeks apart and decided to go out for breakfast with a group of friends a month before giving birth.
“I overheard (Mary) telling our other friend about her number one name choice,” Alison wrote on an Australian podcast. LuAnna.
“I know it’s horrible, but I knew at that moment that I wanted that name for my baby. It was risky because we were due just a few weeks apart and you never know how these things will turn out.”
Alison went on to explain: ‘As luck would have it, my little angel, although late, was born four days before yours and (I took the name).
“I sent her a picture of my baby with the name and weight. She saw the message but didn’t respond right away.”
Despite her misstep, Alison couldn’t feel guilty about her actions.
“I knew she was upset, but my baby was here and had the perfect name, so I didn’t care,” she admitted.
A young mother has been slammed for committing the ultimate crime of friendship by stealing her best friend’s “perfect” baby name.
‘My friend wrote back later that day congratulating me. Her baby arrived a few days later and she obviously used another name that she also loves and that fits her baby perfectly.’
Alison shared that Mary never mentioned the incident to her and promised to never tell anyone about the name theft.
Many were shocked by the heinous act.
“That’s not a friend,” said one. “That’s horrible. I wouldn’t even congratulate her.”
Another person shared: “My friend named her daughter, who was born three years later, exactly the same as me. I was devastated.”
But not everyone had a problem with their friends “stealing” their baby names.
“A former coworker asked if I minded if she named her daughter after mine. I was flattered and took it as a compliment. It’s a pretty original name, so I’m glad someone else liked it enough to use it, too,” said one.
“Why can’t both people use the same name? You can’t claim to have the right to have common names for baby books,” argued another.
*Names have been changed for privacy reasons.