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1. Re: Changing your last name?

   

   Reply by SP29 · October 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   Interesting topic. I will take FI's last name. I agree- choice is the most important part. For me, I just like the sound of someone being able to say, "Oh, we're going to the Smith's tonight". One of my friends said she didn't really want to change her last name, but as they will often host gatherings at their house, I…

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   Reply by pintSizeSlasher · September 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   SMarie89, you are not alone at all. I am taking his last name but keeping my maiden name as one of my middle names, so I will have two middle names when I legally change my name. This was my thought process behind the whole thing: - I didn't actually want to change my last name because of the history behind it--the…

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   Reply by Beads921 · August 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   After months of agonizing over this, I've decided I'm taking DH's name. It was a hard decision, and I'm still only 98% OK with it, but I know in my heart that it is what I want. We tossed around all the options - him taking my name, me hyphenating (he was really not OK with this), me taking his name, or no change at all. I…

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   Reply by southernbelle0915 · September 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   Would he take your name? Or could both of you take pieces of your names and form a new name (e.g. Hargrove + Wells = Harwell)? Either ONE of you changes your name or BOTH of you changes your name or NEITHER of you changes your name. Why do you feel like the only option for your family to have the same name is his name?…

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   Reply by ktvannorman84 · September 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   I am not changing my last name. I love my last name and my name sounds funny with his last name. When I asked him his thoughts, he said he didn't care if I took his last name or not. He even joked that he would be willing to take my last name. Today, there is no reason I see for me to change my last name and since we will…

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   Reply by lhopf · September 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   Oh wow I'm surprised so many people are changing their last names! But whatever you're into is good :) . I'm not changing my last name because of... feminism I suppose. I mean I guess marriage in general isn't a completely feminist thing to be doing anyway. But my mom and her sisters all kept their last name and they would…

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   Reply by doeydo · August 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   Personally, I am not attached to my last name at all. In fact, I would like it changed anyways since I have it because it is my father's last name, of whom, by my choice, I have no relationship with. So I am going to change it to my FI's last name when we get married. But, if that wasn't the case, I don't know if I would…

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   Reply by 88beautymarked · October 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   I have my mom's maiden name (she was 15 when I was born and unmarried, obvs) so I have my grandpa's last name. She married my step-dad when I was 7 and changed her name, so both of my siblings have his last name. I was so stubborn as a kid that I didn't want him to adopt me and change my last name. So everyone in my house…

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   Reply by Blergbot · October 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

   My last name is always mispronounced and misspelled, but I have never for a second thought of changing it, even if it were important to my FI, which thankfully it is not. Maybe it is because all of my cousins and I are girls, and they have all changed their names. I am the youngest and last to marry, and I am keeping it!…

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    Reply by blueobsidian · September 2013 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Snarky Brides

    Times don't need to change that much. It is great that people have so many choices: both partners keeping their name, one changing their name, hyphenating, or choosing an entirely new name. The only thing I hope will change is that people stop judging others for their decision. There's no way to legally have two different…