Did you take your husband's name?

[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