A woman was left confused when her husband insisted they call their son by his full title, rather than his ‘babyish’ nickname – she thought it would cause a family ‘argument’
Naming a baby can be a really tough task because you want their moniker to represent them accurately for the rest of their lives.
But if you and your partner decided on the perfect name for your little one, and then they claimed it was “babyish”, what would you do? One woman was left shocked after she and her husband named their little one Daniel, so he could use the nickname Danny.
But as he got older, her husband said he didn’t want anyone calling him Danny because it was childish, and he was insisting that everyone used his full title at all times.
Taking to Mumsnet, the mum explained her son, called Daniel, was two years old, and “since he was born people call him both Daniel and Danny.”
She said at no point has anyone been told that they’d prefer him to be called “the full Daniel,” as her side of the family, and his nursery refer to him as Danny.
The mum shared: “Now my husband is saying that he always agreed that he could be Danny when little but would be Daniel when older. He feels Danny is babyish. I do remember when discussing names we liked the idea he would have the option of a nickname or full name but I do not remember ever agreeing on this.”
She explained she assumed her son would choose what he prefers when he gets older, and they would “go along with it”.
“His speech is nowhere near good enough to communicate that yet. He is also only 2, still in nappies and in my eyes is definitely still very little,” she said, sharing her husband is trying to insist they tell the nursery his name is Daniel, and so a nickname shouldn’t be used.
She also said he was going to make an announcement to her family that Daniel should be used, but she was concerned an “argument” may ensue thanks to “past tension”.
In the comments, some said her husband needed to “lighten up”, and another said: “It seems like a very strange thing to get het up about. Is he ok? You can’t control what people call him, it’s very common to call someone Danny and there’s nothing wrong with that. You can’t stop him from making his announcement but no one has to obey him.”
Someone else pointed out: “‘When he’s older’ is not yet. You need to assert yourself to your husband and tell him that you don’t agree. He doesn’t get to unilaterally decide this.”
Another Mumsnet user said: “He is being ridiculous. It is also pointless. I have really never come across a child named Daniel whose peers did not call him Dan or Danny. Your DS [darling son] will work this out himself as he gets older. It is also odd to try and impose this now after others have already been using a nickname. Your DH [darling husband] should call him Daniel himself and that should suffice.”
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