HELP/ADVICE on Naming baby after a bad break-up (Long story warning)
Question! - Would you still name your baby (son) after the father after a bad break-up?
(My family and friends are saying HELL NO)
The Story : Had a very bad break-up with the father of the baby I'm pregnant with now.
I'm 5 months and had to leave him when I was about 3 months. We had been together off and on for 4 years and have a 2 year old daughter together.
I found out he was doing a lot of things behind my back. Lying, cheating, drinking & using drugs..YOU NAME IT HONEY & he was doing it!
When I called him out on things he became violent and more than once physically put his hands on me. The last time was really bad & I had to get an emergency protection order .
He still continues to stalk and harass me by any means he can find.
HERE'S THE THING THOUGH-
Before this all happened he literally BEGGED me to have this baby as he desperately wanted a boy. I was done having babies & already have 3 boys of my oen from a previous relationship. I did this 100% for him.
We had already decided on a name long before becoming pregnant .
We are Native American and decided the first name would be after him- EagleBears - & the middle name would be after his deceased father .
The plan from the beginning was to try to have a boy for HIM to carry on his name & his legacy.
However, now that things turned out so horribly awful..I'm really struggling with wanting to stick with naming the baby after him. And my family and friends are even more against it. They have even gone as far as saying they would be mad at me if I named the baby after him because he doesn't deserve the child to have his name after what he did.
I agree with them to an extent because I struggle with the same feelings. Though he probably won't ever see the baby since he's very violent & abusive & he's got a bad addiction to drugs and alcohol (in & out of jail, in and out of the hospital from overdosing). & Like I said I have to have a restraining order on him because he's literally so crazy & doesn't care about the cops at all.
I have to protect my kids from him sadly.
So what is your advice?? What would YOU DO? Would you still keep the name you had planned or name it something else?
If I do choose to name the baby after him, its NOT for HIM like my family thinks, its because it was the plan all along. It's the whole reason I decided to put my body through this ONE LAST TIME. For this baby who's name was picked a long time ago.
I'M SO CONFUSED AND HURT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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