A mum has admitted she doesn’t like her daughter’s middle name and blames the nurse on duty for the mess she can’t get past.
Now, more than a decade after giving birth, the mother says she has kept her son’s name and called him a “tragedy.”
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Reddit user Low_key_crazies expressed her frustrations about her daughter’s name online.
Her son’s middle name is Eleanor, but it’s actually spelled “Ellanore.”
“I didn’t intentionally misspell it,” she said.
She explained in a publish as it was a “tragedy”, which occurs “when a particular name has been deliberately misspelled or completely invented to appear more unique than it actually is”.
Although it has been more than a decade since her birth, she admitted that it still bothers her.
BIRTH ERROR
The error was not her fault, but rather that of the nurse on duty.
Your daughter isn’t 12, but she still wants her middle name to be spelled differently.
After the birth experience, she was too exhausted to pay due attention to the necessary documentation.
As a result, the daughter’s father and ex-partner filled out the forms with the help of the nurse mentioned above.
She didn’t pay much attention as she fed the baby, but she heard snippets of the conversation.
“I remember my partner saying ‘Eleanor, how do you spell that again?’ And the nurse replied, ‘I understand,'” said the original poster.
Now, her daughter’s middle name is legally Ellanore.
PARENT PROBLEMS
Well, apparently she didn’t “have” because, a decade later, it’s still a topic of discussion between the two parents.
“It’s bothered me ever since, but her other dad said from the beginning that he likes it that way,” the Reddit user admitted.
She knows she could have easily changed the spelling years ago, but she didn’t simply because the other parent liked it.
This was short-lived as she revealed that her ex-partner “ran away” when her daughter was five.
Instead of changing it to how she wanted it written, she realized her daughter was old enough to decide whether she liked the name or not.
“While I accept it is a tragedy, she doesn’t care about the spelling. But it still bothers me,” she added.
His only consolation is that “his first name is kind of unique” and is spelled correctly.
QUICK FIX
Several Redditors detailed how their naming experiences differed in different countries.
“American here. I brought my completed paperwork to the hospital because I didn’t want exhausting mistakes haha,” one woman shared.
“I believe we would have to complete it before leaving (within 48 hours).”
“You can also legally change your baby’s name during the first year of their life here in the UK,” commented another.
“In the Netherlands, one of the parents has to fill out the form. Or, if you really can’t do it, someone who was present during the birth. But mainly it’s the parents,” said another.
“In Denmark, the baby is registered as the surname of the mother of the newborn girl/boy and you have 6 months to register the name,” added a Reddit user.
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