A man I know is about to have a baby with his ex-girlfriend who broke off the brief relationship as soon as her much desired pregnancy was confirmed. (She had planned to have a baby via sperm donor before they met.)
They have agreed to co-parent the baby (a boy) even though the relationship has ended. They are both at busy times in their careers and are finding the pregnancy stressful for different reasons: she because she resents his (sometimes clumsy) attempts to be involved, and he because she is very much in control of the situation and is keeping him at arms length.
She is from Europe and has insisted on it the baby being given a name from her country that she decided many years ago her son would be called. The father doesn't like the name at all (hates it in fact) and anticipates that the child will be teased at school. He asked for a compromise; suggesting that he draw up a list of names from her country that he does like and she can choose from that list - or that she proffers further names for consideration. She is refusing to do this and says instead that her compromise is for the father to choose the child's middle name. He has counter offered, saying that if she goes ahead with her name for the child then the baby should have his surname.
The mother has now said that she wants no further contact until the father can discuss this 'reasonably' as he is causing her undue stress.
What do people think? Is the father being unreasonable?
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