Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
On the show, she claimed it is the name of her and the kids.
And that's why people are mad... because that is factually a lie.
She said it was their family name. It is their family name.
I know people who invented their family name by combining their last names when they married and then giving their kids this made-up last name. People can do what they want.
Let's not forget what got this poster so worked up. It's because I wouldn't watch a video she posted to me in response to me saying that Kate and William's kids use "Wales" as a surname at school! Will and Harry used it in the military! So, there is precedent for the BRF to use titles as last names.
Let's not forget that YOU got upset that you got called out for speaking with a very low-SES tone and freaked out about it and have been whining on this board for several hours since. And proudly stated you dont have the attention span to watch a ten minute youtube video. An L all around.
Not a low-SES tone
LOL Idk why she got so mad... I'm sure it's not the first time people have made that observation to her face
Oh no sorry you misunderstood. I was laughing at you, not the poster you claim is low-SES.
No worries, cause I was laughing at you first. And the anger you have about being called out for growing up poor and sounding like it.
Anonymous wrote:Did anyone else find Meghan’s aesthetic incredibly dated? Maybe because I spend time on TikTok and gen Zs are always making fun of millennial beige and the kind of twee “bundles of flowers in mason jars” look that was big in the 2010s. But I just kept thinking the whole thing was such a blast from the past- from the overly curated, instagram perfect styling to the empty platitudes about “we all can come together with love” or “wine night!”… it really seemed like something straight out of 2016. As a fellow millennial close in age to Meghan it was actually kind of depressing
The beige thing goes way back to her influence by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, who died in a plane crash with JFk Jr in 1998. Bessette Kennedy was known for wearing Calvin Klein inspired outfits in beige and black Her style was very influential . There are photos of Meghan doing exact copies of the outfits.
It has been a hallmark of elder millennial style, the pared down, all white/brown/beige monochromatic thing, matching the similar all white/brown/beige kitchen. And what once seemed kind of chic, new and fresh, now looks incredibly dated and like a throwback to the mid 2010s, which was Meghan's heyday. Anyone who stays on top of trends knows that this kind of thing looks very out of date now and Gen Zs are always making fun of these stylistic choices. And for good reason- once you kind of pan out you realize how kind of ridiculous and overly stylized/ self conscious it often looks.
I don't personally think her style is dated. It reads more quiet luxury than sad beige.
With that being said, as a fellow millennial, I can appreciate Meghan sticking to her style rather than changing. As you get older you kind of learn what works for you and gain confidence to avoid overhauling your style every time trends change. She's in ankle jeans and a button down, it's not like she's in a J. Crew bubble necklace or something extremely dated.
I also do think this is one of those areas where she would never win and if she tried something excessively trendy she'd be made fun of for trying too hard.
It is very dated though, and you being a millennial may blind you to that fact since it's a style you still enjoy. In the way that plenty of boomers will still walk around thinking their outfits from the 80s or 90s are really cool, when it dates them and gives away their "era".
Nothing wrong with having a personal style. But you can still update things, keep them fresh, and move with the times- or hire people to style you if you cant figure it out yourself. ESPECIALLY if youre going to position yourself as some kind of leader in the aspirational lifestyle industry. Most people dont want to be walking around wearing a style that is a good decade or so passe.
Please give detailed examples of how to “update” and “freshen” the aesthetic of the show. I would love to hear what is considered updated.
The show to me reads as blandly pleasant. It’s the entire curated concept of a lifestyle show that seems dated more so than the details like clothing.
Seriously. I don't understand how straight cut jeans and a button down are "dated." She just dresses like a normal rich mom, which she is. It's millennial because millennials are moms now.
LOL. That's because you are a millennial! Dont you get that? In the same way a boomer isnt going to understand how their look is dated either. There are plenty of hip looking rich moms, not everyone is wearing what was en vogue in 2015.
OK, but I see Gen Z in the Metro wearing pants cuts and sweater styles that my mom wore in 1985. It absolutely floors me. It legitimately looks like they took one of my mom's outfits from the Sears Cheryl Tiegs catalogue.
I'm sure our resident Stacy London here will have an explanation shortly about how that's chic but Meghan's Cartier watch screams nouveau riche and millennial or some shit, idk.
