[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by massacre man

I hate my name, Michael. There's nothing really wrong with the name, it's the just the person I'm named after. When I was born my mother was 14 and she had planned to name me Michaelangelo (After the Ninja Turtle). But my mom's mom went behind her back and made my name Michael Allen Cole, after her crackhead waste of a son. After my mom moved in with my dad and his family they were going to change my name to my dad's, Dennis Wayne Howes, but I was used to being called "Mikey" by all of my relatives and they didn't want to confuse me. So my middle and last name were changed. So now I'm Michael Wayne Howes. I'd still rather be Dennis or Michaelangelo.

It's really unfortunate, because every Michael in my family (either side) turns out a fuckup.

I can relate, not personally though. On my mom's side my grandmother had 1 dozen of kids. So all eleven (the other one's my mother) of my uncles and aunts were named after family members. It was my grandmother's choice, my granddad was pushing for originality but my grandmother was a little more than aggressive when it came to raising kids; so it was pretty much her way or no way. And any thought of compromise was viewed as being disrespectful. And some of them turned out to be "losers" similar to the story of the person your grandmother thought of the name after. She even demanded my mother to keep the tradition going by naming me after my mom and great aunt (Beatrice) but my mom wasn't as weak as her dad in some respects, and stressed the points that she knew how much she hated that name growing up; usually the only people with those name have an aristocracy british background; sadly the only young person with that name was the Queen of the UK's granddaughter or great granddaughter; and the fact that my grandmother was the mother and not the mother. By the way none of my aunts and uncles actually like their names. My third oldest aunt was named after my grandmother (Sylvia Magazine Brown); her goal though was to change the middle name; but she had a dyslexic moment and wrote magazine on the birth certificate instead madaline. Same thing with one of my uncle's middle name: Jeffhell.

How did your mom's mom go behind her back? Didn't your mom fill out the birth certificate? So couldn't she oversee what your grandmother wanted? If you live in the states and are over 18 I believe you can change your name to Michaelangelo if you still want to. I believe it's $250 or at least in the 1990s it was. Make sure you bring your paperwork (original birth certificate, social security card, etc)