I know there's a few on this board that have mentioned not changing their last name. I know it's a personal decision and no one can make it for me. I'm rather asking to hear why you've decided not to make the name change.
In Ecuador it isn't necessary for me to change my last name, in fact it's practically unheard of these days. It's viewed as your name is solely yours and there's no reason to change it just because you got married. My marriage will be automatically valid in the US but I'm almost positive I'll have to present my name at some point and that's when I'll need to decide. I'm completely undecided because I love my last name and I don't fancy having to make tons of changes with a new one. A last name that is actually more difficult to pronounce than my own. My own is enough as it is thanks hahaha! Anyway FI has no preference, instead his opinion is that I shouldn't change because my last name is well, mine. But he also does understand the difference in culture where in the US having the same last name as your family/ husband is sometimes important. So anyway, I just want to hear from you ladies that decided against changing their name 