DISAPPROVAL FTW

[tsumiamethyst]

I am very seriously considering changing my legal surname.

My Mom is very seriously disagreeing with my decision.

I could understand, perhaps, if I had no reasons. But I do. I have not seen my father for ten years, and I am suffering from it. I want nothing more to do with him. That surname has bad connotations for me and I want to be rid of them.

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[tsumiamethyst]

Not even remotely close. I think the last time she saw him was even longer ago than I did. Her whole marriage argument didn't go down well, either. I just raised an eyebrow and was like, 'I'm not even going to begin discussing how bad that sounds.' I guess that didn't help her mood, but I'm beginning to realise why we seemed so much closer when we didn't live together. I think we're very different people. That and Mom worried about what others think - She probably thinks people will think badly of me, or even her if I go through with this. But how should they? If anything, they think badly of me with my name how it is.

On the subject of marriage, if I married my current boyfriend, and took his name, my Name would officially be Holly Hurley. Okay, you can stop laughing at how that sounds, now. Fitting that my initials would spell 'HEH.' It's just so. Urgh. Her assumptions about how my life will go infuriate me at times, they really do. I think now I've become older, we've grown further apart. We're two very different people.

BUT EVEN SO! She should let me do this. I'd rather have her blessing than not, because I'm well-mannered like that, but if push comes to shove, she'll just have to live with it. *Nods*