Did you take your husband's name?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Just curious what everyone who is married here did.

I decided to keep my maiden name- I like it, plus I didn't want to have to change all of my documents, etc. Eric didn't mind- the only potential problem is if we have children one day we will have to decide which name they will take, or if they will have a hyphenated name.

[catnapper]

I took my husband's name. I couldn't wait to get rid of my maiden name. I love his last name and glad I took it.

[borzoimom]

I took my husbands name so fast it made my daughters head spin!!! lol..

[Cookiebaker]

I took Mark's name. I dunno, I guess I wouldn't really feel like we were a FAMILY if we had different names. And its really important to me that we truly be a family.

[JenBKR]

I took Mark's name. I dunno, I guess I wouldn't really feel like we were a FAMILY if we had different names. And its really important to me that we truly be a family.

I agree...I took my husband's name also. As much as I love my maiden name, I wanted to feel like a family (and have the same last name as my future kids)

[kittycats_delight]

I took my husbands name but here in Italy I use my maiden name as I did not change all my documents into my married name. And there is a bunch of paperwork to do here for me to use it.

[flowergirl]

I took my hubby's name. It is much shorter than my maiden name, and no one butchers it!! it's great

[cyber-sibes]

I need an "Other" category!

First time around, I took his name. Twenty years later when we divorced, I asked my mom (who was terminally ill) if I could use her maiden name. I always felt closest to her family, plus she had a really nice maiden name. She was thrilled, she said she always wished she had kept it, but women didn't do that back when she got married. I still use it, and get compliments on it all the time. I did not change it when I remarried 10 years ago.

[carole]

Yes i did take my husbands name, because its traditional i suppose, it is the same name as a girls first name, so i often get called my last name instead of my first, which kinda annoys me,but that is how it is lol.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Kept the name I was given at birth. Didn't see any reason the person I had been for over 40 years should stop existing....

It can be a hassle but it was important to me....(always fun when my husband is called Mr. Sara!)

[K9karen]

I took my husbands name so fast it made my daughters head spin!!! lol..

LOL! I'll bet!

I have no intention of ever marrying, but I'd keep my name at this point if I did. I like John's last name better but I'd keep mine to honor my beloved dad. He went through a lot of trash with our name, so it stays.

[Husky_mom]

I could be placed as other also cause we have a different system here....

for example my last name is Garcia, but i also have my mothers last name so im Isabel Garcia Valdes............but i refer to myself as only Isabel Garcia for shortness.......when you get married all your documents still have your name as its YOUR name, but you can add a like "de" which is like "of" (in english).........for example my mom is Isabel Valdes but she married to a Garcia and she changed it to Isabel Valdes DE Garcia, but still her things are in her own both maiden last names............so she can only call herself Garcia but still not be..........:P

so even if I could refer my self with a DE and then my husbands last name.......I just though it would not be me........i mean I am me and a last name won´t change me, but i´d feel awkward...........not that i don´t like his last name but still I want to still be me............LOL

Just another thing in the example of a person, let´s say kid, that takes his mother last name then it´s like if he has no father or is his mother brother........a bit different than most would think

hope i made sense

[CathyBogart]

I'm not married. I have no attachment to my father's name so I would probably take my husband's name if I married. If my name were my mother's maiden name, I would have a harder time giving it up.

Edit: thinking about it a bit...DBF's last name is Susoev (pronounced Soos-off) and people are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS butchering that name. I would have to really consider taking his name if I married him.

[crow_noir]

Thanks for explaining that. I always asked the kids at my school about that, but they had no idea. They just went with it.

Now i know!

I could be placed as other also cause we have a different system here....

for example my last name is Garcia, but i also have my mothers last name so im Isabel Garcia Valdes............but i refer to myself as only Isabel Garcia for shortness.......when you get married all your documents still have your name as its YOUR name, but you can add a like "de" which is like "of" (in english).........for example my mom is Isabel Valdes but she married to a Garcia and she changed it to Isabel Valdes DE Garcia, but still her things are in her own both maiden last names............so she can only call herself Garcia but still not be..........:P

so even if I could refer my self with a DE and then my husbands last name.......I just though it would not be me........i mean I am me and a last name won´t change me, but i´d feel awkward...........not that i don´t like his last name but still I want to still be me............LOL

Just another thing in the example of a person, let´s say kid, that takes his mother last name then it´s like if he has no father or is his mother brother........a bit different than most would think

hope i made sense

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I took my husbands name.