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I think your parents are asshole's and you can you name your children as you see fit. Don't let other people control your life. If they are still worked up about it 10 years on, acknowledge that even after you change it they are likely to complain still. "Took you ten years! Wasn't given at birth, doesn't count!"
Maybe I’m to stubborn, but I would completely ignore the parental whining ten years after the fact. Just move on. I get crap for not involving my wife’s sister and mom in the engagement ring selection. Ok whatever...
Is this a cultural thing? You have three boys who will carry your last name... that’s not enough? It seems really odd to legally change a name after such an extended period. Your kid is at an age when they’re still figuring out their identity and you even acknowledge this at the end. Think it would do more harm than good; your mom needs to be an adult and get over it.
I hope you are not loosing sleep over this..you gave them grandkids; some are not that fortunate..they should just be appreciative and move on..especially after 10 years
Changing the kids name at this age will plague him with lots of extra administrative work for life. My name was incorrect on my birth certificate and SS card and my parents didn’t fix it until I was a tween and now every time I renew my passport, get a drivers lic or do anything with the government it gets kicked back and I have to provide a ton of new paperwork. pain in the ass
OMG. Your parents are from hell. Tell then to back off and get over it. They didn't consult you when they named you. Their rights end when you got married. Grow a pair, or join the mother's FB.
A mother wouldn’t stand for this either.
Right after we named him, my parents started complaining that we didn’t name him after “my side” and insisted that we switch his middle name. They never mentioned that it was a tradition to do this. I didn’t even have any idea that this was a thing. I was taking this approach that they didn’t tell me and so it wasn’t my fault. They said “you should have known!” They were upset about it and kept mentioning it for years. We had 2 more boys and for each of them I said to them. I can make the middle name of your choice and they said it’s too late, doesn’t matter if it’s not the first born. And then after the second two were named, my parents started complaining again! “You didn’t even name the second born after our side, etc. So I was talking to my mom last night and she mentioned it again. I just sort of ignored her instead of fighting back / justifying the decision back then to say simply, i didn’t know.
So I’m wondering if I should now just acknowledge in my mind that it doesn’t matter how or why we didn’t end up naming my eldest as they wished.. just suck it up and change my eldest’s middle name to “something from my side”. My wife is cool with whatever as long as I handle the paperwork. It’s kind of interesting cause I can actually get my eldest involved in the decision. I mean who gets to pick their middle name? So I’m wondering if you all think this is a good idea?i it seems to matter a lot to my parents and wife and i don’t really care that much. Do you think logistically it’ll be a problem with records, etc? Will it confuse the identity of my son?
Yes that was my initial reaction for sure. But they are getting older and I want to do this for them. Wondering now how it might affect my kid / logistics
I assume this is a cultural difference, but there is no way in hell I would listen to my parents complain about my kids names
Like many parents, including mine at times, your parents are abusing your good nature. Tell them they are being unfair and to drop it