Pregnant Woman Cancels Baby Shower After Family Ridicules Unborn Sons Name: Squire Sebastian Senator

[Renew Deal]

A pregnant woman called off her baby shower after her family ridiculed the name she had bestowed on her unborn son: Squire Sebastian Senator.

In a Facebook post, which later went viral after being shared on Reddit, the woman — who has not been named — explained her decision to cancel her baby shower, blaming her “fake ass family.”
“I have a really important announcement to make. It brings me pain to have to tell you this, but I am cancelling the event,” she wrote. “Why am I doing this?” Because ya’ll have been talking s*** about my unborn baby. AN UNBORN CHILD.”

“How can you judge an unborn child?? What is wrong with you?”

The woman goes on to accuse her friends and family of treating her “like total s***” after they questioned her strange name choice.

“They’ve spread rumors and lies about my child. No, I am not crazy. No, I am not mentally unstable. No, I was not drunk when I named my child,” she continued. “His name is Squire Sebastian Senator.”

The woman then declares that the chosen name will only be her son’s “first name and “he will not be allowed to have a nickname” before explaining the reason.
<snip>

https://www.newsweek.com/pregnant-woman-cancels-baby-shower-after-family-ridicules-her-unborn-sons-1251413

[hlthe2b]

1. Hardly the most ridiculous name I've heard, but would be on the list..

Parents....

[Nay]

14. I used to be a mail carrier. "Squire" is NOT even near weird, compared to some of the names I

came across. Believe me.

[Basement Beat]

61. Storytime with Nay...

feel free to share some!

[Nay]

73. Ehhh, OK. It's been many years and I can only remember a few.

These were all first names:

Vaseline
Contessa
Doctor (nope, he wasn't an MD)

One last name always creeped me out. I would have changed my name WAAAAY before I had kids:

Raper

[csziggy]

66. My husband used to work for the Department of Motor Vehicles

The clerks collected odd names and tried to one-up each other with them. His favorites were Bizerko Brosnik and Sport Model Higgenbotham (his mother's name was Beatrice Higgenbotham Higgenbotham).

[Adrahil]

2. That poor kid...

gonna have a nightmare of a time filling out forms..

And LOL.... demanding that no one use a nickname. What a maroon.

[TheBlackAdder]

22. She wants to give the kid a name that connotes "errand boy"

[Adrahil]

27. lol NT

[Sanity Claws]

29. The mother may demand that but the kid will have a say on it too.

His friends will have their own ideas too. The mother won't be able to control them, except if she wants her son to be friendless.

[fantase56]

3. Future appearance on Jerry Springer.......nt

[Aristus]

4. Lady, they weren't ridiculing your baby; they were ridiculing YOU!

What is it with you people and your inexplicable insistance on grafting idiotic names onto innocent babies?

Isn't their future more important than your blockheaded sense of self-expression?

[Kaleva]

9. +1

[bitterross]

24. +1000. What posesses some people?

I don not understand people some times.

[avebury]

37. + 1,000 K&R

[LiberalFighter]

48. Yep!

Have to wonder if she is on meth or other drugs.

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. Shall we go back

to discussing the merits of ABCDE?

(crappy family members, if you ask me)

[BannonsLiver]

7. Maybe, but the name is fucking moronic

It doesn’t even sound cool. The ridicule is deserved IMO.

[Victor_c3]

39. Sorry me people just are destined to get the good names

I always kind of wished my parents had given me a badass name like “Brutus Beefcake”. The guy with that name was a professional wrestler, but with a name like that, you’re destined for greatness!

(Never mind that Brutus Beefcake probably isn’t Mr. Beefcake’s real name and is just a stage name)

[Lucky Luciano]

36. We should also consider her brother "DAFUQ" if we do that. nt

[JDC]

6. The best part is "he won't be allowed to have a nickname"

An unborn child! Already prejudged to have a nickname-less life! So cruel.

His nickname is already Squiggy. Mom doesn't know how nicknames work apparently.

