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In reply to the discussion: Have You Ever Wanted to Change Your Name? [View all]ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)40. But you didn't change it? Just accepted it eventually?
I'm still considering changing mine. The only reason I don't is the hassle it will cause with all the legal records.
So way back in elementary, I went to school with a girl named 'Orphie'. She actually lived next door to me. She was adopted, so you can imagine the connotation. Well, as soon as she came of age, she changed it to 'Michelle'.
You really have to wonder at adoptive parents naming their child 'Orphie'. Maybe it was some sort of family name. Who knows? Whatever the reason, it was a terrible choice.
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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