RE: Ten Facts...
November 8, 2018 at 7:24 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2018 at 7:27 pm by Dragonfly.)
@mlmooney89
"1. Imagine Dragons was a good choice for your first. They are one of my favorite bands!
3. Did you change it because you just didn't like your name or was there a reason? How old were you when you changed it? Was it difficult getting others to use your new name or did they already call you by it?"
I changed my name in my 40s after converting to Judaism. When you convert, you choose a Hebrew name. I liked the meaning of the names a lot, so I changed it. It is a royal headache to do a legal name change, especially of your first and middle names. When you say your name has changed, people always assume it's a last name for marriage or divorce.
Otherwise, it wasn't difficult to get people to accept my new name. I told my family right away that I didn't expect them to call me by my new name. My mother is a radical Christian fundamentalist and declared that she will never use my name because it means "light," and I've "left Jesus, the light of the world." So she goes out of her way to make things difficult. When she mailed a package to me, she put my old name and directions to my apartment rather than put my current name. She addresses email to Daughter. She's basically trying to make things as difficult and painful as possible. It's that Christian love again.
"1. Imagine Dragons was a good choice for your first. They are one of my favorite bands!
3. Did you change it because you just didn't like your name or was there a reason? How old were you when you changed it? Was it difficult getting others to use your new name or did they already call you by it?"
I changed my name in my 40s after converting to Judaism. When you convert, you choose a Hebrew name. I liked the meaning of the names a lot, so I changed it. It is a royal headache to do a legal name change, especially of your first and middle names. When you say your name has changed, people always assume it's a last name for marriage or divorce.
Otherwise, it wasn't difficult to get people to accept my new name. I told my family right away that I didn't expect them to call me by my new name. My mother is a radical Christian fundamentalist and declared that she will never use my name because it means "light," and I've "left Jesus, the light of the world." So she goes out of her way to make things difficult. When she mailed a package to me, she put my old name and directions to my apartment rather than put my current name. She addresses email to Daughter. She's basically trying to make things as difficult and painful as possible. It's that Christian love again.
I said to the sun, tell me about the Big Bang.
The sun said, 'It hurts to become.'
~Andrea Gibson
The sun said, 'It hurts to become.'
~Andrea Gibson
