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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Flaky_Couple_1304 on 2023-08-22 12:57:19.
My sister wanted to honor our late grandpa in her son’s name and chose to call her son Bobby, which is what pretty much everyone called our grandpa. She mentioned the name being so special because it was his beloved great grandpa’s name and that it would be so special for our grandpa to have his name live on.
So here’s the thing. Bobby was my grandpa’s nickname and he HATED it. His actual name was Cyrus, which was grandpa’s mom’s maiden name. Grandpa was named that by her and after she died and his dad remarried, they started to call him Bobby, because his stepmother’s dad was Robert. Grandpa always hated Bobby but after years of people refusing to listen he gave in. He had a handful of friends who called him Cyrus/Cy but that was it.
I told my sister this and she was upset and asked why he hated Bobby, Bobby is so cute. I asked her how she’d feel to be named after her late parent and for his surviving parent and stepparent to then rename you after the stepparents side unofficially, but to the point where it sticks more than your actual name.
She was glad at first but after a few weeks she snapped and told me she doesn’t like Cyrus and I ruined the name Bobby for her.
AITA for telling her the truth?
Eta: her baby was not born and is still not born. So I wanted her to know before he was here.