Changing your last name after marriage

[featherB 1]

Yep, I changed it. I don't care about the whole 'outdated, patriarchal custom' thing that worries some people - it's not like anyone's making me do it, and changing my surname to my husband's doesn't in any way make me his property or his chattel. I just think it's a nice thing to do, and I wanted to do it. Besides, I like the name... having spent the last 31 years with a surname people ALWAYS spell and pronounce wrong (despite the fact that it only has five bloody letters in it - how hard can it be?!?!), I'm loving my nice new surname.

[no name 1]

Yep, I changed it. I don't care about the whole 'outdated, patriarchal custom' thing that worries some people - it's not like anyone's making me do it, and changing my surname to my husband's doesn't in any way make me his property or his chattel. I just think it's a nice thing to do, and I wanted to do it. Besides, I like the name... having spent the last 31 years with a surname people ALWAYS spell and pronounce wrong (despite the fact that it only has five bloody letters in it - how hard can it be?!?!), I'm loving my nice new surname.

You old cow!

Anyhoo, my name is MUCH cooler than his. So I'm keeping it. And the 2 together are WAY TOO LONG (mine is 7, his is 8)

Edited July 10, 2007 by devilette

[featherB 1]

Yep, I changed it. I don't care about the whole 'outdated, patriarchal custom' thing that worries some people - it's not like anyone's making me do it, and changing my surname to my husband's doesn't in any way make me his property or his chattel. I just think it's a nice thing to do, and I wanted to do it. Besides, I like the name... having spent the last 31 years with a surname people ALWAYS spell and pronounce wrong (despite the fact that it only has five bloody letters in it - how hard can it be?!?!), I'm loving my nice new surname.

You old cow!

Anyhoo, my name is MUCH cooler than his. So I'm keeping it. And the 2 together are WAY TOO LONG (mine is 7, his is 8)

Hehehee, if his surname had been LESS cool than mine, I'd have been going on about how I'm not changing my identity for no pesky man, and sticking with the name I was born with.

(And yeah... super-long double-barrelled names just sound daft!)

[Mags 112]

I changed mine. However, I had to introduce my middle name into the equation. If I had left it as my first name only and his surname I would have sounded like a martial art.

Feather knows what I mean!

[featherB 1]

I changed mine. However, I had to introduce my middle name into the equation. If I had left it as my first name only and his surname I would have sounded like a martial art.

Feather knows what I mean!

I'm sure there's a karate-chopping smiley out there somewhere that would be PERFECT right about now, if only I could find one... anyway, I think your new name (complete with middle name) sounds good, Mags!

[Mags 112]

I changed mine. However, I had to introduce my middle name into the equation. If I had left it as my first name only and his surname I would have sounded like a martial art.

Feather knows what I mean!

I'm sure there's a karate-chopping smiley out there somewhere that would be PERFECT right about now, if only I could find one... anyway, I think your new name (complete with middle name) sounds good, Mags!

Cheers, me dear!

Now, gotta get me onto that karate chopping smiley finding mission!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Yep, I changed it. I don't care about the whole 'outdated, patriarchal custom' thing that worries some people - it's not like anyone's making me do it, and changing my surname to my husband's doesn't in any way make me his property or his chattel. I just think it's a nice thing to do, and I wanted to do it. Besides, I like the name... having spent the last 31 years with a surname people ALWAYS spell and pronounce wrong (despite the fact that it only has five bloody letters in it - how hard can it be?!?!), I'm loving my nice new surname.

this is another reason I kept mine - never have to spell it for no one!

[Marilyn. 340]

I changed mine. However, I had to introduce my middle name into the equation. If I had left it as my first name only and his surname I would have sounded like a martial art.

Feather knows what I mean!

I'm sure there's a karate-chopping smiley out there somewhere that would be PERFECT right about now, if only I could find one... anyway, I think your new name (complete with middle name) sounds good, Mags!

Cheers, me dear!

Now, gotta get me onto that karate chopping smiley finding mission!

Edited July 11, 2007 by MarilynP

[Mags 112]

I changed mine. However, I had to introduce my middle name into the equation. If I had left it as my first name only and his surname I would have sounded like a martial art.

Feather knows what I mean!

I'm sure there's a karate-chopping smiley out there somewhere that would be PERFECT right about now, if only I could find one... anyway, I think your new name (complete with middle name) sounds good, Mags!

Cheers, me dear!

Now, gotta get me onto that karate chopping smiley finding mission!

Ta-da! Marilyn to the rescue!

[Lou Lou 1]

I didn't change mine either. Mainly for professional reasons, plus the fact we would have never gotten married had it not been for immigration, so I didn't want to do the whole traditional thing seeing as I hardly believe in it. People still send us ####### with Mr & Mrs Wotsit on envelopes and it drives me potty. (And no, his name isn't **** Wotsit before anyone asks )

On the other hand, had he some uber cool surname, I may have considered it. Fickle, me?

[KarenCee 3]

I changed my name...I didn't want to be stuck with my ex's last name forever. More important though, I wanted to have my husband's last name, regardless of what my former surname might have been.

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

I plan on changing mine to his...

[sparkofcreation 0]

I hated my last name so I wanted to ditch it (it's hard to spell, or at least easy to *mis*spell). But I already had stuff published under it so I didn't want to lose it altogether so I didn't disappear from directories and such. So I hyphenated it. But I just use his for the most part.

He was going to hyphenate his as well, but I told him not to because i hated my maiden name so much. Like Arazia's husband.

[jundp 191]

Well, I actually do love his surname a whole lot. But I love my maiden name too. I just changed it back a few months ago after my divorce. I don't know if I want to go through the hassle of changing it again. Professionally it would be a pain in the #######. I might change it legally but just continue to use my maiden name at work lest I totally confuse the kids...

[Rings 10]

Yup - His name was like 100 times better than mine LOL