A new father has taken to social media to reveal that he is refusing to sign his son's birth certificate after his partner tried to name their child after her ex.
Taking to Reddit to share his dilemma, the new dad titled the post: "GF named our son after her ex, I'm refusing to sign the birth certificate until she changes it."
The new father explains that despite the child not being planned, he and his partner of four years were in a stable enough position to welcome their son into the world.
However, he also writes: "She was supposedly on the pill as neither of us like the feel of condoms but that's another story." (And I look forward to reading it.)
Like most expectant parents, he reveals how the couple argued back and forth over potential baby names, until they finally settled on a name they were both happy with.
Fast-forward to their son's birth, and the dad explains: "Everyone is smiles and we're finally back home. It's time to register the birth and I need to sign the birth certificate."
But after he was handed the birth certificate to sign, he saw that the mom had not gone for the name they had agreed upon - and instead named their child after her ex.
"Not just the same name, but the same middle name as well and then our surnames," the new dad writes.
Shining some much-needed light on her relationship with her ex, the dad writes: "She dated a guy for about 8 years and he was her first BF.
"The story is that they drifted apart and he ended it but she was still in love with him. We met a few months later and were friends before we started dating.
"I got the impression that she was never really over him at the start of the relationship, but it seemed she moved on after the years and went he moved back to our city 2 years ago she didn't seem the phased.
"We met him twice and there didn't seem to be anything weird going on so I assumed she was completely over him."
Realizing that the mother of his newborn son is still recovering from the birth, the father explains that he knows he could not "blow his top".
After calmly asking her about it, she apparently said that it was "just a spur of a moment thing".
"In the end I told her, calmly, that I'm not signing the birth certificate until we change the name back to what we agreed," he writes. "This caused a bit of a row with her and she's now refusing to talk to me until I sign the certificate and agree to the name."
Explaining that he was "at somewhat of a loss", the Reddit community were quick to offer the new father their advice, with most people calling for the father to get a paternity test and not sign the birth certificate until he has the results:
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