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In Maori, Maua means “we”, or “both of us”. It’s also shorthand for “we share similar beliefs”.
Could have gone that route.
If you married an entomologist and get upset about that, it’s kinda on you.
Are entomologists known for withholding information from their SO?
Bug related information? Yes
He probably should have been honest and upfront about it, but he also named their kid after something he obviously loves, and I think that’s great. If she loved the name before knowing its origin, she should love it even more for being associated with something that at least one parent thinks is beautiful.
The issue there is that she loved Moana. He thought she would get bullied for that name, so instead named her after a bug. He put his love for insects over his wife’s love, and tried to rationalize it to himself. But his rationalization doesn’t hold under the least bit of scrutiny, because more kids would tease her after being named after an insect than a Disney movie. The saving grace here is that the cicada doesn’t come up in Urban Dictionary (kids love that shit), and it comes up after the Brazilian municipality.
Overall, I’d say he is the butt head, but it’s not a huge deal.
Who is going to recognize that name as being after a bug though? Only people who they tell, lol
I wonder if they are aware that in Europe the Disney character is called Vaiana, because there is a porn star named Moana.
I got downvoted to hell for stating the same thing on reddit a couple of years ago!
Also, the choice was not just to avoid association with the porn star. The name Moana was not legally available to Disney in several European countries so they had to find a different name
i love the idea that disney would for some reason care about a porn star that barely anyone has ever heard about, as if search results for the name wouldn’t instantly be overwhelmed by the disney movie…
the legal issues have to like 97% of the reason for the name change
Am I The Butt Face?
Damn did Reddit go and censor “Am I The Asshole?”
It’s a sister subreddit with more lax application of the rules. They did a few of those, mainly for April fools.
How can the rules be more lax? More than half of aita reads like rage bait written by chatgpt
There are many topics that aren’t allowed on the main sub (revenge stories, violence, asking for advice, etc.) that would be allowed on aitb.
I’ve seen way more fake posts on other aita subs (r/AITAH, r/TwoHotTakes, etc.), the moderation on r/aita usually catches most obvious rage bait posts.
Nah, there are just a bunch of alternate subs that people made after disliking the moderation.
I had to google that abbreviation and only came up with
Adventures In The Beetroot Field (booking agency; London, UK)
I eventually clicked on the reddit link though, after putting on some rubber gloves and taking a few anti-nausea pills. There i found the right explanation
All that work and it’s literally in the screenshot lol. The sub name is not abbreviated.
LOL you are right!
The explanation being?
Sorry: Am I The Butt Face
literally nothing wrong with that it’s just a name
People make such a big deal of naming their kids. Just give them regular old names and call it a day. How about Paul? I guarantee everyone will feel indifferent to it, so it’s a winner.
I wonder how Maua would feel if they named her Paul instead.
Atreides
Pesky Paul and the bene geserits doing weird shit in the dessert.
call it a day
If they were afraid that the name Moana might be bullied at school, then Day would maybe be even worse
Paul is a weird name for a girl. I’d rather go with McKenzie or Murphy or Noah. Now those are some girly names.
Never met a Paul I liked. Clearly your statement is false.
:)
Paul Rudd? Though, maybe that’s just cause you’ve never met him.
Paul Rudd is so charismatic you feel like you’ve met him even if he’s only on your TV screen.
So many good names to reuse. I say we pull out some victorian names, we’ve gotten past the “that’s my grandma” part of the cycle so it’s about due pretty soon.
I mean it’s a beautiful name, who really cares if it’s named after a genus of Cicadas? There are worse sounding “normal” names out there. Plus it’s named after OP’s passion, I think that shows a lot of love
What’s wrong with Cicadas anyway?
The noise. The eyes.
“If it makes you feel any better, I considered the scenario in which you found the impetus for the name Maua. So a few weeks ago I Googled the name to find what else it means, and apparently it’s also a municipality in Brazil, pretty cool huh? Maybe we can take her there one day!”
TBH I don’t know how the relationship got this far if she hates bugs so much.
More precisely, how has the relationship come this far without him knowing she hates all bugs?
I don’t think it’s on him for not knowing that when she agreed to marry an Entomologist. It’s nobody’s job to read their partner’s mind, they need to communicate likes and dislikes during the courting phase and I’m sure there were plenty of opportunities to bring that topic up.
That’s where your reading comprehension took you huh
A rose by any other name?
What’s wrong with bugs? They’re cool, while a made up string of characters (that sounds good) might be better I don’t see what’s wrong with using an uncommon scientific name. Then again being honest is likely helpful.
What’s wrong with bugs?
they give programmers nightmares
What? Why would I have nightmares about the thing that secures my continued paycheck?
I fucking love 'em.i guess it depends on whether you’re working for someone else or not. I’d guess most independent programmers would rather make new things rather then just fixing what they’ve made before.
There’s nothing wrong with bugs. It’s all about intent, and he clearly intended to hide this from her because he knew (correctly) it would be a problem for her. So it was a lie by withholding relevant information. About their daughters name. Its messed up. It’s also dumb because it’s so easy to look up the origin of a name that this “secret” isn’t really one at all.
It would be, but he did say he thought it was a harmless secret. That could be read as though he didn’t know it would bother her.
Like, my name allegedly means things, but unless my mom really hates the Irish, I don’t think many of them would set her off.
I see your point, but can’t square it.
If he had said “I didn’t think it mattered so I didn’t think to tell her” that would make sense, but the fact that he said he deliberately hid it (ie harmless secret) means he knew she wouldn’t like it. Which makes sense because I think it would be pretty common to get “no” for an answer when you ask your spouse if you can name your kid after a bug.
Mm, yeah, that’s possible, too. I think I just considered that to be a turn a phrase.
This is almost off-topic, but I’ve always found it kind of funny that people ask questions like these in AITA when they could get an answer if they just thought about it for 5 minutes. Like, “Wow, my wife really hates this. And, it either was or was not my fault, so… hm.”
I was questioning why it became so problematic. It’s still a good name and could totally have been a coincidence. The name being related to work seems like the main issue to me.
I was questioning why it became so problematic.
I guess I left this part out: If you haven’t noticed, many people don’t like bugs.
Because having a weird name makes you a target for bullying. Also the name of a loud and annoying beetle is worse.
In my experience having a common name has that effect too. I feel like every name has the potential for bullies to target it. Also this is only one subcategory of beetle (that most people likely don’t know) if I read it correctly.
i mean, this is fine. i wanted to name my kid Skeletor Starscream. it’s the hiding it that’s the problem + why would you marry someone who’d appear to hate the thing you’re passionate about?
Children do descend upon large amounts of sweets in the same way that insects do. That’s all I’m saying.
They buzz around too. Sometimes in swarms. They can be adorable and fuzzy, as well as annoying and gross. They can be vampires and drain your energy. They can be essential to our life/enviroment too.
Idk it’s not the worst name ever. Definitely sounds like a “kooky millennial parents wanted an interesting name” name. But there’s worse. Much worse. He should’ve told her where it came from though, kinda a dumb thing to not involve your wife in. You know. The name of her child.
Mahua is a perfectly cromulent Bengali name.
Is the kid Bengali?
By the law of names, the kid is now a cicada.
