Couple avenge trolls who said that their kids’ names are ‘child cruelty’
A British couple has clapped back after being mercilessly trolled online for choosing to call two of their children Jackdaniel and Tiamarie.
Sarah and Steven Mennell, from Kingston upon Hull, have five children together, most with peculiar names, but they won’t be apologizing for their choice anytime soon.
The couple made headlines this week after facing days of harsh criticism from strangers who argued naming children after alcoholic drinks was akin to “child cruelty”.
The couple, who run a children’s party company together, came under fire after Sarah was featured in a local newspaper, defending her decision to spend hundreds of dollars on her children’s school uniforms.
People responded not to the story but to Jackdaniel and Tiamarie’s names, slamming their mother online.
But most people turned their attention to Sarah, labelling her a “drunk sl*t” and claiming she must have had suffered from alcohol dependence issues to name her children after two types of liquor.
The couple’s other children are Sydney, 10, Princess, 6, and Albert, 4.
In a long Facebook post, responding to the criticism on Friday, Sarah said her children’s names were not related to alcohol in any way, explaining she was, in fact, an avid tea drinker.
Continuing, she said her daughter, Tiamarie, was named after a Spanish waitress the couple met and liked.