[maxsolomon]

28. My favorite part is

“My baby’s name WILL be a revolution,”

rrrrright.

[WillowTree]

42. Yeah.......Good luck with that, Lady.

People will call him what they call him. My husband had a beautiful first name; Daniel. He preferred that and wouldn't bristle at "Dan" which is what most people used. Others tried calling him "Danny", however, the only one who got away with that was his bartender.

[JDC]

54. I have a friend named Michael, and he only goes by Michael

Gets mad at Mike. He is a quintessential meat-head also, so there is a no bigger "Mike" out there than him. It kills me. It's his name though, so who am I to mess with it/him. Still, Mike is just so common, I catch myself even after 10+ years.

[central scrutinizer]

56. Senator Squirrel seems obvious

[JCMach1]

8. Why mess up when it's as easy as Abcde

[Solly Mack]

10. I think nicknames will be unavoidable.

Allowed or not, he'll have one...or two or three or four or more. Will depend on the grade, whether one sticks or not and how early, as well as how creative or cruel his future classmates turn out to be.

[TlalocW]

11. I've been called on many times by my family

To talk to... well, mock... various family members out of naming their kids something stupid. One of my nephews, who has a regular name, has me to thank for not being named Sinatra. I can't remember what name another family member was going to name her daughter but she was convinced not to by my telling her I knew a stripper by that name and going, "Welcome to the stage, <stripper name>! She'll be available for lap dances later on." Nothing against strippers... just saddling kids with the curse of a bad name.

TlalocW

[LiberalFighter]

49. There you go! :)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. What I can't quite figure out is if

Squire Sebastian Senator is his entire first name and she's expecting she and everyone else will call him by that entire mouthful, or if he will have those three names followed by a surname.

I think she ought to reconsider those names and consider going with Poindexter Oglethorpe. Now THAT'S a name to reckon with!

[hatrack]

31. My Dad suggested "Gus Sam" for me . . . .

Didn't stick, fortunately.

[SoCalDem]

13. Beautiful baby girl named "Temple-Starr"

The mother was a hospital roommate when our first was born.. Hubby didn't get to visit her until day 2 ..(he was in jail)..when he did show up..he brought her a beer..

I've often thought about that baby girl with the horse name..

oh..their last name was Grunter.....

With a last name like that, perhaps any name could seem odd.

[maxsolomon]

15. My mom taught a girl named Aquanetta Jones.

so I applaud her family for standing up to her "creativity", but like most selfish American idiots, she'll dig her heels in now.

Does she even know what a "Squire" is? Does she know that Senators, by and large, SUCK?

Sebastian is a perfectly reasonable name.

[Codeine]

58. Acquanetta is the first name of a city council member

in Fontana CA. I’ll admit to giggling the first time I drove by her campaign sign.

[cbdo2007]

16. I was adamant that Abcde was a stupid name, but I actually like the name Squire

My problem is if the name will be confusing, either on purpose or by accident, then it should be avoided, such as Abcde.

If people hear/see it and it actually is namely and phonetically correct, then go for it.

[Mariana]

17. I have an ancestor whose first name was Squire.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70207871

[Hekate]

65. Squire is or was an actual title in England, carried over to the Colonies for awhile.

How long ago was this ancestor?

[Mariana]

67. Born in 1797. nt.

It was his name, not a title.

[SunSeeker]

18. Oy. Why do parents do that to their kids?

[rusty fender]

19. I have an ancestor whose first name was Dorcas!

It wasn’t a strange name in the 1700s, though

Oh yeah, that ancestor was a woman.

[Donkees]

32. There was a character named Dorcas in the ''Lark Rise to Candleford'' series

Dorcas Lane Tribute || Lark Rise to Candleford

[regnaD kciN]

52. It's actually straight out of the Bible...

In Acts of the Apostles, Paul raises a member of one of the early Christian communities named Dorcas from the dead. She was described as a widow who was devoted to caring for the poor of her city.

