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June 3, 2011!
just curious
Who is changing their last name after the wedding?
I'm not intending to change mine. I think it's kind of amusing that my mother is all bent out of shape about it, but my FI could care less. (Clarification: it's not that I find it funny that my mom is upset, but rather that I expected FI would care more than my mom....)
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Re: just curious
I figure if I'm adding a whole darn family to my life, I can add one extra word to my name.
[QUOTE]I'm keeping my maiden name professionally, and adding his to my name legally without a hyphen. If we decide to have children, I want us all to have the same last name, but I'm not willing to give up Littlefield. A lot of southern women drop their middle name and use their maiden name as their middle name; I'm doing that without any subtraction. :) I figure if I'm adding a whole darn family to my life, I can add one extra word to my name.
Posted by littlefieldmj[/QUOTE]
I am doing the same I will drop my middle name and use my last name as my middle name. And, I am keeping my last name at work.
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I had a nightmare of a time changing my middle name with the State of NH, and technically they haven't and won't accept my name change without me petitioning the Courts, but I found a sympathetic person at DMV to drop my middle initial in their records, so I'm changed enough.
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I have had one person suggest that I could keep my name. My response is that I love my FI last name and why would I keep my fathers last name anywho.
[QUOTE]I'm dropping my last name, and taking his. I'm a teacher, so it should be interesting next year when the kiddos have to call me something new :)
Posted by dmcphee[/QUOTE]
We loop in my school, so I will have the same students next year. The other female teacher on my team is also getting married. Our kiddos will have two new last names to get used to next year.
[QUOTE]This was a battle Iost. I really wanted to keep my last name, but that really upset FI. His last name is just so long, somewhat common, and boring. I like the last name I have had all my life... Fick is really easy to write. My new name makes me sound like an old married woman, which I guess I will be. Iwill be dropping my last name completely.
Posted by fickrj5[/QUOTE]
This is my situation also. I always dreamed of getting married and taking his name (practicing my new signature and all!!) but I'm getting married later in life than I expected and I've had MY name for so long that it seems a little odd to become someone else now. However, he's really excited about me taking his name, although it's an extremely common name while mine is extremely unique, so I guess I'll just do it. Tough decision though!!!