tranquil1ty_ – I changed my birth name #Reddit #StoryTime #shorts

Am I the for changing my birth name after my mom used it for bad reasons I 24fm in the processing of changing my legal birth name I am the oldest of a dozen children and my parents were pretty absent due to drug and alcohol use causing us to end up in

The foster care system at 18 I was homeless because I had nowhere to go and no one in my family was willing to take me in the majority of my siblings are adopted into good families but I’m one of the few who aged out my birth name

Has never really resonated with me and is a constant reminder of What Separates Me from my siblings and family my mother 45f has been stealing my name to use it for inappropriate usage she is using my name to prostitute by 24f recently finished two bachelor’s degrees and in

My fields of study it is very important to maintain a good image I am the first ever on both sides to graduate from a university I have decided to change my birth name to something I find more suitable for myself and because I do not want to be associated with my mother’s

Activities while looking for a job after recently graduating recently I went to a family gathering where multiple people confronted me on my mother’s side of the family telling me how they do not like my new name Etc and how I should have never changed it these family members

Also frequently talk to my mom who I do not have a relationship with and are aware of her activities under my birth name they’re trying to make me feel guilty for changing it and everyone is really upset with me for pursuing the name change