Stacy London? Damn. Talk about dated references... you must be over 40.
DP Are you experiencing a midlife crisis? What is with the hyper fixation on things being dated?
I missed the memo where you can't even make an older reference lol.
I'm not, but you appear to be going through one whenever anyone points out (rightfully) that your clothing and references are dated. What's wrong with that? You're allowed to proudly walk around in your millennial page and have everyone able to pin your age, in the same way a 65 year old woman can waltz around in their QVC comfort sweatshirt and not be surprised that people pin her for being a grandma. You speak and dress with a very distinctive time/era/middle aged vibe. What's the issue?
I think there is a lot more than a comfort sweatshirt that would pin someone as a grandma.
You’re hilariously fixated on this. Are you one of those people who actually reads those ads that tell you things like stop carrying around a bag at a certain age and takes them to heart?
No, just someone who has a bare minimum ability to observe fashion trends and generational tendencies. That's why it's so amusing watching you crash out- you really thought there was nothing dated about your skinny jeans and ballet boots, and cannot stand to have someone point out that your style is passe now. Are you one of those people who genuinely believed that they could pass for ten years younger?
Writing all this and accusing someone else of crashing out is insaneeeeeeeee
It's the truth! Y'all wouldn't be going on and on and on and trying to defend yourselves and arguing that chambray is still cool for pages if you werent crashing out. That's what a crash out is, my love.
No one has argued that chambray was cool! You are the only one mentioning chambray shirts!
Yes someone was mad about chambray shirts being brought up, lol. I'm sure they thought they looked *very* hip and avant garde in their chambray
It matters where you are too. Chambray is preppy, timeless California casual.
it's really not. Chambray is super dated, especially in the styles that were popular for millennials.
You’re pointing out one particular style. But that doesn’t mean you understand fashion. Not trends. Fashion.
Ooh you are the "fashion expert." Please tell us all of your knowledge from your years as a designer. Understanding fashion is so important and critical.
I didn’t say I was a designer. As always, you make these leaps of logic to things that no one claimed (similar to your earlier claim that moms on here were saying that skinny jeans and ballet flats or chambray were the height of fashion - no one actually said that).
But yes, I worked in fashion for some years and believe there is a difference between fashion and trendy. You seem hyper focused on trendy stuff and are unable to see there are classic styles that may go in and out of being the trend of the moment, but are nonetheless not unfashionable. I’ll put chambray shirts in that bucket as one example.
You seem to be confused and not realizing that youre responding to multiple people who disagree with you. And posting that you USED to work in fashion is not really relevant considering you cant even realize that certain styles are distinctive and emblematic of certain eras. The fact that this very basic element of fashion has escaped you make it quite clear why you were not able to sustain a career in the industry long term.
So you weren’t the PP? And you didn’t claim that people said skinny was still hip? Really? You sure about that?
In any event, I never said that certain styles were not emblematic of a certain era. Again, you make things up. But there are certain clothes that cross eras and are never truly unfashionable as you keep claiming. Chambray shirts will always be classic and no one should toss them bc they aren’t super on trend right now. Same with van style sneakers. A well made trench coat. A well made wool crew neck sweater. Etc.
And all of these can certainly be styled with more on trend pieces (pair that chambray shirt with wide leg/looser jeans in a black, rather than skinny cut, as example) for a more modern look. Sure, it won’t be the height of today’s trendiness, but it’s classic and ‘fashionable ’.
Get it now?
Yeah, I am no the person you were responding to. Sorry, but chambray shirts, while they may have been classic at one point, were so coopted and widely popular during the peak millennial era that they are no longer timeless and in fact VERY timely and emblematic of a distinctive time. Again, the fact that you dont realize this is even possible, is indicative of exactly why you were unable to make it in the industry.
And, small point of contention, but California is really not a "preppy" area by any definition of the word. Again, you seem just clueless about fashion in general. No wonder you had to leave it
I am not from CA so don’t know what that means but chambray will likely always be a fashion staple, even if there is a particular era you think it was associated with… I’m old enough to know it was associated with earlier eras as well and that it cycles in and out of trendiness. Again, I don’t think you understand fashion…
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
It is definitively her maiden name. Some women keep their maiden name. It sounds like Meghan does not want to keep hers but that there may be an issue with what she changes it to because the naming conventions in her husband's family are weird.
