Woman Laughs at Sister's Baby Name — Then Gets Uninvited to Her Baby Shower

Mar. 15, 2025

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In a now-viral post onReddit, one woman shared how a fight with her sister led to a bigger rift between them.

However, things took a turn this week after she texted her sister to confirm the name for the custom items ordered ASAP so they would arrive in time for the shower. In response, her sister informed her that they were going with an alternative spelling of Rafferty.

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“I texted back, ‘An alternative spelling… of our mother’s maiden name?’ " she writes in the post. “My sister wants to spell it ‘Raefarty.’ So I sent back a bunch of laughing emojis, and she asked, ‘What’s so funny?’ "

“I tried to explain that no one will pronounce it as Rafferty, and she’ll probably get plenty of mispronunciations,” she adds. “She told me I was being ridiculous. I texted back, ‘My poor niece, Little Miss Farty Rae.’ "

“But, like, Raefarty is really bad, isn’t it? Someone needs to tell her, right?,” she continues.

“That is beyonddd a tragedeigh, someone needed to tell her. That poor kid is going to get picked on like nobodys business,” one user wrote.

“Rafferty as a first name is bad enough. But Raefarty sounds like a parody musician who raps exclusively about fecal matter, whether solid liquid or gas,” another user added.

source: people.com