CrossHairs
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interesting, how does changing ur name "disrespect" anyone?
its just a preference, right? no?
Anyways to each his/her own
its just a preference, right? no?
Anyways to each his/her own
desihai, do you have your full name on your driver license and other documents?
Does anybody here have a long last name? How do you manage?
Exercising one's independence as an adult is not disrespect. Suppose your parents want you to become a doctor but you decide to become an engineer. Is that disrespect?I actually did think about "changing" my Name. My things was basically adding a middle name since I don't have one but I decided against it because my parents gave me my name for a reason and yes becoming a citizen of the US doesn't change me as a person and change being their daughter but my PERSONAL thing was I didn't want to "disrespect them.
When you are young your parents make decisions for you because you're not mature enough to make those decisions yourself. But when you are an adult, you are free to make your own decisions, and then it's the parents' turn to respect the decisions of their grown-up children, whether that is who they marry, what they study, or what their name is.
On a similar topic, Canadian immigration requires that you change your name in India before you immigrate to Canada if your last name is Singh or Kaur since it is such a common name.
They aren't forcing you to change your name, because they aren't forcing you to apply for citizenship. You can keep your same old name and remain a noncitizen.Bobsmyth,
You're just kidding right? Nobody can force you to change your name if you don't want to