Australia woman named her son after methamphetamine
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (43682)
September 20, 2023 10:50am CST
A journalist in Australia named her newborn son ''Methamphetamine Rules''. She was sure the name would be rejected by the registry department they have. The mother said she and her husband tried to think up the most offensive name they could, as they knew it would be rejected by the registrar.
That backfired. The baby's birth certificate arrived in the mail, and that was indeed his name. The parents were shocked.
The registrar said it was a big oversight. The parents will have a different name for their new son.
Joke or not, who in their right mind would do this?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/woman-legally-names-her-newborn-son-methamphetamine-rules-government-steps-in/ar-AA1gY5j3?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=56c1a26f08564d3cbf8ad0cc7ed3fe9f&ei=47
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@AmbiePam (98011)
• United States
20 Sep 23
I guess they really like getting attention, which shouldn’t surprise me since she is a journalist. The poor kid will hear about his parent’s joke for the rest of his life. As an adult, he probably won’t care, but as a teen he’s going to resent the careless joke.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
He certainly will. The fact that the name will follow him around was the first thing I thought of. His parents never, ever should have done anything like that.
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@LadyDuck (473971)
• Switzerland
21 Sep 23
@MarieCoyle I think you are right, they wanted notoriety.
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@LadyDuck (473971)
• Switzerland
21 Sep 23
@MarieCoyle - I fully agree with you, not even for a plank a parent should do this to a child.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
@LadyDuck
For someone to do that to a baby, in my opinion they need some counseling. That's just cruel.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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25 Sep 23
The only thing it really solved was if anyone was ever in doubt of her being an idiot, now they know she really is one.
@Shavkat (140443)
• Philippines
25 Sep 23
@MarieCoyle I agree. I hope they will consider to change his name.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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25 Sep 23
@Shavkat
Supposedly, they already did. But since this was news and his mother is a news lady fairly well known in her area, people will no doubt remember what she did, the poor kid will never live it down.
@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
It is truly ridiculous. It will make him feel like he was a joke, and they just didn't care.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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24 Sep 23
I thought it was just plain mean, too. The things people do to garner attention never cease to amaze me.
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@xFiacre (13572)
• Ireland
21 Sep 23
@MarieCoyle Or at least not until they have applied for and been granted a licence by sane people such as me. Getting pregnant is far too easy.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
@xFiacre
It certainly is. After all these years, the things people often do for attention never cease to amaze me.
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@LeaPea2417 (37824)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Sep 23
That's the weirdest thing I have ever read.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
I don't know as I believe her, saying she didn't think it would go through the registrar. I think she may have just done it for attention to herself.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
It's totally stupid, in fact so stupid I had to check if it were true, and it is.
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@LindaOHio (188292)
• United States
21 Sep 23
That's ridiculous and cruel. What kind of parents do that? Have a good day.
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@MarieCoyle (43682)
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21 Sep 23
None that I personally know, but there are people who do despicable things, unfortunately.
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@KarenAnne (257)
• United Kingdom
21 Sep 23
"We think it'll be a very unique 21st birthday present to tell him this story." I hate to break it to her, but this isn't 1972. As soon as the kid hits school he's finding out.
Does a birth not have to be registered in person in Australia? In the UK it's a visit to the Register office or via the hospital. We don't have many actually banned names in the UK but the Registra can refuse names that are offensive, impossible to pronounce or contain numerals.
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