Re: changing your last name?

Just wondering...has anyone's FH offered to hyphenate their last names? Mine has (and is still willing too), but I decided against it!

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Posted by miamimerger

Just wondering...has anyone's FH offered to hyphenate their last names? Mine has (and is still willing too), but I decided against it!

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There's no way I'm hyphening my name. I don't want to keep my name anymore. Since my parents got divorced, my mom uses her maiden name anyway and I don't associate with my dad's family. But FH has an apostrophe in his name which causes problems for him sometimes - not looking forward to that.

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I will be adding his name to mine. My daughter ( not his daugther) has my last name and i dont want her to feel outside of the family. Our son has my soon to be last name so she would be the only one with a different name. So when it comes to anything having to do with her (school, medical) I will use my maiden name.

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thanks everyone!! it's great to hear everyone's thinking on this!

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I'm changing. It is going to be a pita for me with my degrees and such, but I have always wanted to so I'm not going to let that get in my way.

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we're both changing our last names to a combined version

not our real names, but for example:

if we were

Jen Jones & Eric Smith

we will both be changing to either Jen & Eric Jones-Smith or Jen & Eric Smith-Jones

it will most likely be my name last

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Posted by MarjorieFrank

I am not changing mine. I am going to add his last name onto my last name (but NO hyphen), but still go by my maiden name in my personal and professional life. I will probably make the switch in my personal life once we have children.

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I'll be changing my last name to his. I've never thought about not changing it... I can't wait to have the same last name as him, even if I'm not particularly fond of it. lol.

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I am changing mine. I knew I always would and am proud too

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just wondering...for everyone who says they never thought of not changing...did your mom change her name? see, that's my problem. my mom didn't change her name, and my family is horrified at the prospect that i may change my name. i hate my last name, which everyone understands, but they think i should change it to my mom's last name instead of fh's.

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Let it be your choice and no one elses. Do what makes you happy. Try his on and see if you like it.
For me, the decison was easy. My father is not part of my life, has not been my entire life, your typical absent father. So I have no ties to my last name. I will be taking FH last name and starting my own family (extending his).

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Definitely changing my last name...I want to and besides for once everyone will be able to spell and pronounce it without getting confused haha.

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im going to take his name.

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i'm taking fh's name. no matter how horrible it is. sounds bad but its a really long and Lithuanian sounding name. all his life ppl have been like "ur name sounds like a disease" to my FH.....pretty soon i'm gonna get that too!....yay.....

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I am changing my name- I wouldnt have it any other way

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I am changing mine. I kinda didn't want to more on the principle that his name is impossible to pronounce and needs to be spelled multiple times...it also sounds like bafoon, which I am not excited about, but especially once we have kids I want us all to have the same last name.

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I am very torn too...

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Posted by Diana12

I am very torn too...

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i will be changing mine. at first i was all for it because his last name is so easy and mine is a longer polish last name but as i get closer, i will admit, im sad about changing it. it has been my identity for the past 27 years and now poof gone!

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Posted by CloudNine

i will be changing mine. at first i was all for it because his last name is so easy and mine is a longer polish last name but as i get closer, i will admit, im sad about changing it. it has been my identity for the past 27 years and now poof gone!

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I really never thought of NOT changing it. I like my last name fine, but changing my name is just something I always knew I'd do. I feel (JMO) that it's an additional acknowledgment on paper that you're a family. Also, once we have children I think it makes everything easier.

Also, my mom did change her name.

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I am changing my name!! I can't wait. It is kind of weird because I am a teacher so I hear my last name CONSTANTLY (it's kindergarten, so you can imagine how many times they call my name over and over LOL). I

I am looking forward to being Mrs.____ though!!! I am also happy it is still an Italian name!

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Definitely changing mine since FH's last name is much shorter and easier to pronounce than my own. However it is going to be a total pain in the a$$ because I have to get Affidavits to change it with the Attorney Registration Unit in NY state and that will take a few weeks to process.

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Do any teachers out there know if I would have to change the name on my certifications???