But I don't think it would be "bizarre" in that situation to simply legally change everyone's last name to Sussex.
This is actually a relatable problem to me because I had issues with my name when I got married and it was also hard to get people to call me by my new name (hyphenated) because people are stubborn and weird. The whole thing winds up being political and annoying when, hello, it's my name and you should call me what I tell you my name is. I did ultimately change my name legally but it took a while and in the meantime, I 100% expected people to call me by my newly adopted name, not my maiden name. So I'm totally on Meghan's side here. It is not some "gotcha" that her chosen name may not be her legal name. That's paperwork. Call people what they ask to be called or GTFO.
In any case, it is her current name, and the current name of her children. There is no legal precedent for her to change her name to Sussex. Of course she could, in the same way I could march down to the courthouse and change mine to Sussex. But it would be pretty bizarre of both myself and MM to do that considering it's not our legal name in any sense.
What is? Markle? I don't think Markle is the current name of her dc.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
On the show, she claimed it is the name of her and the kids.
And that's why people are mad... because that is factually a lie.
She said it was their family name. It is their family name.
I know people who invented their family name by combining their last names when they married and then giving their kids this made-up last name. People can do what they want.
Let's not forget what got this poster so worked up. It's because I wouldn't watch a video she posted to me in response to me saying that Kate and William's kids use "Wales" as a surname at school! Will and Harry used it in the military! So, there is precedent for the BRF to use titles as last names.
Let's not forget that YOU got upset that you got called out for speaking with a very low-SES tone and freaked out about it and have been whining on this board for several hours since. And proudly stated you dont have the attention span to watch a ten minute youtube video. An L all around.
Not a low-SES tone
LOL Idk why she got so mad... I'm sure it's not the first time people have made that observation to her face
Can you really not see when people are laughing at you, not with you?
The middle aged moms who spend 5 hours of their day on a DCUM Meghan Markle thread arguing with everyone? And think that wearing Chevron print and ankle boots are some kind of cool look? Why would I care, lol?
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
On the show, she claimed it is the name of her and the kids.
And that's why people are mad... because that is factually a lie.
She said it was their family name. It is their family name.
I know people who invented their family name by combining their last names when they married and then giving their kids this made-up last name. People can do what they want.
Let's not forget what got this poster so worked up. It's because I wouldn't watch a video she posted to me in response to me saying that Kate and William's kids use "Wales" as a surname at school! Will and Harry used it in the military! So, there is precedent for the BRF to use titles as last names.
Let's not forget that YOU got upset that you got called out for speaking with a very low-SES tone and freaked out about it and have been whining on this board for several hours since. And proudly stated you dont have the attention span to watch a ten minute youtube video. An L all around.
Not a low-SES tone
LOL Idk why she got so mad... I'm sure it's not the first time people have made that observation to her face
Oh no sorry you misunderstood. I was laughing at you, not the poster you claim is low-SES.
No worries, cause I was laughing at you first. And the anger you have about being called out for growing up poor and sounding like it.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says amuch more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
It is definitively her maiden name. Some women keep their maiden name. It sounds like Meghan does not want to keep hers but that there may be an issue with what she changes it to because the naming conventions in her husband's family are weird.
But I don't think it would be "bizarre" in that situation to simply legally change everyone's last name to Sussex.
This is actually a relatable problem to me because I had issues with my name when I got married and it was also hard to get people to call me by my new name (hyphenated) because people are stubborn and weird. The whole thing winds up being political and annoying when, hello, it's my name and you should call me what I tell you my name is. I did ultimately change my name legally but it took a while and in the meantime, I 100% expected people to call me by my newly adopted name, not my maiden name. So I'm totally on Meghan's side here. It is not some "gotcha" that her chosen name may not be her legal name. That's paperwork. Call people what they ask to be called or GTFO.
In any case, it is her current name, and the current name of her children. There is no legal precedent for her to change her name to Sussex. Of course she could, in the same way I could march down to the courthouse and change mine to Sussex. But it would be pretty bizarre of both myself and MM to do that considering it's not our legal name in any sense.
What is? Markle? I don't think Markle is the current name of her dc.
