Which name do you like better?

Which name do you like better?

Your maiden name or your married name?

I love my new last name. When I was younger I used to beg my mom to change my last name to her maiden name because I liked it better than my maiden name.I would tell my mom that I was going to marry someone with an Italian last name because I liked them (of course that was before I knew that people married for love).
When I started dating DH, (who is 100% Italian with an Italian last name) my parents knew this was it.

It was a total coincidence, but I still like it

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I haven't gotten used to my new name but I like it. I still call myself my old name!

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i really haven't used my married name yet either .. i am changing it at work but until that takes effect i am using my maiden name ...
funny story ... i went down the other day to social security to get a new married card and they asked me to sign with my married name i was so lost cuz i haven't signed with it yet really .... i have to practice it is not as easy signing that as my maiden name was

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I definitely prefer my maiden name. With time, I am sure I will like my new name. I come from a very Irish family and now I have a name from France/Spain.

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i love my new last name!! my maiden name is a long hard to pronounce italian name. My married name is a nice easy irish last name, i love it!!

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i like my maiden name better so far...it was a short irish name that was very easy to spell hard to mess up...now I have an italian name and i can't get used to the fact that I have to spell it every time someone asks me :( i'll get used to it soon I guess though haha

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I went from a 6-letter last name to a 12-letter last name...now which one do you think I like better

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I Love my Maiden Name.

I am Hyphenating it

It is my Only Link to my Real Father. My parents divroced when I was real little. And then he Passed Away right before I turned 16.


My DH gives me Grief about not fully taking his name.

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I can't really say that I like either name better than the other. My maiden name was always difficult for people to pronounce and that was annoying, but it was still my name for 25 years and it's my families name so it has great meaning to me. Plus I love the history of it!!

But I love my married name, it's what bonds me to DH and his daughter so I feel like we're a real family now. I've only had it for a year but it just feels right, I'm a M____ now!!! It's much easier to pronounce although people still mess it up!!!

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THis is the ONLY PLACE I feel safe to admit this....but I definitely prefer my maiden name. ANd, I still use it.
I know I'll eventually start using my new name, but I just like my maiden name so much better......my new name is hard to pronounce, and everyone butchers it. I would LOVE to hyphenate....but I can't. Its way too long, sounds rediculous, and gives me the initials A.S.S.........

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I like my married name better actually. I always hated the way my first and last name sounded together, so I couldnt wait to change it.

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very funny question. I miss my maiden name!!! It was SO MUCH simpler and easier to sign. My married name is long and loopy, so I always screw up my signature. Oh well, I love my husband so I'll put up with the name

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New Name...tho the maiden name isnt too far off from it.

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I will always love my maiden name, but my married name makes life soooooooooooo much easier! Thank god my kids will never have to go through what I went through in school.

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They are pretty much the same. My maiden name is VERY similar to my new name, its pretty funny actually. People laugh when I tell them, and when you say it hyphenated its even funnier.

So I can't really say that I like one more than the other, although people don't mess up my new last name as much.

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I loved my maiden name and was sad to give that up. . .BUT I'm getting very used to the married name and it's starting to grow on me.

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