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The Great Name Debate
*Man, I can’t think of any. Seriously.
Cons:
*As mentioned above, your last name could potentially be 40 letters long. It will not fit into any forms you need to fill out for official purposes. Some people will forget the hyphen and print your name as Sara Andersonpeterschmidt. What the?
*You might potentially give up and end up going by your husband’s last name, but legally you will have a hyphenated last name. Then, to get it changed, you will have to go through the name change process yet again. What fun.
*You will say, “It’s a hyphenated last name” 20 to 30 times a day.
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1 Kari // Sep 25, 2008 at 2:28 am
What’s with the dig at hippies at the end there? Not cool. Anyway, I can’t decide what I want to do either. He’s cool with whatever. Ah, we’re gonna have to discuss this more! haha
2 Danielle // Jun 2, 2007 at 7:29 pm
This whole name changing thing does suck. My mother did not change her last name when she got married, and this was awhile ago when it was less common. I have a hyphenated last name, which is annoying but can be cool. It is absolutely unique. So… if I change my name, it is lost forever. Also, can’t add another hyphen at this point unless I want to sound like a law firm. Finally, I don’t like my SO’s last name. It’s fine for him, would sound really weird for me. So, it will be fun to see how it turns out.
3 Jennifer // Jun 8, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I just got engaged, so have really been thinking about this whole name change thing. I don’t want to lose my last, but would like to have the same last name as my husband so that we/our kids all have the same name. I love the idea of hyphenating, but does anyone know, can I legally hyphenate but go by my husband’s last name only?
I don’t necessarily want to be called by both names, just don’t want to have my name disappear into thin air.
If that option above is not possible, I will probably just add my maiden name to my middle name and have two middle names…even more confusing (and creating a total of 30 letters!)
4 cheryl // Jul 16, 2007 at 8:34 pm
My MIL to be is so angry at me right now, she is threatening to boycott our wedding. All because I am keeping my maiden name when I get married in September. Now, we are both in our early 50’s, my 2nd marriage, but his first. You think she would be happy that ther only son is finally getting married, right? We don’t have any kids, we’re too old now to have kids, so that’s not the issue. She thinks I’m disrespecting him by not taking his name. He’s fine with me keeping my name, by the way. His mom is very old fashioned … never worked professionally, never had her own accounts, investments, etc, so she isn’t up on modern developments ( or just doesn’t want to ). I just plain like my name and want to keep it, short and simple. I think she should respect my decision and we should agree to disagree and move on. She’s the type, however, who will hold a grudge forever and never let it go. I can live with this, but I feel sorry for my future husband. He’s caught in the middle and it’s not fair.