Woman Says She's Won't Rename Her Dog After Sister Gives Baby the Same Name

A woman says she won't be "demoting" her dog after her sister gave her baby the same name as the pet — and asked her to rename the animal.

In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous 26-year-old writes: "I have a dog named Charlie. Charlie is a golden retriever I adopted four years ago, and he’s my best buddy."

Her sister, Emily, she adds, "recently had her first child—a baby boy. She and her husband named him… Charlie."

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"At first, I thought it was funny and didn’t really think much of it," she continues in the Reddit post. "But then Emily pulled me aside during a family gathering and said it was 'confusing and disrespectful' for me to keep calling my dog Charlie now that her son has the same name. She asked me to rename my dog."

But the woman answered an unequivocal "no."

"Charlie has been his name for four years; he knows it, responds to it, and it’s on all his paperwork," she writes. "Changing it would be weird for him (and for me)."

Her sister, meanwhile, did not respond well to the news that she wouldn't be renaming her dog.

"She got really upset and said it’s not fair for her son to 'share' a name with a dog, especially in family settings. She thinks it’ll lead to jokes and confusion as her son grows up," she writes.

She continues: "My parents have weighed in, and while my dad says it’s ridiculous to expect me to change my dog’s name, my mom says I should 'just consider it' to keep the peace."

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Now, the woman's sister is "barely speaking" to her, and a few family members have told her she's being "stubborn."

"I have no idea how I am in the wrong here. The world's gone crazy," she writes.

She ends her post by asking other Reddit users who is in the wrong, writing, "I love my dog, and I didn’t name him to spite anyone. I also think it’s not my fault they chose a name already in use in the family."

Commenters have argued that the poster is not at all in the wrong, with one writing: "I would start calling her kid Charlie 2. Her request is absurd. No rational person would ask that."

"Charlie the dog is already 'Charlie.' It shouldn’t be a big deal. Baby Charlie doesn’t care, only the parents do. If it was a problem, they could have easily prevented it," added another.

Another offered more blunt advice: "Suggest that she changes her son's name to Spot or Rover."

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