A pregnant woman is livid after her sister decided to use her baby name for a cat — and well, let’s just say it was a catfight for the ages. The thread was originally posted to Reddits’ AITA (Am I The A**hole) seeking advice on the CATastrophe.
“Mindy is my fraternal twin and I swear that her life has always been easy. I don’t resent her for that but she has expected things to almost always go her way. Mindy is pregnant with baby 3. She has 2 sons Ryan and Dave, who were named after her husband’s grandfather and father. She’s having a girl and is ecstatic. They planned on keeping their name a secret until the birth.”
The OG went on to reveal that her year was rough and so, her fiancée gifted her a sweet surprise: “After an awful year, my fiancée Amy surprised me with a cat.”
“She had planned on surprising me over the holidays but a lot of shelters were tapped out due to pandemic adoptions. The shelter had named her “Ellie” and I teared up cuz that was my nan’s nickname. She died two years ago and my life still feels empty without her. Ellie’s sweet demeanor and loving spirit made me feel as if she were a gift sent by Nan herself. We decided to keep the name as it was as a tribute to her, which Amy thought was sweet and that Ellie was perfect.”
The OG decided to then post to social media about her newfound friend. But little did she know the repercussions…
“I don’t use social media much but I decided to post a picture of Ellie snuggled up between Amy and I as a way to introduce our fur baby to the family. I wrote a small blurb about how fitting it is that she shares a name with Nan due to her sweetness, posted it and forgot about it after an hour or so.”
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“Mindy called me yesterday and started screaming at me for being a coward and ignoring her. Turns out she planned on naming her daughter Eileen after our nan and having everyone call her Ellie. Apparently she unleashed her fury on my private post and berated me for not responding later in the night.”
The OG decided to not engage and was met with well, more rage….
“I was in no f*****g mood and hung up on her instead of stooping to her level. She wouldn’t stop calling me so I texted her to chill the f**k out and until then I blocked her and her husband because he started on me after blocking her. When Amy came home she showed me all of the awful things that Mindy had texted her. I did my best to calm her down and Amy went to take a hot bath.”
“I called my mom. Sadly I knew that she wouldn’t listen to me. She told me that she knows I was close to Nan but the name is better suited for a baby. I told her that’s ridiculous, she said Mindy is hormonal from the pregnancy and “to be a good sister.”
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“I snapped and asked her where Mindy’s compassion was when I learned that I could never carry my own child. I called her up crying that day and she brushed me off, saying I was being overly dramatic. I asked her if she knew what a hysterectomy was. She went quiet. We didn’t speak again until after I had recovered from the surgery and tried to act like nothing happened. I still resent her for this.”
“My mom told me to grow up, that this name was important to Mindy. I swung low and asked her where Mindy was when Nan died? In Vegas with her friends even though she was told Nan wouldn’t survive the weekend. Mindy wanted the name for the glory, I loved Nan and won’t rename MY fur baby. Mom called me a selfish little c*** hung up and blocked me.”
One person said: “1) You can’t steal something you didn’t know about. 2) The cat already had the name. 3) Your sister should’ve asked you nicely, in private.”
While another commented: “I would just tell them you changed the cat’s name, then don’t. Just because it will make them think they won and give you peace. Then when she has the baby and names it Eileen, be sure to give her baby gifts that are cat themed along with the card saying how great it is that she named her baby after your cat. You may want to change your phone number for a little bit after that.”
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