We all have different tastes when it comes to choosing a baby name, and as long as you and your partner agree on the name you pick out for your little one, no one else can tell you that you're making the wrong decision.
However, one woman left her sister-in-law furious when she chose to keep her opinions about her niece's name to herself, because although she wasn't a fan, she didn't want to offend the new parents.
The woman explained her husband's sister welcomed her daughter in January and decided to name her Elizabeth, after asking members of the family for their opinion on the name.
When she was asked, the woman said it was a "lovely name", but in reality, she wasn't a fan of it - but didn't want to "talk negatively" about the name someone else had picked for their baby.
But the woman's white lie was exposed when she was caught telling a friend about the names that were on her own "baby list" for the future - and Elizabeth wasn't one of them.
In a post on Reddit, she said: "My SIL (my husband's sister) had a baby girl in January and named her Elizabeth. She asked me before she gave birth what I thought of the name and I told her it was a lovely name for her daughter. SIL was happy and had her baby and went on about her life.
"The truth was it's not a name I am actually crazy about or like. But I never talk negatively about people's names to them or their parents. I keep my thoughts like that to myself.
"SIL and I were out together and I ran into one of my students' parents that I'm friendly with (I'm a teacher) and she introduced her new baby to me and told me his name. I told her I loved it and even had it on my own baby name list for the future. SIL made a face while the parent and I were talking and after we moved on she asked me why I had that name on my list of future baby names when I never mentioned having Elizabeth on the list."
While the woman thought it would be easy to explain that not "every name" is on her list, and she wouldn't have the names of relatives on the list anyway, her sister-in-law accused her of "hating" the name Elizabeth and lying to her about her feelings toward the moniker.
She added: "I told her I don't have every name on the list. She told me I never really liked Elizabeth then. I said I never told her that but any name used in the family, on either side would be off my list anyway. She got upset and told me I should have told her I hated it and it was ugly if that's how I really felt. She stormed off.
"She called my husband after and told him about what happened. He told her she was overreacting. She told him I was fake for complimenting the name when I didn't actually like it. He told her I never said that.
"So okay, it is true, but I always thought it was sh***y to insult people's baby names and you should always keep those opinions to yourself. But am I wrong for not being honest? Should I have pretended she never asked in the first place?"
The woman later added that Elizabeth is a "fine" name, she just isn't a fan of "popular names" herself, especially working as a teacher and dealing with several students with the same names.
Commenters were firmly on the woman's side, with many of them agreeing that her sister-in-law overreacted.
One person said: "Everything you said is a sensible way to deal with names."
While another added: "She's clearly overreacting. You may like a name but it doesn't mean it has to be on 'your list' because it isn't meaningful to you. Just that. Let her rant alone and, when she's over it, she can come back and talk to you like a normal adult."
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