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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Would you change your name if you could and it was easy?
Obviously the difficulty is obvious (passports bills etc)
But you didn’t pick your name, someone else did. So, if you would what would you change it too? And if you have already, why did you choose it?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have changed my name.
I changed it with a deed poll.
Some places are easier to change it than others but it’s more time consuming than difficult.
I’ve had issues with Barclays Bank where I’ve had to take my deed poll in three times due to their rubbish system. How they can send a letter in my new name with a card attached in my old name.  how they can send a cheque book to me four years after I’ve ‘resolved’ the issue to find the tear off slip on the front of the book has my new name but inside it’s my old.
So to summarise. It’s easy..... unless you bank with Barclays.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I like my real name now but didn’t when I was younger due to it’s quirky spelling. I wouldn’t change it as my dad chose it for me
J x"
I have a quirky spelling. (Not so much realty, but not the usual way it is known.) I got used to it and now accept any way it is pronounced or spelt, I just can’t be bothered correcting them anymore.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If I ever had to change my name I’ve got the perfect name.
Dave!
Like, who wouldn’t trust a Dave?
You know what it’s like, if you need some work done on your house or car and a friend suggests a guy called Dave you just have pure trust in Dave straight away,
Dave just sounds like a cool, grounded and decent guy.
Like you’d trust a Dave to look after your dog or if your widowed mum had a Dave coming to cut the grass you’d just think you can trust him.
If you had a Dave in your little black book you’d call on him and know he’s going to come and please you and there wouldn’t be any hassle.
Same can’t be said for a Jason or Mark. You’d always have your guard up  |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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I already have on both counts - my surname anyway - was changed when I was a kid to match my step-bastard's.
I was too young at the time to have any say in the matter or for it to have any real impact on me beyond having to fill in extra boxes on official forms. |
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"If I ever had to change my name I’ve got the perfect name.
Dave!
Like, who wouldn’t trust a Dave?
You know what it’s like, if you need some work done on your house or car and a friend suggests a guy called Dave you just have pure trust in Dave straight away,
Dave just sounds like a cool, grounded and decent guy.
Like you’d trust a Dave to look after your dog or if your widowed mum had a Dave coming to cut the grass you’d just think you can trust him.
If you had a Dave in your little black book you’d call on him and know he’s going to come and please you and there wouldn’t be any hassle.
Same can’t be said for a Jason or Mark. You’d always have your guard up "
I was married to a Dave. He was a lying, cheating, manipulating, mentally abusive twat. My dad is also called Dave & is the complete opposite.
J x |
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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago
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No I really like my name, both forename and surname, I sound posh haha my mum did change my forename the day after I was born because of what my uncle called me when he came to visit lol which I am forever grateful for |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think I actually look like my name "
Every one does, especially bikes who wrote it on few m6 service toilets cubicle along with your phone number.
That's how we met  |
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"If I ever had to change my name I’ve got the perfect name.
Dave!
Like, who wouldn’t trust a Dave?
You know what it’s like, if you need some work done on your house or car and a friend suggests a guy called Dave you just have pure trust in Dave straight away,
Dave just sounds like a cool, grounded and decent guy.
Like you’d trust a Dave to look after your dog or if your widowed mum had a Dave coming to cut the grass you’d just think you can trust him.
If you had a Dave in your little black book you’d call on him and know he’s going to come and please you and there wouldn’t be any hassle.
Same can’t be said for a Jason or Mark. You’d always have your guard up
I was married to a Dave. He was a lying, cheating, manipulating, mentally abusive twat. My dad is also called Dave & is the complete opposite.
J x"
I too was married to a Dave who was a lying cheating prat.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes i hate my name. my mother was bingewatching a british show called birds of a feather when i was born and named me after a character from that who's name she liked the sound of
but because of its similarity to darren and her strange spelling with a Y she doomed me to being called darren or having it misspelled
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"I think I actually look like my name
Every one does, especially bikes who wrote it on few m6 service toilets cubicle along with your phone number.
That's how we met "
That gloryhole TripAdvisor review was what hooked us together  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yes i hate my name. my mother was bingewatching a british show called birds of a feather when i was born and named me after a character from that who's name she liked the sound of
but because of its similarity to darren and her strange spelling with a Y she doomed me to being called darren or having it misspelled
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Note to self: avoid binge watching shows before the birth of any of my potential future children |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have changed my name.
I changed it with a deed poll.
Some places are easier to change it than others but it’s more time consuming than difficult.
I’ve had issues with Barclays Bank where I’ve had to take my deed poll in three times due to their rubbish system. How they can send a letter in my new name with a card attached in my old name. how they can send a cheque book to me four years after I’ve ‘resolved’ the issue to find the tear off slip on the front of the book has my new name but inside it’s my old.
So to summarise. It’s easy..... unless you bank with Barclays. "
I'd be hounding their complaints department. I'd also change banks. Fuckers.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I hated my original name for various reasons... I use my married name now, even though I've been divorced longer than i was married lol.. It definitely suits me and i feel comfortable in my 'new' skin
The only thing that defeated me was trying to change my name on my Boots loyalty card
Men
* You have no idea how hard it is adjusting to a new name and rediscovering your identity - it took me a year
* also you have no idea of the crap we go through to change our name.. I had to get one document notarised three times 
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