Him: What are you going to do with your name?
Me: I'm still thinking about hyphenating it. I'm not sure yet. I'm going back and forth, maybe hyphenating it for my legal name, but using my current name at work and stuff. Btw - how do you feel about hyphenating?
Him: Um, I don't think I want to take your ex-husband's name.
Me: Wow. I hadn't thought
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You could always make up a new name combining bits of each other's names.
I kept my maiden name, because otherwise if I used my first name, middle name, and married name, I end up with a Total Porn Star Name.
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As it is, I won't have to change my initials - we have the same Last Name initial.
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At least it isn't the German Name that NO ONE in the US can Spell or Pronounce. (and my mother's maiden name was in that category as well, so I'm not using that one either).
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No word of a lie.
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Given no kids and a prior willingness to change it, I'd at least consider changing my name if I thought my sweetie would be tickled AND I was sure he didn't expect it. ;-) Of course if he really expected it, it would all be a moot issue...
I say this in part because I remember how THRILLED I was when my ex-wife took MY name. I was so very excited about it, partly because it was so unexpected. Now I just wish I could take it back. ;-)
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Unfortunately, my identity now *is* tied up in my name, not because I was born with it but because I've had it my entire adult life. In essence, everyone who knows me knows me by that name.
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And there is *to me* a big difference between changing my maiden name to my current married name, and changing my current name to the Fiance's name. I'm not going to go into it here - suffice to say it involves personal and family history, and learning to both Be and Like Who I Am.
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