Comments on: Legal Name Change: Part 2of3: What Will I Be Called http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2006/05/31/legal-name-change-part-2of3-what-will-i-be-called/ Sundrip Journals Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Willowesque http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2006/05/31/legal-name-change-part-2of3-what-will-i-be-called/#comment-278 Willowesque Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:36:44 +0000 http://www.sundrip.com/journal/2006/05/31/legal-name-change-part-2of3-what-will-i-be-called/#comment-278 Interesting--I can see your point about grieving your lost name, mostly because it meant you would never ever please your mother, gain her acceptance. On the other hand, I decided years ago that pleasing her or gaining her acceptance was never going to happen, no matter what. She still says all the same old things about me, even though they were never true, and never will be. It's almost like when she talks about me, she's talking about someone else...which I think was exactly your point in Part 1. Interesting–I can see your point about grieving your lost name, mostly because it meant you would never ever please your mother, gain her acceptance.

On the other hand, I decided years ago that pleasing her or gaining her acceptance was never going to happen, no matter what. She still says all the same old things about me, even though they were never true, and never will be. It’s almost like when she talks about me, she’s talking about someone else…which I think was exactly your point in Part 1.

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