Ladies How do you feel when you have 2 change your lastname once you get married

I would not mind changing my lastname expecially if I love the person I will marry and I would not mind at all changing my lastname with his.

Perhaps they could both go and change their names to something they both like. Why be restricted to his awful name? Go and pick an awesome name, fill out the paperwork and live happily ever after with their new rocking surname. My husband's name is a strange one, everyone mispronounces it and I'm constantly spelling it or correcting people. It annoys the crap out of me, but I put up with it, I like having his name and sharing his name with our children. I think it unites us as a family. But sometimes I wish it was different, that we could change the spelling or the pronunciation because my kids are going to have to put up with the same problem. Maybe men with ugly last names should just not have kids so their names die with them. Then we could all just be Jones', Brown's or Smith's lol.

I'm still single and I'm wondering about that too. I'm thinking I could do as many women do by still using maiden name-dash-husband's name. The good thing about women having to use their husband's surname is that they have the option of having a good surname if their original surname is bad. In situations like your sister's case, it's sometimes unfortunate but the important is they love each other. As for men, yeah, men with ugly last names are stuck forever.

Fortunately, my husband's surname is quite acceptable. If not, I guess I just have to bear with it because it is the surname of the man I love. It is just when you get married, you need to update all your records including your ids and passports. This usually takes time and a little amount of your money.

No I feel not bad because I know this is tradition and we cant change this tradition but in some exceptional cases some people can do this. My thoughts is no problem because we go on new house stay with new people and accept all their tradition, their nature so why argue only for surname or lastname. Everyone loves their lastname but not mean that they cant change it.

I didn't mind changing my last name because it sounded good with my first name and I like it. But, I did know a girl that married a guy with an ugly last name. I can't remember if she took his or not, I don't think she did but the kicker is that HE changed his last name to HERS! Weird, huh?

It did not bother me. Well when we got children there was no one thinking that we were living in sin. Of course, in some caes, a woman can keep her last name, only have it hyphenated, so it is a combination of hers and her husband's name. As for a man having an ugly name, he could change it. They do it for first names, my younger son did that, so he would not get teased, so a man could change his last name. For instance, if his name is ugly because of him coming from another country, he could change it into the term the country he is now in.

I'm not sure I want to change my last name if I get married because my last name has a lot of history behind it and holds meaning to me and my family, so if I ever get married I think I would possibly or most likely keep my last name.

I have no problems with changing my last names..i have no problems with mine but i also love my husband and its like having same names with him is like really being part of who he is...sounds cheesy hahahaha but its true for me.

It is not customary in my culture to change your last name. Though not forbidden, it is not usually done. I still keep my last name even though I married outside my culture. I don't mind either way. I did not take my husband's family name in the beginning because of some complications. I am now debating whether to change it or not. I think it will be good to change it for our children. It would make a little easier if I have the same last name as my husband and kids. On the other hand, I quite like to keep my surname as well. To top it all, there are countless of documents on which I will need to change. It is just too much to contemplate at the moment. May be I will, in a few years time.

I'd like to keep mine, I don't feel good about it like my last name is dying, specially because in my father's family he and his brother are the last ones so I wouldn't give up the last name. And for other girls unfortunately it's hard to find some good girlfriends cause I think they got married and changed their last name, so now there is social network but I don't know where a few of them are :p

I am ready to accept the last name whatever it is. If we have love towards our husband, we won't give importance to the name whether it is not good or not matching with our name. A typical wife is always ready to sacrifice everything for her husband.

Many women change their names after marriage, but it is not a compulsory to change their names after marriage. Recently my sister has got married but she didn't prefer to change her name, it is not because she don't like her husband. If she changes her name and initial it may also create many problems in certificates and bank accounts.

I feel excited. It's like I'm going to have a new name :)

Hi. CaptAlbertWhisker. Well, I feel kind of okay with changing my last name. I did not really like my last name. This was my mother's maiden name. I am okay with my last name, it is not the best, but I am dealing with it. I agree, men are trapped with their last names. That is one thing that a man cannot change and it is his last name.

i have a really nice last name. Sometimes, i don't mention it right away because there only one expression i get and that "mayayaman ang mga -------- ah...", how i wish i have even a small of those riches .

I didn't chande my last name when I got married and my husband didn't get angry. In my country most women take their husband's names but it's not a big drama if you keep your maden name.

hehe well at first it is kind of sad to change your last name when you get married because you are already used to it. It is really troublesome that you have to update all your files because of the change in status as well as your last name but we ladies do not have any choice hehe ^_^