Mom pressures her 15-year-old daughter to change last name from her late father’s last name to her stepfather’s last name, can’t understand why she refuses: ‘[My mom] doesn’t think I should be hurting because of it’

Changing your name is a huge decision. It seems like more and more young women are sticking with their given surname after marriage instead of automatically changing it to their husband’s, and I’m totally here for it. I really like the name I was blessed with, and I probably wouldn’t change it unless I got …
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Mom forces 6-year-old daughter to change her last name to her stepfather’s after her father’s passing, refuses to pay to change it back when she turns 18 even though she

I think it was the late great songwriter Stephen Sondheim who said it best:  «Careful the things you sayChildren will listenCareful the things you doChildren will see and learnChildren may not obey, but children will listenChildren will look to you for which way to turnTo learn what to beCareful before you say,,»Listen to me»Children will …
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Ex-husband’s new fiance insists that his wife of 26 years and the mother of his 4 children change her last name back to her maiden name: ‘He wants me to move on’

A lot of people view a woman changing her maiden name to her married name through a very patriarchal lens. The idea that a woman takes her husband’s name instead of uniting with him and their children under the same name is very popular. Of course, it could be argued that if a woman really …
Seguir leyendo Ex-husband’s new fiance insists that his wife of 26 years and the mother of his 4 children change her last name back to her maiden name: ‘He wants me to move on’

18-year old changes her last name back to her late dad’s name, enrages mom and stepdad who changed it against her will when she was 7: ‘My mom’s husband told me I publicly disowned them’

Names are more important than we give them credit for. They’re not something that you should change without serious reason. We’ve all heard of parents who realize they gave their baby the wrong name two weeks after they were born. Changing their name in that scenario is largely harmless, but once a child is old …
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‘I don’t want a different last name than our kids’: Ex-husband insists ex-wife change her last name because it makes his 24-year-old fiancée uncomfortable

I have no idea how I’d feel if I changed my last name. My full name has such a great ring; I couldn’t imagine wanting to change it to something else. But if I was in love and didn’t want to go to the hyphenated side of town, I might do it to have the …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t want a different last name than our kids’: Ex-husband insists ex-wife change her last name because it makes his 24-year-old fiancée uncomfortable