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In reply to the discussion: Have You Ever Wanted to Change Your Name? [View all]Mike Nelson
(9,955 posts)16. Yes...
to my maternal last name. My father left early - the split was only because they were too young, they otherwise always got along great - so, I didn't really know my father that well and wanted the last name of my mom and grandparents, where I went to live. My mom discouraged the idea, saying that's who you are and that's your father. Decades later, I learned more about my father: he married a woman and they had children. His adult children told me what a wonderful father he was... I never knew. He wasn't to me, but it was nice to learn he was for others. I don't think we would have found each other - on Facebook - if I didn't have the name... Life takes strange turns...
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Honestly, I don't see the point in women changing their name to their husband's
ProudLib72
May 2019
#70
First and Middle, no. But have wanted to take my mother's last name for a long time.
Lady Freedom Returns
May 2019
#6
Yes. I always hated my first name. Ugly sounding, unusual spelling, just awful. It didn't help that
lunamagica
May 2019
#39
Orphie? I can't even...I did change it No one who didn't know me as a child even knows that name
lunamagica
May 2019
#41