“What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare
My family of origin argued about my name before I was born.
Neither side 'won,' and there was never agreement.
So I ended up with the name I got, and my family simply called me something other than my legal name.
Around age 24 is when I started using my legal name for the first time.
Of course, my family stuck with using the name they had chosen despite
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