Yes, Markle is her current last name and that of her kids.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
It is definitively her maiden name. Some women keep their maiden name. It sounds like Meghan does not want to keep hers but that there may be an issue with what she changes it to because the naming conventions in her husband's family are weird.
But I don't think it would be "bizarre" in that situation to simply legally change everyone's last name to Sussex.
This is actually a relatable problem to me because I had issues with my name when I got married and it was also hard to get people to call me by my new name (hyphenated) because people are stubborn and weird. The whole thing winds up being political and annoying when, hello, it's my name and you should call me what I tell you my name is. I did ultimately change my name legally but it took a while and in the meantime, I 100% expected people to call me by my newly adopted name, not my maiden name. So I'm totally on Meghan's side here. It is not some "gotcha" that her chosen name may not be her legal name. That's paperwork. Call people what they ask to be called or GTFO.
In any case, it is her current name, and the current name of her children. There is no legal precedent for her to change her name to Sussex. Of course she could, in the same way I could march down to the courthouse and change mine to Sussex. But it would be pretty bizarre of both myself and MM to do that considering it's not our legal name in any sense.
No, it would be normal for the Duchess of Sussex to change her and her kid's legal US names to Sussex as a way to simplify their names. People often make choices like this when navigating marital name conflicts or immigration naming issues.
It would be totally deranged for you to do so, as you are not the Duchess of Sussex.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
On the show, she claimed it is the name of her and the kids.
And that's why people are mad... because that is factually a lie.
She said it was their family name. It is their family name.
I know people who invented their family name by combining their last names when they married and then giving their kids this made-up last name. People can do what they want.
Let's not forget what got this poster so worked up. It's because I wouldn't watch a video she posted to me in response to me saying that Kate and William's kids use "Wales" as a surname at school! Will and Harry used it in the military! So, there is precedent for the BRF to use titles as last names.
Let's not forget that YOU got upset that you got called out for speaking with a very low-SES tone and freaked out about it and have been whining on this board for several hours since. And proudly stated you dont have the attention span to watch a ten minute youtube video. An L all around.
Not a low-SES tone
LOL Idk why she got so mad... I'm sure it's not the first time people have made that observation to her face
Oh no sorry you misunderstood. I was laughing at you, not the poster you claim is low-SES.
No worries, cause I was laughing at you first. And the anger you have about being called out for growing up poor and sounding like it.
Omg, I get to be low-SES now too???? Thank you!!!
I think with how you've been sockpuppeting you've been called out for that several times now, lmao. Girl, bffr.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
On the show, she claimed it is the name of her and the kids.
And that's why people are mad... because that is factually a lie.
She said it was their family name. It is their family name.
I know people who invented their family name by combining their last names when they married and then giving their kids this made-up last name. People can do what they want.
So what you are saying is I can just pick a name for my "family name" and that name does nor actually have to be my name according to any legal document. Wow, cool.
This woman sure has fierce haters and passionate defenders. Even if you like or dislike her, such extreme anger at each other on an entertainment forum is uncalled for and weird?
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
It is definitively her maiden name. Some women keep their maiden name. It sounds like Meghan does not want to keep hers but that there may be an issue with what she changes it to because the naming conventions in her husband's family are weird.
But I don't think it would be "bizarre" in that situation to simply legally change everyone's last name to Sussex.
This is actually a relatable problem to me because I had issues with my name when I got married and it was also hard to get people to call me by my new name (hyphenated) because people are stubborn and weird. The whole thing winds up being political and annoying when, hello, it's my name and you should call me what I tell you my name is. I did ultimately change my name legally but it took a while and in the meantime, I 100% expected people to call me by my newly adopted name, not my maiden name. So I'm totally on Meghan's side here. It is not some "gotcha" that her chosen name may not be her legal name. That's paperwork. Call people what they ask to be called or GTFO.
In any case, it is her current name, and the current name of her children. There is no legal precedent for her to change her name to Sussex. Of course she could, in the same way I could march down to the courthouse and change mine to Sussex. But it would be pretty bizarre of both myself and MM to do that considering it's not our legal name in any sense.
