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I’d considered it grossly unacceptable to change the first thing gifted to you by your parents.
by koolba 3y ago
I’d considered it grossly unacceptable to change the first thing gifted to you by your parents.
- kibwen 3y agoYour name is your own first and foremost. You can honor your parents in other ways.
- quesera 3y agoEh, there's nothing magical about parental preferences. A loving parent would not want their child to live with a name that they didn't like. Fortunately with names, there are no returns, but exchanges are accepted (with a low restocking fee) in perpetuity.
- stevekemp 3y agoFunny story, I was named "Steven" and yet I've been called Steve my whole life, at my preference. Recently I went through the process of changing my name legally, because I'd fallen into a bad habit of writing "Steve" when asked for my name on some documents, but then remembering my "official" name was "Steven" on others. Having multiple IDs with different names, especially after moving to a new country, was just too much of a pain - for example my official residence permit name didn't match my passport name, which caused some fun at airports.
- digging 3y agoThe first thing gifted was life, and though that was not bestowed with consent, it's one thing I'd argue for retaining as long as possible. Everything else is fair game to discard in service of making that life a good one.