name change... what if I don't change my name now?
I have a random question about the whole name change process...... When DH & I applied for our marriage license before the wedding, on the application it asks for your current name and your new surname. So I put DH's last name under my new surname...... I wasn't entirely too sure if I was going to change my name, but while I was filling it out at the clerk's office, they told me if I put my maiden name under the new surname section, if I did later on decide to take DH's last name I'd have to have a civil ceremony all over again to change it... that just seemed like too much trouble at the time, so I just put his last name.....
But, now that we're married, what happens if I don't change my name to what I put on the marriage license application? What if I want to keep my maiden name? Do I just do nothing? Or do I have to get the marriage license changed? I'm not sure... and I had asked the clerk who was processing the application and she kinda just brushed me off and said 'oh don't worry' but didn't really explain much..... I don't even know if she was paying attention to my question... If I don't change it now am I nameless?? lol DH keeps teasing me that I'm nameless now if I don't change it (which is probably just his way of getting me to change my last name since he's old fashioned)..... I will probably change it to his last name anyway (evenutally when I get around to it lol) but what happens if I decide to keep my own?
Sorry if this is long winded..... I hope it even makes sense lol I'm not sure how to explain myself....
But, now that we're married, what happens if I don't change my name to what I put on the marriage license application? What if I want to keep my maiden name? Do I just do nothing? Or do I have to get the marriage license changed? I'm not sure... and I had asked the clerk who was processing the application and she kinda just brushed me off and said 'oh don't worry' but didn't really explain much..... I don't even know if she was paying attention to my question... If I don't change it now am I nameless?? lol DH keeps teasing me that I'm nameless now if I don't change it (which is probably just his way of getting me to change my last name since he's old fashioned)..... I will probably change it to his last name anyway (evenutally when I get around to it lol) but what happens if I decide to keep my own?
Sorry if this is long winded..... I hope it even makes sense lol I'm not sure how to explain myself....
