Changing your last name

[Hollandia]

You can call me Mrs. Dogshit if it means I get to be married to my love.

Serioulsy, I would love to take his name. We both have French sounding first names and his Dutch last name would match mine well. I do worry about my business contract, but I hope an alias will work for that. We do have a "tax name" you can use in USA, I just have to look up how to do that.

[Yaaamiii]

Early in our relationship I always wanted to take on his last name, but as our wedding is in a year, I've come to think "...but this has always been my name D:...and if I do decide to change it, I'll be sad to see my last name go, not so much because of carrying on the family name or whatever (I have a brother for that :P)... But because my last name has always been part of who I am :0. I'll probably end up changing it, and I think he really wants me to as well since it reinforces the whole we are a family thing.

[AbundanceAbounds]

While I would be perfectly happy (and thrilled) to use my SO's last name socially, I would never change it on my SSN, etc. In my last marriage (don't judge) I added his last name to mine, no hyphen, just the two names. Then finally after about 5 years I had my work email, etc. changed. Then I dropped using my maiden name except on legal documents. I thought after all that time it was safe to do so. ;-p Little did I know. We've been divorced for four years now and I am STILL getting items every once in a while that are addressed to my former name. I'm closing in on 50 and I guess I am just more practical/pragmatic than I was when I was younger.

[.:*Shaunna*:.]

I would change my last name but make my maiden name a second middle name

[Tooki]

I would take my GF's name just because it's short like my first name.

My GF is fixed on the idea of taking my last name. I'm impartial to it really.

[dizzyupthemeg]

I'll never change my name again. I did it with the first marriage, and I hated it. If my SO was super stuck on me having his last name I may consider hyphenating it, but even then I have my doubts. I like my maiden name. It suits me.

[delightful]

I would definitely want to take my SO's last name. It's really, really long, and he is literally the only person on the face of the earth to have it - it's a hyphenation of his mum's and grandpa's. He's very traditional in some ways, and I know how much it would mean to him, and I'm also so tired of my own last name! I am the butt-end of so many jokes, and noone can pronounce it, hahah. I'm very excited to do so!

[Karoshi]

If we're ever getting married, I'll take my SO's name and I'm actually excited about it. My SO's last name is not very common and sounds foreign and interesting. I hate my last name, it sounds ridiculous :/

[Claire-Louise]

I have always wanted to change my name when I get married but now being 99% sure that I'm going to marry my SO (one day) I don't think I could handle his surname :/ I know that sounds really mean but I have watched his little sisters teased at school because their surname can be used in a sexual context and I want to join the Police force and don't think I could cope with having a "sexual" referencing surname in a position like that

[alittlemind]

I don't think I ever considered not changing my last name when I get married. I grew up with a hyphenated last name. Both names are long and hard to spell, and although I love having a unique last name, after a while I just get tired of spelling it, or people mispronouncing it. If I do end up marrying my boyfriend, I would love taking his last name. It's not too long, it's fun to say and it's spelled exactly as it's pronounced! I remember once getting so frustrated about having such a complicated last name while on the phone with my SO, that he joked "I can help change that" aha it was cute.

[rubydissolution]

I'm not traditional about a lot of things, but I'm traditional about this. I've kind of always looked forward to changing my last name. I was tormented relentlessly by kids in school for my last name. They used to break my name up and taunt me with Amber Pet (the) Tit. I want to rid myself of the negative memories that go along with my current last name. Though I'll admit, if I marry my current SO my name is going to sound kind of funny, but I'll deal with it.

[Ejoriah]

I'm one of those people with a very unique last name - people find me so easily on Facebook because I am the only one with this first name - last name combo!

However I am so sick and tired of people saying it wrong. I have gotten used to my professors saying it wrong, and it's spelled wrong 90% of the time. My boyfriend has a very generic name and I can't wait to take it one day, lol. I have considered hyphenating, because while my last name is annoying I am proud of my heritage.. but he says he wants us to have the same name so if I hyphenate, he wants to hyphenate too!

[AuroraBorealis]

I'm a bit torn on this question. I love my name as it is, my first name is very uncommon and my long hyphenated surname is unique to say the least. And yes it is unpractical but I kinda like having a name combination that no one else in the whole world probably has. I do really like my SO's last name too though, and even though we haven't discussed whether or not I should change my name if we get married I am pretty sure he would like me to. So in that case I probably will. And even if I would be a little sad to give up the name I have now I love the idea of sharing a name with him and our children having that name.

[Karlijn92]

I will take his last name. I'm proud of my last name and I like it (even though some people tease me about it sometimes :P ), but my American family/friends can't really pronounce it lol. And besides that I'm very traditional and we'll officially be a family that way.

[Deleted]

I'm nowhere near getting married, nor do I plan to. XD But considering the hypothetical situation that I married my SO in the future, I don't think I would change my last name. Lori isn't my real name: it's a nickname. My real name doesn't sound right with anything other than my current last name. If I were to marry my SO in the future, it would be a sweet sentiment to take my SO's surname because I'd have been looking at it for so long. But since he's Dutch, I don't even think I can pronounce his surname correctly XP am I the only one in this situation?