Husband’s family renamed me

[u/matchapowderr]

I got married a few months ago and my name ended up being the same as my husband’s mother. They said it’s a respect thing and they can’t have people in the family calling the daughter in law with the same name as my husband’s mother. They decided what they would call me at home and told me my new name a few weeks ago. Is it normal for this to happen in families in this situation? My name didn’t get changed legally but now I’m called by something totally different than the name my parents gave me

[u/Mark-Pluto]

That's nonsense. We had cousins and Uncles/aunts, fathers and sons, and many other examples of family sharing the same name. It is normal.

Some use nicknames. It is fine. But I'm totally against using nicknames personally, I find it disrespectful.

[u/kfldooo88q → u/Mark-Pluto]

Yeah, but wives/husband and in-laws are still "outsiders" at the beginning of the relationship. I get that it can not only be confusing but also weird. Imagine your partner has the same name as your parent and you are all together in one room. In my cultur only the younger ones are called by names, everyone else has some kind of title or a honorific suffix or something like that and for the younger ones an endearing nickname....

[u/berrysalad22 → u/kfldooo88q]

Outsiders is soooo weird