A WOMAN has been inundated with backlash after revealing that she wants to name her baby ‘Charles.’
The anonymous father-to-be, 31, took to Reddit and asked whether he’s in the wrong for insisting his wife can’t call their son ‘Charles,’ after her late brother.
“A few weeks ago her brother unexpectedly passed away of a heart attack at the age of 35,” he wrote. “We were both shocked and devastated.”
“Melissa now wants to name our son after her brother. I would not have any issue with this, if her brother’s name wasn’t Charles.”
He then went on to explain that the problem lies in the fact that the couple’s surname is Manson – meaning the baby will have the exact same name as the famous mass murderer, Charles Manson.
Charles Manson is known as the cult leader who inspired a group of followers to murder seven people in 1969.
He was convicted of orchestrating the 1969.
The man explained: “I told her I was not okay with naming our child Charles Manson, and she insisted that nobody would notice or care.
“She is calling me an a**hole for disrespecting her brother like that. (Note that her brother’s last name was not Manson, that is mine and Melissa’s last name).”
It wasn’t long before the post racked up over 1,000 comments, with many quick to take to the comments section to express their views on the matter.
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“No one will look past this – we will all think ‘serial killer’ every time your son’s name is announced/read. Do not do this to your kid. Wife is not thinking straight. Find another way,” wrote one.
A second penned: “I can’t imagine trying to get a job with the name of a famous serial killer.”
A third commented: “You are truly protecting the kid. Use Charles as a middle name if you must, or maybe honour her brother using his middle name? A nickname she used to call him?
But seriously, don’t call your kid Charles Manson. Or after any particularly well-documented serial killer.”
