New Dad Says His In-Laws Think He's a 'Jacka--' After He Refused His 'Spoiled Brat' Sister-in-Law's Demand

A new dad is in hot water with his in-laws over a request that his sister-in-law made, which he denied.

In a post on Reddit‘s popular “Am I the A–hole” forum, the man explained that he and his wife would be welcoming their daughter in the near future.

They’re obviously excited about their growing family. However, things got tense after the Redditor got into an argument with his sister-in-law and mother-in-law.

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In his post, he wrote that his in-laws are “overprotective” of his sister-in-law, whom he referred to as Rebecca.

“I am not a fan of Rebecca, I find her to be a spoiled brat that will cry to mom every time she doesn’t get her own way,” he wrote, adding, “I find her overall to be rude and entitled.”

He added that his sister-in-law was 22 and “should not be throwing a fit about not getting what she wants” at that age.

“Anyways, we got dinner with my wife’s family this weekend, and during dinner Rebecca said it would be nice to have a niece [named] after her. I shrugged it off and the dinner went on like normal,” he wrote. “When we got home my wife sat me down and told me she wanted to name our daughter after her sister. That she brought up how much it would mean to her sister. I told her no.”

The expectant parents had laid down a ground rule that they both needed to agree on a name for their daughter. His refusal meant that his sister-in-law was not getting her way.

According to him, “everything got bad” when she found out the news.

“It started with my wife getting texts about changing her mind from her family and when she stuck to the decision they got rude about it,” he claimed, adding that then he was targeted with texts.

Ultimately, his mother-in-law and sister-in-law called him and gave him a hard time.

“At that point I snapped and told both of them that I would never name our daughter after her. That she is spoiled brat and I don’t want our daughter to be anything like her. That’s this is literally an example of it,” he wrote.

The man said that his wife wants him to apologize, and her family thinks he’s “a huge jacka–.”

Asking if he was in the wrong, many fellow Redditors rushed to offer support.

“Not naming your daughter after her 22 year old aunt would be perfectly reasonable even if she was a saint in every way,” one person wrote.

Others agreed, with some arguing that it was strange to name a baby after a living family member.

“I feel like if you’re gonna name a child after a family member, they’d better be dead or knocking on death’s door. Feels very odd to me to honor someone who’s just like, alive and well and in your life for the next 20+ years,” one person explained.

Yet another user wrote that they were “chuckling to myself because Rebecca’s life is about to change when this baby becomes the new favourite kid. Really lean into that!”

Writing that his sister-in-law “has the emotional regulation of a toddler,” another user called out the in-laws “for pandering to her.”

One user provided a blunt but effective response: “No is a sentence Asked and answered If she wants a baby named after her tell her to use her own uterus.”