October 15th, 2004
I am totally overwhelmed here- you guys all rock!! Thank so much for responding to my name question!
I love blogging!! eee!!
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October 15th, 2004 at 11:13 pm
All I would advise? Whatever name you choose USE IT and only it! For awhile I used either my ‘new’ married name (mine with his added, no hyphen) or my ‘traditional married name’ for things pertaining to the kids (my first name, his last). Got too confusing! “Hmm, let’s see, with the medicare plan I am “XXXX”, but with the Dental plan I am “XXXXX”, at work I am “XXXXX” but when ordering pizza I am “XXXXX”. You get the picture
Whatever you decide on decide to use it full time!
October 16th, 2004 at 9:20 am
i ended up keeping my name — i was 40 when i got married so i couldn’t get my head wrapped around a new name. my husband didn’t really care, my dad was touched, only my mom felt that it was “wrong.” if someone refers to me as mrs L. though (after i stop snickering … remember i was old when i got married — never thought it would happen — ha!) i don’t correct them. my inlaws for example seem to forget that i didn’t change my name but that could also be because they can’t spell mine. good luck. just do what feels good for you.
October 16th, 2004 at 10:10 am
Hi frecklegirl
This question of yours has been on my mind a lot too lately:
I married early and for several reasons I then took my husbands name (spelling problems, wanting to have the same name as my kid (they have their fathers name here in Switzerland), not feeling to connected with my familiy/name…). I truely believed that this man was the love of my life, but this evidently wasn’t the case and we got devorced. We are still friends and I still have his name.
Now I have been living with my new boyfriend for some years, and marriage is starting to be a topic again. What do I do now? I am in my mid-thirties now and do not feel like sporting the third family name in my life (I know some have a lot more…), yet being married with one man and having the name of another would feel wrong too. So I think that I will just take my maiden name again…
Good luck with Your decision…