Parents have slammed an 'entitled' stepmother after she repeatedly refused to call a child by her preferred nickname - and saw no problem with her actions. The 'rude' parent, as she was dubbed by social media users, confessed to her behaviour in a post to Reddit.
Explaining why she doesn't think she's in the wrong, the woman said she loves her stepdaughter's name. "Her actual name is so pretty," she said, speaking of her 15-year-old stepdaughter.
But for the six years she's known her, the youngster has always preferred her nickname 'EJ'. A combination of her initials, it's the name used by the teen's dad, teachers, and friends.
However, her stepmother has other ideas. "When my husband and I were dating out of curiosity I asked what EJ stood for. He told me and I thought her name was so pretty so I started calling her that. She didn't like being called that but after a while I guess she got used to it because she has let me," she claimed.
But things came to a head when the teen invited friends from school to visit the family's home, and the youngster made her feeling clears once more after the adult used her name in front of her pals.
Upset, she told her dad and stepmother 'she feels like an EJ' and her father agreed his partner should use the name his daughter prefers.
Recounting what happened next, the partner's post said: "I started saying how I just thought her actual name is so pretty. He said I'm honestly acting like an a*****e refusing to call her EJ."
As such, she asked commenters who was in the wrong - and they agreed with her husband but also found fault in his actions.
One person wrote: "I don't have a psych degree, but yeah, if you insist that you get to change someone's name that they have selected for themselves to something else, you're being narcissistic."
It's simple entitlement," agreed a second. "She feels she can do what she wants and makes excuses as to why she should be allowed to do so. The father should have corrected her when they first started dating, so it's his fault also."
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