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This is always an interesting topic. I'm going on 23 years married and chose to take my husbands last name for four reasons.
1) I'd never liked my first name with my maiden name. Really, it's terrible combination.
2) I was very, very angry with my father at the time of my marriage and had mo desire to continue that connection.
3) 23 years ago, computers were still messing up hyphenated names, which seemed to be the trend at that time.
4) If I dropped my middle name and added hubby's name, I thought my middle/maiden name would be ignored or forgotten, anyway. And, get, my middle name is the name I like best.
I now know that 3 and 4 are now accepted easily and computers have come a long way, but 1 and 2 are still true for me, despite my pride in my heritage.
1) I'd never liked my first name with my maiden name. Really, it's terrible combination.
2) I was very, very angry with my father at the time of my marriage and had mo desire to continue that connection.
3) 23 years ago, computers were still messing up hyphenated names, which seemed to be the trend at that time.
4) If I dropped my middle name and added hubby's name, I thought my middle/maiden name would be ignored or forgotten, anyway. And, get, my middle name is the name I like best.
I now know that 3 and 4 are now accepted easily and computers have come a long way, but 1 and 2 are still true for me, despite my pride in my heritage.