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I loved your story. How nice that you take the time to reply to these people. 🙂
Wendy’s site has definitely made me a more compassionate person and I’ve learned an absurd amount of life information on here. I’ll echo the rest…I can’t imagine how different my life had been if DW existed years ago. My mind would be blown if I stop and really think of how different it would be. I can’t wait to share DW with my daughter when she hits the teen years.
I have written in for advice. Once when the site started, and I was going through probably one of the top 3 hardest times in my life. I really credit Wendy with getting me through that. I felt like I was having the wind sucked out of me 24 hours a day and I finally was able to have some guidance to get me out on the other end of it.
@bethany, I’m curious why you would be offended (is that the right word?) about someone calling you that right after the wedding. I ask because I am sure I would do the same.
For people you will see again, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with nicely correcting them. Its an honest mistake.
@AP. West Elm. Chester Sofa. DO IT!
I understand not wanting to be associated with extremists. Any extremists, and unfortunately, feminism has that, and so does my religion, which I’ve gotten slack on here for before. Its a shame. When people start accepting the not all parts of any group are like the extremists, then we won’t have to worry about being afraid to use certain labels. Maybe the way to do that is to speak up as a normal person who believes in their “group” rather than let the nutty ones do most of the talking. Of course, those are the ones that will get the most attention though.
@Matthew, I know someone who remarried her ex husband and now I call her Mrs. Smith Smith. Maybe you could do the same 🙂
Changing my name to Sara Dairyland Maryland
@katie, I don’t think there would problems, and I never encountered any, but it did bother me that my mom had a different last name after she remarried. Silly? Probably. It was very important to me that my daughter have my name. But I of course agree, families come in all shapes and sizes and no one should think differently.
My stepfather had MAJOR issues when it came to the last name though. Any junk mail addressed to my mom using her old name would set him off big time. If anyone called her Mrs. MyLastName, he would bug. It was ridiculous! It still is actually. Harmless mistake if you ask me.
@lemon, good to know!
@mf, I thought we had a thread about this before. Glad to hear you got past the issue! On the check issuing thing, I have to say I would not think twice about writing a check out the the new Mr. & Mrs. X. Its something that is assumed, like it or not, and totally harmless. Many, if not most, people get a kick out of calling a new bride by her new name, so unless you told people beforehand that you were not changing your name, I wouldn’t be too upset by it. Obviously a non-issue now though.
@gg, I didn’t realize you were 10 when your stepdad married your mom. Wow, close to my kid’s age. We’ve discussed the idea of marriage and adopting at the same time, but I fear that if we try to, it will “wake a sleeping dog” so to speak so for the sake of staying drama-free and away from headaches, we won’t be doing that.
