Losing your last name

Losing your last name

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I hate my last name... it's a Z and no one can pronounce right... i can't wait to get rid of it...

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I'm having a VERY hard time with this. I really do not want to change my name when we get married, but it is one of the few things that my FH feels strongly about. I think that I will end up using both as a compromise...

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Im glad I'm not the only one. My FH says he doesn't care, but I know he does. My Future mother in law already passed a comment about how much she hates women that keep their last name after marriage. Makes me want to do it just to piss her off! lol

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I'm losing mine and sad about it!!

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I exchanging one italian name for another. I don't have a problem with it.

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I don't have a problem with changing my last name. All through life I was an S and it was always embarrassing in school when teachers would mispronounce and kids would giggle (lol sad but true lol) Now I'm moving on up the alphabet list I'm gonna be a J!!! Yay plus it's easier to pronounce

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I am using both professionally because I will have 2 degrees in my maiden name, so I figure I will hyphen them. Everything else will be married name.

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i always got teased about my last name, b/c it's hard to pronounce. but i have finally come to love my last name, so i've decided to keep it (it's short) and hyphenate with my fh's.

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I'm excited to change my name...in addition to keeping my last initial (F), I'm also gaining an Italian last name! I'm a proud Italian, but my maiden name is very Irish.

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i'm ok with losing my name, imo it's a smack in my fh face not to take his name, i do also believe in people keeping their name for the sake of their profession though

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wow.. am i the only one that is keeping my last name??

am just lazy and don't want to go through all the troubles to change my name on all documents and stuff... FH and future in-laws have absolutely no problem with it!

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I changed my name. It was very upsetting. After me - that's it. The name is gone. My dad's other brother has a girl who also is married at changed her name. Kinda sad. I couldn't hypenate. It would be too, too long!

ALthough I still answer the phone at work with my maiden name. It's hard - I have been using it for 27 years!! I only lost one letter. I was hoping to lose a few more!

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I've kept my last name. Not just for professional reasons, but also because it's something I feel strongly about. When people (i.e., family) ask me why, I say that my husband can change his name if he would like, but I like mine just fine!

That said, can't tell you how annoying it is when we get mail (again, almost always from family) that refers to us as Mr. & Mrs. Hislastname. I understand when older relatives do it, but when friends our age do it I find it surprising.

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Why do you see it as losing something. I see it as gaining my new family name.

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I kept my last name, but have been thinking about changing my first name; 'Wesley' is a bit weak.

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Posted by LO13LO13

i'm ok with losing my name, imo it's a smack in my fh face not to take his name, i do also believe in people keeping their name for the sake of their profession though

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Whoa, that's a pretty strong opinion. Can't say I agree or even understand the logic behind it. You're agreeing to commit your lives to each other, that is the underlying and most important decision. The rest is literally semantics.

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It should be an honor to change your last name. I dont understand when women dont want to change their last name. I guess its some type of 'im a strong woman' thing.