When you married did you keep your last name or take your husband's last name?
By mom2hn
@mom2hn (107)
United States
30 responses
@ilse72 (1450)
• United States
29 Oct 06
It was not an option when I got married but, even if I had the choice, I would have taken his name for many reasons:
1. the future children
2. his name is shorter and easier
3. why be married and still keep your single name, I never saw the sense of it
4. I love him, why wouldn't I want his name?
@wvchell78 (564)
• United States
29 Oct 06
I took my husband's last name but I always joke that he should have taken mine. I went from a 5 letter last name to a 11 letter last name.
@mom2hn (107)
• United States
29 Oct 06
Yes! I went from a very easy to pronounce last name to one that gets butchered on a daily basis! It's almost a game now to see what I will be called. It's especially funny when I'm shopping somewhere and the poor people are stumbling trying to figure out how to pronoune this VERY German last name!
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@Betty1956 (177)
• United States
29 Oct 06
When I married,I chose to keep my maiden name and add my husband's last name. My maiden name became my middle name which I mostly use with my ex-husband's last name.
When I divorced my husband, I left it up to my children whether I should drop their father's name. They told me they preferred having a mother with a name the same as theirs. I kept the name.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
30 Oct 06
Yes I took my Husband's last name too. I thought everyone did.
@tamm820 (463)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I took my husbands last name. It was important to me, I guess it made my family complete. My son already has my husband's last name, so it was just me, all left out.
@AprilNicole1983 (564)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I'm engaged and will be taking my fiancee's last name.
@magikrose (5429)
• United States
29 Oct 06
I took my husbands name. It didnt feel right if I didnt.
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@kwilson30 (104)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I took my wife's last name of Backroper, because it sounded like the best idea at the time
@floramwaters (1595)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I took my husband name. I wanted to have the same last name as my kids (when I had them). I was/am veery pround to his wife and wanted him to know it.
@jennie2665 (683)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I took my husband's name. Closer to the front of the alphabet.