to hyphenate or not to hyphenate ... this is my question

Original post by KellyGirl 2010

Feb 27, 2009 09:54 PM

sorry so gay!

who will take FH's name or will you be taking on the ever so trendy 'hybrid'??

CloudNine Posted: Feb 28, 2009 09:38 AM

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i'll be taking his. mine is a lilltel confusing, peopel spell it wrong and pronounce it wrong so hyphenating it will just be worse. plus i dont want my kids to have a hyphenanted name and then they get married and have what 3 names if they wanna hyphenate? too crazy

i think i will be a lil sad though when i change it...my life identity will be changed

JenBill61210 Posted: Feb 28, 2009 09:47 AM

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i will be taking FH's name. mine is always mispronounced.

Lsorrent Posted: Feb 28, 2009 10:26 AM

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I'll be taking his name. It's under protest though. I really like my last name - it's a nice long Italian name. And his is a short German name that everyone always mispronounces.

futureMrsJSL Posted: Feb 28, 2009 11:19 AM

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Graham-St. Louis sounds to long and drawn out so I'll be taking his.

RitasEngaged Posted: Feb 28, 2009 11:22 AM

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I will take his last name

IMO i don't like the whole hyphenate thing to me you do it all the way or don't do it at all

AngeeM Posted: Feb 28, 2009 11:35 AM

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I'm really struggling with this. I would prefer to keep my own last name and not change it. But It's important to my FH so I will either hyphenate it or change my name altogether and make my maiden name my middle name and take his last name.

DWKSwed Posted: Feb 28, 2009 12:49 PM

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Legally I am keeping my name. Since my job involves signing court documents and things I will use my current name at work, and on my passport/license but in all personal situations I will use his name... Christmas cards, notes to teachers, etc. For all intents and purposes I will be Mrs. S (his name) but at work I will be Ms. W.

emurtagh Posted: Mar 30, 2009 08:32 PM

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Posted by laurenandmike618

I'm taking his last name but I am leaving my last name as like a second middle name. So say my name was 'Lauren Elizabeth Smith' and his name was 'Michael Anthony Jones,' my name would become 'Lauren Elizabeth Smith Jones.' No hyphenation.

hi! Have you looked into how to do this. I want to as well, but as I am reading on here, It seems to be a confusing mess involving going to court and filling out the marriage liscence a certain way....

FallBride2010 Posted: Mar 30, 2009 08:38 PM

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Keeping my last name at work...his for everything else

Bride825 Posted: Mar 30, 2009 08:42 PM

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Posted by CloudNine

i'll be taking his. mine is a lilltel confusing, peopel spell it wrong and pronounce it wrong so hyphenating it will just be worse. plus i dont want my kids to have a hyphenanted name and then they get married and have what 3 names if they wanna hyphenate? too crazy

i think i will be a lil sad though when i change it...my life identity will be changed

my lovely parents gave me both of their last names so my name is already hyphenated....my whole life i got stupid questions about it...like when i was younger and obviously not married people would ask 'why is your name hyphenated?...r u married?'...really? i'm 10 anyway...i will be taking his name but i will def miss mine

Nichole2010 Posted: Mar 30, 2009 08:58 PM

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Posted by RitasEngaged

I will take his last name

IMO i don't like the whole hyphenate thing to me you do it all the way or don't do it at all

ita

cateydee Posted: Mar 30, 2009 08:58 PM

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im taking his name begrudgingly. his name is really to make fun of (aka my family makes fun of it all the time cuz they're immature lol)

lori7570 Posted: Mar 30, 2009 10:01 PM

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Taking his...I think it's important

MikesBride2B Posted: Mar 31, 2009 01:26 AM

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I don't want to keep my last name...it was changed by my grandfather under pressure from my grandmother to separate them from the rest of our family and cut them off from them...if I change it then the name will die with me and I think its better for that kind of negativity to die off.

BUTTTTT....FH's last name isn't spelled like it...but it is pronounced SKANK!!! I'm thinking of just telling people its pronounced the way it looks...FH always teases me and tells me he's going to marry me and make me a skank and then I look like this

stinenandy2010 Posted: Mar 31, 2009 07:50 AM

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definitely taking his....anything to shorten my name, its too long!

Jna2010 Posted: Mar 31, 2009 07:52 AM

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Im so excited to take fh's name..... i seriously couldnt do hyphenating even if i wanted to, that just doesnt work with greek last names

Iluvpoodles Posted: Mar 31, 2009 08:48 AM

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Hate my last name and defentially taking my husband's. I'm so pround to have his last name as he has been my number one supporter with me finishing grad school. I will have a nice dipoloma with my new last name too

T E R I Posted: Mar 31, 2009 09:14 AM

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taking his last name, so that i will have a plain and simple last name. No more complicated, hard to say last name for me

mariedsgn Posted: Mar 31, 2009 09:26 AM

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I am not hyphenating! my last name now is 10 letters and my soon to be last name is 11 letters - that is way to long to hyphenate!!!!!!

I do think it s going to be weird changing my name at first!

MrsC2010 Posted: Mar 31, 2009 09:35 AM

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i will def not hyphenate bc my name would be crazy long then....

i am still torn about taking his name...i probably will take it but i am sad bc i like my last name so much better!