When choosing a name for your baby, it's always best to opt for something both parents agree on, so you don't end up arguing about it down the line.
But one mum claims her choice sparked a debate amongst her entire family, after her brother-in-law already reserved the name for his new puppy.
Refusing to change his dog's name, the woman called him rude and unreasonable - and ended up turning his family against him.
Sharing his reasoning on Reddit, the man explained how he has been waiting more than a year to adopt a dog after the Covid-19 pandemic - and spent all that time picking out the perfect name.
He said: "I am not really one to care about dog names. I have a dog names centrifuge, for example, like usually I just give random names that I come up with on the spot.
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"But this dog I had planned for a year in advance.
"At the beginning of 2020, I got in touch with a breeder to get my dream dog a beautiful clumber spaniel. The litter was born 10-weeks-ago so this has been a plan for a long time."
Planning on naming his dog Maybeline, the man excitedly shared his puppy's name with his brother and sister-in-laws, who said "they loved it".
"Fast forward and my sister-in-law is pregnant and finds out it is a girl. We are all so excited and happy and wondering about the name and she said Maybeline," he added.
"I didn't really think much of it at the spot but I did make a comment about how that is what my puppy will be called.
"My sister-in-law took me aside and asked me if I can change the name to something else and I said I would think about it."
Not wanting to change his dog's name, the man went ahead with it and named his little clumber spaniel Maybeline.
He added: "When I told my family everyone was so angry with me saying I was being rude and insulting my brother and my niece.
"I had planned this name before my niece was even conceived. I am not going to change it but am I being an a****** about it?"
Wanting to mend their relationship, the man has come up with a cunning solution to appease his angry family while keeping his preferred dog's name - and it has been working so far.
"I will call my dog May for short as a nickname while keeping Maybeline as her registered name," he said.
"I am not allowed to tell everyone their daughter is named after my dog.
"It's a bit of a dumb agreement because British people will shorten the shortest of names.
"Your name is James? Not anymore Jay. Your name is Amy? Not anymore Ames.
"So their kid and my dog will just both be called May for short. I find this hilarious and I will not tell them this changes nothing."
While most users agreed the man is not in the wrong for not wanting to change his dog's name, others questioned why his sister-in-law would want to call her daughter Maybeline in the first place.
One user said: "She knew what you were going to call your pup and asking you to change that now is rude.
"Now if I as a kid found out the dog had the same name as me I wouldn't be happy either."
Another user said: "My sister is actually named this but it’s spelled Meybelin and my mum named her that because she liked the name, not because of the makeup brand.
"It’s a pretty common name with Latinos and even thought the spelling is different which is the way Latinos spell it, she still hears the Makeup brand references."
A third said: "I don't know why people get upset about pets and children sharing names - they act like it's gonna bring such shame on the kid.
"I have a friend who's dog has the same name as a nickname everyone calls my daughter and she loves visiting her dog friend who has the same name as her, she thinks its awesome."
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