I can tell you all the paperwork is a beeeatch. You need a gabillion copies of the marriage license (and sometimes birth certificate) for everything that needs to change. Changing it with the Secretary of State for your drivers' license and plate tabs. Work. Social Security/IRS. Bank. Credit cards. Investments. Charities. Utilities. Mortgage. But with the mortgage, you have to change it on the house title first. The township/village won't let you change it on the property taxes until that's done, and then on your home insurance once all of that is done. Oh and your car payment, although they won't let you change it if they need to track it for the manufacturer's warranty. And of course your work e-mail changes too, so you have to let everyone know about that otherwise you won't get e-mails. I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff I'm forgetting at the moment now. Net result: three whole years later, half the stuff is still in my maiden name because I got sick of the hassle. And I still have my maiden name on my cell phone voice mail... because I just like hearing it every once in awhile. :wacky:

I wouldn't have a problem with changing it, but I love my last name it's so ridiculous and long. And nobody can ever pronounce it right.

I'd probably take it because I don't like my surname. It's annoying because I always have to spell it for other people.

I have like the most common last name in Germany, I wouldn't mind getting rid of it, but not if that meant getting an ugly last name like my father's ... gosh, I'm so happy that my mother didn't take his. :wreck:

I have like the most common last name in Germany, I wouldn't mind getting rid of it, but not if that meant getting an ugly last name like my father's ... gosh, I'm so happy that my mother didn't take his. :wreck:

 

I have the most common last name in Germany:snobby:

^ The last name I took on when I got married is German. :blank:

I have the most common last name in Germany:snobby:

 

NO ME! :snobby:

My last name is only the 65th most common in the US. :blank:

^ The last name I took on when I got married is German. :blank:

 

I have a German name too. I don't like it because no one knows how to pronounce it.

only .005% of the us population has my last name

 

:)

Probably not, my last name is cool, so. But I mean I don't care much.

Oh my sister have the shorter of the German name now, her husband is German :P

 

 

and me if I had to have a name I wish that would be very french pronociation !

Sure, I'd take my husband's last name. :wacky:

 

The only problem with that is, I'm not sure if I'll ever get that far. :disappointed: /emo.

I'd definitely change my last name. I can understand why some people want to keep their name...but I dunno.

 

One thing I'd NEVER do, is hyphen my last name with my husband's, like my aunt did. My cousins last name is this really long Italian name-my last name, and they're so confused by it (they're 3 lol).

 

I have a German name too. I don't like it because no one knows how to pronounce it.

 

OMG THIS :lol:

In my country it is not common for women to change their last name. When you get married , however, you may choose to add your husband's last name. So if your last name is let say "Rodriguez" and your husband's is "Martinez" you may want to change it to

 

"Rodriguez de Martinez" but you wouldn't lose your surname. Anyways, most of the women I know have not changed it. However, the family as a unit is refered to using the father's last name.

 

I wouldn't change it. My last name is part of who I am and where I come from.

i want to retain my last name. :wacky: i love it. i just want to have it changed to its original spelling-- but i wouldn't know how to pronounce it anymore. :laugh3::nice:

i think it's better if people keep their own names and the wife just puts their last name as the childs middle name?

that's what happened to me...

No, I wouldn't want to change my name. I wouldn't feel like being myself anymore with another name. Besides, my name is basically all I have left from my father :nice:.

I wouldn't want to change my name.

I would want my wife to take my last name.

I would not mind if she didn't want to, we'd just keep the same names.

Then it's tricky for what you name the kids.

Would you take your spouses last name after marriage, and what are your thoughts about this practice?

 

Personally I would keep my last name and if I have kids I would hyphenate their name. I think that the practice of a women taking her husbands last name is very medieval, and it's a tradition I don't want to follow.

 

anyway, watch this horrible video and vote in the poll :)

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG1-hOYJPDM

Ok, that guy is a dick.

I would probably take my husbands name - but mainly because I don't like my surname. Which is a sucky reason to do so really.

But then there's also this:

I have 2 kids with my ex, but we didn't marry. When the kids were born he wanted to hyphenate our surnames - um no.

So the kids have their fathers surname, and I have mine - which makes it a pain in the arse when it comes to filling out forms.

It's obvious to everyone that he is their father because they share a last name - but I could be anyone so I usually have to make a note that I am their mother. :dozey:

I think I'd go the traditional way and take my husband's name.

 

Eventhough it would probably hurt my Dad since he is the only one of his sibblings who has children.....3 daughters and if none of us keeps our last name then our name will die out....I mean in this family....:bigcry:

 

if just my last name wasn't that boring I would think about it twice...haha

My ex's Grandmother was rascist and didn't like me. Until I gave her her first great grandchild.

Well, didn't she just love me even more when I had a son to carry on their surname. And ironically he's quite dark unlike his older sister. :P

Yip. I did that 3 years ago as of yesterday. I like my maiden name much better, but I decided to go the traditional route.

Aaaww happy anniversary! But you do keep it on FB too.

Yellow Smith :P

 

I think someone was talking about making a law so every family can decide which last name will go first

Ok, so the male is more important in the end anyway.

With divorce rates the way they are, changing names would appear to be a pointless exercise, as people only end up having to change them back again anyway.:dozey:

So cynical.

Sure, I'd take my husband's last name. :wacky:

 

The only problem with that is, I'm not sure if I'll ever get that far. :disappointed: /emo.

:hug:

You still have time!

Unfortunately I'm over the hill though. :bigcry:

i think it's better if people keep their own names and the wife just puts their last name as the childs middle name?

that's what happened to me...

I have a friend in the US who has a lot of FB friends with rather unusual names. When I asked her about it she said it's because they were named after their mother's maiden name, so there is still some association to that side of the family - particularly if they are a well known family.

I think it sucks for my dad and his family. He has some cousins but the are either female or neither married nor have children. Haha we are such a weird family. Many people who could be married or have children but don't. I think at least one of us girls will end up like this. Don't think i'll be the one though.

Maybe it's an emotional thing with the girls... as in we like to maybe feel closer to our man therefore would take his name? :thinking:

Something along those lines :lol:

Plus it's cute

My last name is boring. So if I got married, yeah I probably would take his last name, just so I didn't have to be a ____ anymore. Not that I'll ever stop being a ____, our peculiar family genes are too dominant to escape them. :tongue:

The family name will die out if I don't keep my name/have a son :p

Not that that matters to me. It's interesting though. Only interesting to me.

I wouldn't change my surname. I love my surname. I wouldn't mind being called Mrs Whatever My Future Husband's Surname Is, but otherwise, I want to be known by my own name, with my own surname.