I wouldn't trust the 12 years old me to decide a name for myself.
Yup. Looking back at my first email address, I'm glad I didn't change my name.
Honestly, I think it would be fun to choose new names at various stages of life, adding them on as we age. If our parents aren't going to take naming us seriously, why should we? So what if we have a dozen names we no longer use? It becomes a summary of who we were, how we came to be ourselves, a reminder of growing up.
I wouldn't trust the 12 years old me to decide a name for myself.
Yup. Looking back at my first email address, I'm glad I didn't change my name.
Honestly, I think it would be fun to choose new names at various stages of life, adding them on as we age. If our parents aren't going to take naming us seriously, why should we? So what if we have a dozen names we no longer use? It becomes a summary of who we were, how we came to be ourselves, a reminder of growing up.