Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for free?

**Poison-** · 01-27-2015, 09:06 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

For free? No.

**Deadlyx39** · 01-27-2015, 09:10 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by Poison-

For free? No.

My thought about this is that the person bearing the name has no say whatsoever about what they can be called, so I believe that every person should at least have the right to change their name and not have to pay for something that they might not have ever wanted.

**Funnygurl555** · 01-27-2015, 09:17 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

What do you wanna change your name to Deadly?

**axith** · 01-27-2015, 09:29 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

If they really want to change their name, they shouldn't have an issue paying $150. Nothing is free. Time and energy went into any service or product. You reimburse the service provider for their time and energy in a payment of some sort.

**Deadlyx39** · 01-27-2015, 09:34 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by Funnygurl555

What do you wanna change your name to Deadly?

No, it would probably be hard for me to get a job with the name Deadly. It's just something I've been thinking about for a while because of all these out of the blue names you see in the media.

**tosh** · 01-27-2015, 09:39 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Definitely not for free. The local and federal governments have to do work in order to change the name on official records. Also, a semi-large upfront fee doubles as a deterrent towards those who aren't serious about it. Obviously wealthier people can throw away the costs without thinking about it, but your average person does not want to accrue those costs without truly wanting to stick with the new name for the rest (or at least a majority) of their life.

I'm (hopefully) getting my legal name changed within the next year. It's going to cost me a fair bit, but it will be so worth it.

**choof** · 01-27-2015, 09:58 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by Deadlyx39

No, it would probably be hard for me to get a job with the name Deadly. It's just something I've been thinking about for a while because of all these out of the blue names you see in the media.

lol she's asking you what you would change your name to

**mrpreggers** · 01-27-2015, 10:10 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

i think this should apply to ffr usernames too

**Deadlyx39** · 01-27-2015, 10:17 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by mrpreggers

i think this should apply to ffr usernames too

I 2nd this

**Deadlyx39** · 01-27-2015, 10:20 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by choof

lol she's asking you what you would change your name to

I wasn't planning on changing it, I just think people should be able to change their name for free once.

**Trumpet63** · 01-27-2015, 10:27 AM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

18-year-olds are idiots

**stargroup100** · 02-5-2015, 04:02 PM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by tosh

Definitely not for free. The local and federal governments have to do work in order to change the name on official records. Also, a semi-large upfront fee doubles as a deterrent towards those who aren't serious about it.

I'm late to the party but this pretty much sums it up.

Think of the name change as you would a tattoo. Both are "fairly" permanent, and both require a good amount of physical work and resources to commit to.

In general, when policy changes such as this are suggested, the highest priority to consider is its consequences and ramifications on society, NOT the freedom of choice it offers the people. All you can imagine is what a couple of teenagers might want, and you don't even consider what consequences this policy has if implemented.

**Wayward Vagabond** · 02-5-2015, 04:11 PM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

changing your name early on is probably the best thing to do because as you go on in life you get more and more things under your name and you have to change -everything- which most people dont realize when getting a name change. also 150 is pretty much pocket change when you consider what you're doing

**rushyrulz** · 02-5-2015, 04:52 PM

Re: Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for fre

Originally posted by Trumpet63

18-year-olds are idiots

I second.

Originally posted by tosh

I'm (hopefully) getting my legal name changed within the next year. It's going to cost me a fair bit, but it will be so worth it.

But why would you ever want to change your name from Boobs?

Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for free?

Should every person have the right to change their name when they turn 18 for free?

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