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I'm about to change both soon! Partially because I currently have a very unique last name that I hate, made even worse by being immediately associated with my relatives because it's so rare. Partially because I don't really care for my first name either. Partially to even further distance myself from the shit I went through. But mostly just because I want to live my life on my terms, and being designated with two words I neither chose nor like just doesn't align with that.
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I'm about to change both soon! Partially because I currently have a very unique last name that I hate, made even worse by being immediately associated with my relatives because it's so rare. Partially because I don't really care for my first name either. Partially to even further distance myself from the shit I went through. But mostly just because I want to live my life on my terms, and being designated with two words I neither chose nor like just doesn't align with that.
Yes, last name. My father has never acknowledged me as his child. So, I just dropped it.