[Codeine]

59. A character in the new Sabrina series also has that name. nt

[rusty fender]

71. Thanks

for that info

[LakeSuperiorView]

68. My first cousin, twice removed was born in Norway, named Tordis.

She changed it to Doris when she was old enough. It was actually spelled Turdis in the 1920 census when she was about 11. By 1930, she was Doris.

[rusty fender]

70. Thank goodness!

[TheBlackAdder]

20. "How can you judge an unborn child?" Lady, they're judging your ass, not the kid's.

[ecstatic]

21. My genuine concern is that she seems

a bit off now... how much worse will it get during the postpartum phase (the period when many women suffer from depression and, in some extreme cases, psychosis)? This could potentially be a dangerous situation, but I wish them good luck.

[OnDoutside]

23. I'm surprised no one has come up with "Effin Petrol"

as in "There are two Fs in Paraffin, but there's no F in Petrol"

[Shell_Seas]

25. We should set him up on a play-date with Abcde

[Homer Wells]

26. Not making fun of your child

Actually, my dear lady, making fun of, and rightly so, YOU!!!

[Ilsa]

45. Yeah, she really missed the point of their criticism. nt

[DeminPennswoods]

30. Is this worse than Moon Unit Zappa?

??

[boston bean]

33. S.S. Senator

There. i went against mothers wishes and gave a nickname.

[panader0]

34. When he gets older he can change it to

The Artist Once Known As Squire.

[KG]

35. Squire Fridell thinks that's okay name

[avebury]

38. Several years ago there was a woman who named her twins:

Oranjello and Lemonjello.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

40. Seems ridiculous that this a news story

Seems like a personal matter between family members. We're all reading about because of social media. That's kind of weird.

[Ron Obvious]

41. Names like that are tantamount to child abuse.

Imagine the shit that kid's going to have to put up with in life.

I'm reminded of Thurman Merman (I think) from Bad Santa, and that's not nearly as crazy.

[WillowTree]

43. My sentiments exactly.

[COLGATE4]

44. My mother told me about twin girls born

in rural Georgia who were named by their Mother Syphilis and Gonorrhea

[misanthrope]

46. Our world is filled with names some of us find ridiculous

Many composed of words seemingly "made up" by the parents. And you know what? It's none of my business what someone else chooses to name their kid. If the child doesn't like it, they can change it to whatever they like when they get older.

With the wealth very real problems in the world, this family squabble warrants little to no concern for most all of us.

[LongtimeAZDem]

47. He'll probably end up just going with "Emancipated". /nt

[LiberalFighter]

50. If I was given that name I would be petitioning to have it changed by the court.

[TrollBuster9090]

51. Sebastian? But what if he grows up to do genetic design work for the Tyrell Corporation!?

[gtar100]

53. As WCF once said,

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

55. I worked with a guy with a name like that

His first name was literally Colonel. The rest of the office referred to him as THE Colonel. Allegedly he was once enlisted in the Navy, and confused everyone as “Seaman Colonel.” He never thought about changing his name.

[Totally Tunsie]

57. Why was Mommy holding a baby shower for herself?

Isn't that customarily done by close relatives or friends?

[Codeine]

60. I know a guy whose given name is

LeGrand Cabbagestalk. Poor bastard.

[diva77]

62. in this age of identity theft, she might be onto something

[guillaumeb]

63. They are judging the Mom, not the child.

If she like the name that much, she should adopt it as her own name.

[jmowreader]

64. I can see when he gets to the fourth grade

"Name?"

"My name is Squire Sebastian Senator Fredericks. But everyone calls me Dlam. It's pronounced 'duh-lam.'"

"What does Dlam mean?"

"It means 'don't look at me.' I didn't think of that stupid fucking name my mother hung on me."

[alphafemale]

69. No one wanted to give up an afternoon and spend money on your bratty ass anyway.

Baby showers are a terrible way to spend a Saturday afternoon in honor of someone you actually like.

Let alone this twit.

[Raine]

72. No one is making fun of the "unborn child"

they're making fun of an insensitive self-centered mother to be, apparently she's too stupid to realize even that..