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   Reply by shytownkelly · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I am taking his name. I have an unusual maiden name - as a kid/teen I always said I would keep my last name unless my new husband's last name is even more bizarre. Well - my ex husband's last name is very UNIQUE. (ugh. and mis pronounced/misspelled...what was I thinking!?) When we divorced I didn't know what to do with my…

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   Reply by impslave · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I kept my name because, in all honesty, I didn't want to be bothered with the hassle of changing it. I own a condo on my own, so there would be all that paperwork. Not to mention car and license at the DMV, social security, passport, credit cards, bank, utilities, and so on. My husband fully supported and accepted my…

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   Reply by trishc69 · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I am taking FI's name. I have my XH's name and kept it after the divorce to have the same last name as my daughter. After about a year, I kind of regretted not reverting to my maiden name. Although, I don't like my maiden name!! LOL Anyway, I think I will be with FI for good, DD may change her name someday, and I like the…

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   Reply by Sue-n-Kevin · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I'm keeping my last name for a couple of reasons: - I have a son with the same last name who has no relationship with his father. For me it would be like dis-inheriting him, LOL- Our surname is one that was "made up" when my grandfather arrived at the age of 3 through immigration. (Yes, they used to change your surname to…

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   Reply by tenofcups4me · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I kept mine. It never occurred to me to change it. I self-identify as my name, the same as I always did, not DH's wife. Just as DH is still his name, even though he's my husband. From a career perspective, it would have been crazy to change -- I make my living with my name and would have been throwing away 2 decades of…

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   Reply by island07b2b · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   Oh wow. It's almost even between keeping your last name and taking your FH/DH's name with taking having a slight lead. The reasons for me wanting to hyphenate my last name was to try and compromise with my DH. I really dread having to change my last name. Too many docs, accounts, etc. Yuck! That really is my only…

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   Reply by memSomerville · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I have a professional trail with my somewhat-unusual last name. I have lots of legal documents in my life in my current name. And I have a publication trail in science with my name. I'm keeping it. FI doesn't care. In MA FI can change his name easily (because of the same sex marriage laws). I asked him if he wanted to, and…

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   Reply by WEEZIE918 · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   I'm taking his name, even though I'm going to miss the name I had for 40+ years. I don't think he'd mind if I wanted to keep my name, but I'm traditional in that way. Not looking forward to getting everything changed though!!

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   Reply by southofnormal · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

   Keeping my name. I hyphenated it for my first marriage and most people just ended up using just his last name anyway. Pissed me off. When we divorced I took back my name and I'm not changing it again! :-)

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    Reply by memSomerville · May 2011 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› 40-Plus Brides

    Boy, is Maria Shriver psyched with her choice today or what.... Her kid even changed his name on twitter today: http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/05/tweet-of-day-patrick-shriver.html