Are you changing your name?

I'm hyphenating. Our son's last name is already hyphenated.

i havent changed mine yet! its so much trouble. id have to change my ss card, tx drivers license, and all of my passports, and account info. it pisses me off when people ask me if i am going to change it.... i want to say... when dh decides to contact that DPS and go to the embassy and do all of the paperwork for me then i will! lol I will do it but im not in a rush.

I am dropping my middle name and making it my maiden.

I don't know what I am going to do yet. I have two teenagers from my previous marriage. I was thinking about hyphenating it. I really wanted to get rid of my exhusband's last name, but I kept it for the kids. I have to ponder this idea for a while longer.

My initials are DK, and I've been called "Donkey Kong" for WAY too long to keep my last name lol Now my other choice isn't the greatest either, DSL, but at least if I just use first name and last name, DL doesn't sound as bad lol Plus, you can tell by my username that I can't wait to change it

I have decided to add my FI's name to the end of my name once we're married - no hyphen. My maiden name will legally be a second middle name. I will also add my maiden name into my kids middle names as well. They will have one last name, but my name will be with them as well.

Professionnally I am keeping my maiden name and not changing it. I work in disability insurance and people often won't use their last name at all, so my maiden name will be an alias of sorts. It keeps people from finding out where I live and my phone number and such...

It is also important my children and I have the same last name since my mom used 3 different last names when I was a child and my teacher's were always confused...she had my father's name, then she changed it back to her maiden name, and then she re-married and changed it to my step-father's name. She was often called by "Mrs. my last name" anyways.

I'm not planning on dropping my maiden name instead, I'll continue the tradition in my family by keeping my last name and adding the word "De" and the my FI last name. "De" means being part of or belonging to... I'm so proud to be part of him and his crazy a$$ family!

By the way my middle name is Elizabeth too!!!!

I think I am going to end up changing my name. If it were up to me, I would keep my maiden name. I am only changing it because I know it is very imporant to my fiance. I think he would be extremely disappointed if I didn't. Changing from Davis to Russo is ok, IMO. I am ok with Russo as a last name.