Name change to Mostafa Muhammad

[Great Spirit]

Still hearing that ringing??

Actually yes. :thumbsup:

[Fengzi]

Sorry to hear it Mostafa, I think you could use this

[Great Spirit]

Sorry to hear it Mostafa, I think you could use this

I prefer Nestle Crunch...but thanks for the offer! :thumbsup:

[Fengzi]

I prefer Nestle Crunch...but thanks for the offer! :thumbsup:

You're welcome Mostafa. I just figured that..well... you know, "sometimes you feel like a nut"

[jamstigator]

Gonna REALLY change your name? I've had mine changed, so I know what's involved. As funny as it was for me to tell the judge what my new name was (is), your proposed new name might be even funnier to hear spoken aloud in the courtroom. Well, maybe not. Heh.

One nice thing about picking your own name is, you get to pick your initials, and of course the name itself. My name is, without question, unique in all the world, just me and me alone. In fact, nobody else in the world even has my last name, and I doubt there are very many in the world who even have just the first two letters of my last name. In retrospect, I probably should have chosen a name that didn't require people to have a high school diploma to pronounce, but it's too much trouble to change it AGAIN (plus, it ain't cheap, cost around $350).

I wish I could tell you what it is, because there IS some humor to it, but you probably wouldn't believe what I changed it to anyway (I wouldn't believe it myself). But alas, I am too paranoid.

[Hardcore Newbie]

hey Jam, why'd you change your name and what kind of process do you actually ahve to go thru? PM me if you want, I'm curious as to if you need reasons and the amount of paper work and such.

[jamstigator]

Don't think there are PMs here. I got a lawyer from the newspaper, his ad said that was one of the things he handled, and his assistant actually did whatever legal paperwork was necessary (that was $350), and showed up in court with me. I had to tell the judge my reason for changing my name, and pronounce the full name, all three names, in court (which provoked some snickers from the other people in the courtroom). Once that was done and I had documentation saying my name had been legally changed, my next stop was to get a new Social Security card (name change doesn't change your SSN, but I wanted a new one that showed my new name), then when I got my new drivers' license I had to show my new Social Security card and my name change paperwork. Once I had an updated Social Security card and drivers' license, getting any other form of ID (banks, credit cards, etc) was no problem.

Oh, WHY did I change it -- no particular reason really, just a whim, thought it'd be cool to choose my own name and initials, and I was flush with money at the time (riding the dotcom boom). I told the court that I did it for business reasons, to attract more attention with potential clients and the like, which was acceptable to them. (I wasn't a deadbeat dad trying to avoid child support or anything nefarious like that, which is what they're concerned with and is why they want to know your reasons for the name change.)

[Fengzi]

I'm curious Jams, since it was "just a whim" and, from what I understand it's a pretty unusual name, do you regret doing it? Do you think you will some day? Not trying to cast any judgement, it just sounds like one of those "WTF was I thinking" type of things.

[andruejaysin]

Gonna REALLY change your name? I've had mine changed, so I know what's involved. As funny as it was for me to tell the judge what my new name was (is), your proposed new name might be even funnier to hear spoken aloud in the courtroom. Well, maybe not. Heh.

One nice thing about picking your own name is, you get to pick your initials, and of course the name itself. My name is, without question, unique in all the world, just me and me alone. In fact, nobody else in the world even has my last name, and I doubt there are very many in the world who even have just the first two letters of my last name. In retrospect, I probably should have chosen a name that didn't require people to have a high school diploma to pronounce, but it's too much trouble to change it AGAIN (plus, it ain't cheap, cost around $350).

I wish I could tell you what it is, because there IS some humor to it, but you probably wouldn't believe what I changed it to anyway (I wouldn't believe it myself). But alas, I am too paranoid.

Well fuck, you've got us all curious, what did you change it to?

[jamstigator]

Naw, I don't regret it. I've had this name for like eight years now, so I am fully adapted. I still laugh my ass off at some of the ways people pronounce my last name, like at restaurants, or phone solicitors, but there's nothing BAD about it. Don't really think about it much anymore, only mentioned it here because, who knows, I thought GS might actually be talking about REALLY having his name changed, and there probably aren't a lot of us males out here who have done that. At least, I've never met another male who's done it. (Women obviously go through more or less the same thing if they change their last names when they get married.)

And I wish I could tell ya what it is, but...meh, too paranoid, can't help it. Sorry! I wouldn't expect any of you to provide your real names just because I'm curious either, so I'm not a hypocrite at least.