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Daily Mirror
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'Entitled' woman wants to approve name for her grandchild but there's one problem
When it comes to baby names, loved ones often shared their opinions with expecting parents - even if unwanted. One grandma-to-be insists has given an expecting couple a list of 'approved' names A woman has shared their fury as their aunt and come up with a strict baby name list for her grandchild - and will give it to the parents-to-be. Choosing a name for your newborn is one of the most significant decisions new parents will make. Some have known from a young age what names they want to use, while others spend years thinking about it. Some prefer traditional names, while others are inspired by their favourite celebrities or characters, and some desire their child's name to be the only one of its kind heard in the playground. What is for sure, is that everyone has different name likes and dislikes, and expecting parents are bound to receive unsolicited opinions. But one family member is upset by the way her aunt has acted as her cousin and his wife as expecting a baby girl soon. She is fed up of her interfering with their choice of baby name. Anonymously, she explained in a Reddit threat recently what has happened. She said her aunt has been acting "so ridiculous and entitled". She said her cousin and his wife want to name their baby Summer, however at the expecting mother's baby shower she overheard that the aunt will be sending her son - the baby's father - a list of names "approved by her." But there's a problem - the baby's grandmother only likes "traditional" and "pretentious" names. The annoyed cousin of the dad-to-be said: "Her kids all have very traditional WASP-y names (think Suzanne, Richard etc) so there is currently a secret betting pool among me, my mother and other aunt as to how vanilla and bland - or pretentious - the name will be, and whether or not her own name will be on the list." She noted that other family members have even been putting bets on. "Oh, we're going to need to see this list once you get your hands on a copy!," commented one. Another noted: "Luckily, unless auntie has custody of the child, her list will probably be unenforceable." One shared what they would do in this scenario, and said: "I'd read the list just to make sure I would not accidentally choose any of the names on the list." One suggested the couple should keep the peace, but ultimately choose a name they want. They suggested: "Well, that's nice. She can have a list. She can send it to him. He and his wife can thank her for the suggestions and disregard them." One individual who can relate to this scenario, commented and said: "My sister gave me a list of names I was not allowed to use for my daughter's middle name. She tried to add the name Quinn to said list when our Grandma expressed how much she liked that name." She added: "She was calling dibs on a bunch of girl names because she has her own issues and felt a need to control something. My pregnancy wasn't planned as I was really early 20s and not in a relationship with my daughter's father so I was already dealing with stress from my parents. I didn't fight when she initially made that list which was your more traditional names of Elizabeth, Grace, Marie, etc." One pointed out: "I understand wanting to talk and discuss names for your grandchild, but, it should be in a nice way, not in a 'this is my list of approved names'."
Tom's Guide
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
5 shows like 'Your Friends and Neighbors' to stream while you wait for season 2
The first season of "Your Friends and Neighbors" has come to a close, and while we wait to see what Andrew Cooper steals next (and from whom), there's a very specific hole left in our watchlists. The Apple TV Plus series introduced us to Jon Hamm's Andrew, a freshly fired hedge fund manager who decides to spend his free time breaking into the homes of his rich neighbors — not out of desperation, but more like curiosity, boredom and maybe a touch of existential spite. With its deadpan voiceover and sharp commentary on the absurdity of wealth, "Your Friends and Neighbors" makes it weirdly easy to root for a guy rifling through someone else's medicine cabinet. While we wait for season 2 to sneak back into our lives, here are a few shows like "Your Friends and Neighbors" that scratch the same itch. In this FX drama, an Irish Traveller family decides to take up residence in an upper class neighborhood when they're involved in a car accident that kills a wealthy family named the Riches. On the run from their clan, from whom they've just stolen a large sum of money, they have little choice but to assume the identities of the Riches, struggling to fit in within a WASP-y community of hedge fund managers and high-powered attorneys. Starring Suzy Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver as Rich parents and Noel Fisher, Shannon Marie Woodward, and Aidan Mitchell as their three children, "The Riches" benefited from the strong performances and bonds between its central cast. Watch on Hulu Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Andrew Cooper on "Your Friends and Neighbors" wasn't the first TV character to engage in nefarious, illegal goings-on beneath the surface of an otherwise picture-perfect suburban neighborhood. Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) preceded him by a number of years on "Weeds," when she — a mother with two boys to provide for whose husband has recently died — starts a lucrative side hustle as the local marijuana dealer. "Weeds" was a satirical take on the typical family drama, and it ran for eight seasons on Showtime from 2005 to 2012. Along the way, it earned 20 Emmy nominations, including several for Parker as well as Elizabeth Perkins as Botwin's neighbor. Watch free on Plex This may sound familiar: A typical family man whose marriage is on the rocks finds himself in the midst of a crisis and, determined to provide for his wife and kids, begins working as a freelance criminal. Initially, he tells himself it's a means to an end, but before long, he starts to relish his life of crime, and what's more, he's good at it. This could describe Andrew Cooper in "Your Friends and Neighbors," but is just as easily applied to Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in "Breaking Bad." After White, a mild-mannered high school teacher, is handed a devastating cancer diagnosis, he realizes that he can make enough to keep his family comfortable after his death by opening a meth lab. But that's just where it starts. Before long, he gets deeper and deeper into the criminal world, until he's virtually unrecognizable. Breaking Bad was a hit series on AMC, earning four Emmys for Cranston, three for Aaron Paul, and two for Anna Gunn. It also generated a popular spinoff, "Better Call Saul," which offers up an origin story for White's shady lawyer, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). Watch on Netflix It can be easy to justify a little light larceny when you find you and your family in dire financial straits. This is certainly the case in "Good Girls," when a trio of suburban mothers decide to turn to robbery when they each, for different reasons, fall on hard times. Beth (Christina Hendricks) is reeling from a recent divorce after her husband cheated on her. Ruby (Retta) needs money to pay for her child's medical treatments. And Annie (Mae Whitman) is about to become embroiled in an expensive custody battle. They're all more or less justified in looking for not-so-legal side hustles, which they find when they decide to team up and rob a local grocery store. Surely they'll just commit one robbery, get away with it, and then that'll be the end of it, right? Watch on Netflix Set in Palm Beach in 1969, this comedy-drama feels a little bit like a mash-up between "Mad Men's" period aesthetics and the criminal antics of "Your Friends and Neighbors." It stars Kristen Wiig as the ambitious Maxine, who is determined to do whatever it takes to join the high-flying members of Palm Beach's most exclusive country club. Her increasingly absurd antics only prove the lengths she's willing to go to accomplish her goals, as she clumsily manipulates seemingly everyone in town to earn a coveted spot among their elite. Wiig is in fine form in Palm Royale, showcasing her deftness with both comedy and drama. Palm Royale was renewed for a second season in 2024, so we should be getting more social-climbing dramedy in the near future. Watch on Apple TV Plus