No, it would be normal for the Duchess of Sussex to change her and her kid's legal US names to Sussex as a way to simplify their names. People often make choices like this when navigating marital name conflicts or immigration naming issues.
It would be totally deranged for you to do so, as you are not the Duchess of Sussex.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
It is definitively her maiden name. Some women keep their maiden name. It sounds like Meghan does not want to keep hers but that there may be an issue with what she changes it to because the naming conventions in her husband's family are weird.
But I don't think it would be "bizarre" in that situation to simply legally change everyone's last name to Sussex.
This is actually a relatable problem to me because I had issues with my name when I got married and it was also hard to get people to call me by my new name (hyphenated) because people are stubborn and weird. The whole thing winds up being political and annoying when, hello, it's my name and you should call me what I tell you my name is. I did ultimately change my name legally but it took a while and in the meantime, I 100% expected people to call me by my newly adopted name, not my maiden name. So I'm totally on Meghan's side here. It is not some "gotcha" that her chosen name may not be her legal name. That's paperwork. Call people what they ask to be called or GTFO.
In any case, it is her current name, and the current name of her children. There is no legal precedent for her to change her name to Sussex. Of course she could, in the same way I could march down to the courthouse and change mine to Sussex. But it would be pretty bizarre of both myself and MM to do that considering it's not our legal name in any sense.
No, it would be normal for the Duchess of Sussex to change her and her kid's legal US names to Sussex as a way to simplify their names. People often make choices like this when navigating marital name conflicts or immigration naming issues.
It would be totally deranged for you to do so, as you are not the Duchess of Sussex.
I think this is why you are so mad, actually.
Considering that Sussex is NOT a last name and the name of a geographical area, yes it would be pretty deranged. But yeah, maybe everyone should just change their name to it and we can all have a good laugh.
Anonymous wrote:This woman sure has fierce haters and passionate defenders. Even if you like or dislike her, such extreme anger at each other on an entertainment forum is uncalled for and weird?
Tbf the only extremist here rn is the person calling people poor/fat/trashy and then saying she's posting this thread on other sites to get it brigaded.
Isn't her legal name Rachel Markle? Megan is her middle name. That's not really cosplaying.
The point is her legal name is not actually Sussex as was claimed in a huge moment on the show.
She didn't make any claim about her legal name, she just stated that she identifies as "Sussex" not Markle. And then provided an explanation as to why. The fact that some of you are flipping out about this says much more about you than her.
I don't even think it was a "huge moment" on the show. It was a very brief conversation. YOU have made it a huge moment because for some reason it's very important to you that Meghan be forced to use her maiden name forever even if she doesn't want to, which is deranged.
But it's not her maiden name, lol. It's her current legal name, and the name of her kids as well. They have "Markle" on their birth certificate. At no point did she ever change their name to Sussex, which would be very bizarre considering it's no one's legal name in the family.
It is definitively her maiden name. Some women keep their maiden name. It sounds like Meghan does not want to keep hers but that there may be an issue with what she changes it to because the naming conventions in her husband's family are weird.
But I don't think it would be "bizarre" in that situation to simply legally change everyone's last name to Sussex.
This is actually a relatable problem to me because I had issues with my name when I got married and it was also hard to get people to call me by my new name (hyphenated) because people are stubborn and weird. The whole thing winds up being political and annoying when, hello, it's my name and you should call me what I tell you my name is. I did ultimately change my name legally but it took a while and in the meantime, I 100% expected people to call me by my newly adopted name, not my maiden name. So I'm totally on Meghan's side here. It is not some "gotcha" that her chosen name may not be her legal name. That's paperwork. Call people what they ask to be called or GTFO.
In any case, it is her current name, and the current name of her children. There is no legal precedent for her to change her name to Sussex. Of course she could, in the same way I could march down to the courthouse and change mine to Sussex. But it would be pretty bizarre of both myself and MM to do that considering it's not our legal name in any sense.
No, it would be normal for the Duchess of Sussex to change her and her kid's legal US names to Sussex as a way to simplify their names. People often make choices like this when navigating marital name conflicts or immigration naming issues.
It would be totally deranged for you to do so, as you are not the Duchess of Sussex.
I think this is why you are so mad, actually.
But I thought you said they are all named Markle? Is it Markle or Sussex? Pick a lane.
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