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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My name is Michelle and I was adopted. My adoptive mother died and I got a new step mom who insisted in calling me Missy. I HATED being called Missy and eventually took to ignoring her and her whole family when they used it. I still refuse to answer to it 25 years later. Your name is one of the foundations of your identity. You can't take that away. [/quote] Michelle is a really nice name, I think much nicer and more popular than Missy. Could your reaction have been different if your original name was one that people would wince at and ridicule, one that would keep employers from even granting you an interview? I also wonder if the age at which the name change takes place makes a difference, or if a child's own input into the name matters. It is really awful that your family insisted on calling you by a name that you clearly did not like. [/quote]
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