Mom shocks with baby name inspired by personal lubricant: ‘This is true abuse'
A mom-to-be is being roasted online for choosing a bizarre moniker for her baby, with many saying the child will be bullied in school.
In a now-viral Reddit post, a user posted a screenshot of her conversation with an older cousin who was pregnant.
In the text chain, it was revealed that the cousin was originally planning to name her baby Serena but decided against it and chose what she deemed to be 'still a very pretty name' — Vaselinea.
The user responded by sending a picture of a tube of Vaseline petroleum jelly and asked 'Like this thing?'
'Yesss,' the expectant mother responded. 'I wanted that 'nia' sound at the end.'
'It's pronounced like vah-suh-lee-nia,' she explained.
The user was so baffled they posted the conversation to the 'tragedeigh' sub-Reddit, which defines 'tragedeigh' as 'a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.'
'Is Vaselinea a tragedeigh? How do I convince her to go back to choosing the name Serena,' the user wrote in the post alongside a crying emoji.
In the comments, the user said that they asked the cousin why she didn't stick with the name Serena, and the cousin allegedly explained that Vaselinea 'sounds more elegant than Serena' and she wanted a name 'that will stick with someone when they hear it'
Reddit users rushed to the comment section to express their distaste toward the baby name.
'High school is gonna be real rough lol,' a user noted.
'The only place you should have difficulty choosing between Vaseline and Nivea is in your shopping basket. Not your child's name. Yikes!' one said.
'Remind her what Vaseline is used for by many, many men and then remind her that her child will be surrounded by teenage boys at some point in their life,' a user wrote.
'This is true abuse. Naming a child a lubricant??? What is wrong with people?' another commented.
'At least she's lubed up for all the bullying she will encounter thanks to her mom,' one quipped.
'Honestly, this Subreddit continues to reinforce my belief that a decent percentage of the population should not reproduce, not until they gain some wisdom at least,' someone declared. 'If this is what you are considering naming your child, you have no business having one.'
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