I am keeping mine - I was just wondering if anyone else was keeping theirs'?? Just curious...
Absolutely not! I have a long, hard to spell, hard to pronounce, Italian last name that sounds like a misprounced part of the female anatomy in Spanish...
I can't wait to be able to use Patrick's very common last name!
I am keeping my name professionally, but I am changing it legally (for drivers license, etc.)
I am going to try and hold on to my name as long as possible. Especially since the new name will be BUTT. However, my Fiance isn't to thrilled with that.
Yup... I am going to hyphenate it so I can use mine for work & then I will use it hyphenated or just his name for everything else. As long as it is hyphenated I can use any variation of it. He's not really happy with it, but I have had my name my whole life & I kinda like it!!
I don`t have a middle name, so I`m moving my maiden name over to my middle name, and taking his last name. It`s the best of both worlds - I can offically keep my last name, and take his as well!
No, I really have no attachments to my last name. I know that may sound weird, but when my parents divorced my mom changed her name back to her maiden name, and I'm not that close w/ my dad. I look forward to taking his name!
I want to do the same thing! How does it work legally?
I am taking his name because I want to have the last name as my children.
I`m not exactly sure yet! My sister did the same thing last year, and I think she just went to the SS Administration with her marriage license, and got a new card. I know it wasn`t hard, but I`ll find out from her and post the reply.
How are you going to be announced? I was thinking for the first time as husband and wife James and Tara
Leave out names all together...
It is a touchy subject with some people - I am keeping mine b/c it's mine (men don't have to give up theirs - I think you both should take both names (it's supposed to be the jointing of two families)
Mark - I wish more people felt the way you do - I was extremely touched with what you wrote... that is exactly how I feel!! I know people will talk at the wedding (especially his family) when we are announced with just our first names. Thank you so much!!
We're also being announced as 'for the first time as husband and wife...Tracy and John.' I think it's fine, I don't think most people will notice if you leave out the last names.
When my brother got married he took his wife's last name and added it to the end of his(hyphenated). She took his last name and put it before her last name(hyphenated). They did this because there were no boys in her family and her family name would have ended. Now they have 2 sons and the last name continues on. My brother did not want to do this at all,but now he says it is no big deal and he is happy he did it. He gave his wife and her family a very precious gift.
