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Married Working Moms: Did you keep your own name when you got married? Why or why not?
Asked by Lylah M. Alphonse, 24th Mar Answer this now »
Showing 15 replies to this question
TenleyJ 12th Apr
I
got
married
at
34
and
decided
to
be
traditional
and
change
my
last
name,
even
though
my
husband
never
expected
nor
asked
me
to.
I
now
have
a
really
difficult
first
AND
last
name,
but
I
feel
like
it
makes
us
a
real
"unit".
Also,
I
just
had
my
first
child
and
I
like
the
idea
of
us
all
having
the
same
last
name.
Mandy Nelson - Dandysound 11th Apr
Dana,
that's
flippin'
hilarious!
I wasn't ever going to change mine. Then, a couple of months before the wedding, I found that I was really tired of spelling my name to people so I changed it. Now I'm all generic and that's just fine because the man I married makes up for it all. That being said, my real full name is long and still interesting but most everyone knows me as Mandy Nelson.
shanspring 27th Mar
I
did
not
want
to
change
my
name.
After
all
it
was
MY
name
and,
I
was
proud
of
it.
My
husband
was
very
opposed
to
this
idea
so,
I
gave
in
and
changed
it.
I
wanted
to
hyphen
it
but
it
was
a
realy
long
name.
Tonya Ramsey 27th Mar
This
time
around
I
didn't
not
change
my
name.
When
I
was
first
married
at
19
years
old,
I
changed
it
mostly
because
he
wanted
it.
After
our
marriage
ended
I
had
grown
so
much
personally
that
is
was
hard
to
think
about
changing
my
name
after
I
went
back
to
my
maiden
name.
It
was
so
symbolic
to
me
of
regaining
a
totally
new
respect
and
awareness
of
who
I
was.
My current husband and I talked about it, it didn't matter to him what I did as long as it was what I really wanted...HE EVEN OFFERED TO CHANGE HIS NAME!! In the end we decided that we would just each retain our own names. We couldn't decided what to do with the last name of our future children so we decided to let fate decide if we had a girl first the girl would have his last name as her middle name and my last name as her last name. If it was a boy first (which is was LOL) it would have my last name as a middle name and his father's last name and then any kids after that would have the same as the first child. When we write holiday cards or anything else we sign them from, "The Ramsey-Adams Family"
spacegeek 27th Mar
I
didn't
change
my
name
and
my
husband
hates
that
fact,
even
after
12
years
and
2
kids!
I
am
who
I
am,
and
why
should
I
give
something
up
to
be
married?
It
doesn't
change
the
fact
that
I'm
committed
to
my
marriage
and
my
family.
KatsEye 27th Mar
I
kept
my
maiden
name
for
a
reason
no
one
else
has
mentioned
-
my
family
heritage.
I'm
a
3rd
generation
American
with
strong
roots
in
Hungary
and
my
husband's
family
has
no
idea
how
long
they've
been
in
the
US
nor
do
they
particularly
care.
I
love
my
name
-
so
much
that
we
hyphenated
our
daughter's
last
name
to
include
both
my
and
my
husband's
last
names.
My
husband's
comment
about
the
name
change
was
that
he
had
no
intention
of
changing
his
name
when
we
got
married
so
who
was
he
to
ask
me
to
change
mine?
Gotta
love
an
enlightened
man!
Diane 25th Mar
Oh
man.
What
great
stories!
Particularly
from
Dana
Hostage.
That's
hysterical.
:))
I kept my name and hate feeling I should have to explain it in this day and age, you know? My husband is absolutely fine with it. I just wish that name-changing tradition upon marriage had never been started. Gngh. I hate it. That's just how I feel...
Holly Jones Cunningham 25th Mar
I
added
my
husbands
name
to
mine
-Holly
Jones
Cunningham,
my
husabnd
will
tell
you
it's
because
I
didn't
want
to
give
up
my
nickname
"Indy
Jones"
I
moved
to
So
Calf
when
I
was
in
Junior
High
from
Indy,
I
was
on
the
Cheer
Squad
and
there
was
already
a
Holly,
so
they
nicknamed
me
Indy,
well
this
carried
over
into
high
school
with
Cheer
and
Waterpolo
where
the
guys
changed
it
to
Indy
Jones,
which
was
ok
with
me
because
WOW
Harrison
Ford.
I
added
Cunningham
because
I
love
both
names
and
didn't
want
to
have
one
or
the
other.
(Oh
should
I
add
my
plates
on
my
truck
say
Indy
Jones
LOL!
You
can
imagine
how
excited
I
am
over
the
new
movie!)
Older Mom 25th Mar
I
did
not
get
married
till
I
was
42
-
so
I
changed
my
legal
name
to
be
hyphenated
with
both
names
-
as
I
had
established
my
credit
under
my
maiden
name
-
but
I
still
go
under
both.
Brandi 25th Mar
When
I
got
married
I
legally
changed
my
name
to
where
my
maiden
name
is
now
my
middle
name
and
my
married
name
is
my
last
name(
i.e.
Brandi
Ann
Smith
to
Brandi
Smith
Jones).
I
did
this
mainly
for
professional
reasons
but
it
also
came
in
handy
when
I
was
too
lazy
(like
one
of
the
others
wrote)
to
have
my
DL
changed!
I’ve been married almost 9 years and I’ve just finally switched to where I no longer go by all 3 names on checks and business cards. |
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