It’s a rare occasion when people take to Reddit’s ‘Am I The A**hole’ forum and get told that, yes, indeed, they are in the wrong.
The woman took to the forum to rant about how she thought her mother-in-law’s baby name was ridiculous, but it massively backfired when she was met with a barrage of confused comments.
The original poster and the mother-in-law had come to blows over a baby name, with the original poster calling it ‘ridiculous and pretentious.’
But soon after sharing her story online, she received a flurry of comments form people who said they didn't see an issue with it.
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She wrote: “My BF's mom is just not a nice person. Classist, snobby, cold, self-absorbed, I could go on and on. From the beginning of our relationship, she has treated me like an inconvenience.
“She is a professional author and I read some of her work (honestly as a character study) and if her work is any reflection or her world view, wow is all I'm going to say.
“She very much likes entertaining people and she thinks she is hilarious. People either love her or hate her. I do not like her.
“Anyway she is pregnant (had my BF young) and we had a family dinner the other night. That is pretty rare these days because he does put my needs first.
“Someone asked her if she knew what she was going to name the baby and she said Scarlett. I didn't think anything of it, it's a fairly popular name.
“She then said after Scarlett O'Hara because that is her favourite book and the first character she ever liked as a kid, and what made her want to be a writer.
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“I just think that says so much about her as a person, and to be clear, this is not someone who read the book once, didn't really get it or whatever. She has a PhD in literature. She is extremely educated and well-read. I honestly couldn't help it and I began laughing.
“Her husband got annoyed and asked what was wrong with Scarlett. Someone else commented that it was butt ugly, which didn't seem to phase her. I said it is actually a nice name, but I am laughing at how she just admitted what type of person she is.
“She told me I was boring and have fun naming my kid Paisley or whatever, and had an attitude the rest of the night. My boyfriend is on my side, but a couple other family members said I was rude, and that I better not be a hypocrite and expect good boundaries from her when I make life decisions.
People did not see the funny side of the original poster's comment to her mother-in-law, instead saying that maybe it was her who was the mean one.
One wrote: “‘My boyfriend's mom is just not a nice person. Classist, snobby, cold, self absorbed.’ OP, based on everything you wrote, YOU are all of these things.”
“Why are you jealous of your boyfriend's mom? You sound truly awful”, one fumed.
Another said: “Frankly you sound like pure drama.”
Someone did stick up for the original poster, however, writing: “Not saying that the OPs reaction was appropriate, but I can certainly understand her evaluation of the mother's character based on her self ascribed identification with, and affinity for this literary character.”
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