Did/will you take his last name or did/will you hyphenate

Did/will you keep your name or take his

  • I want my name so hyphenate it is.

    Votes: 63 31.5%

  • I want my husbands last name.

    Votes: 115 57.5%

  • I have no clue.

    Votes: 22 11.0%
  • Total voters
    200
  • Poll closed .
Chanel's Tresses said:
When I do get married I plan on taking my husbands name. I have a son though with his fathers last name and I would want my family to all have the same last name. What is usually done in that case? I am not sure what I would do.
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I think the only thing you can do is change your son's last name, Im not sure if your husband would HAVE to adopt him. But all of that depends on your son and his fathers relationship (you know, if he'll have a problem with his son losing his last name).

UNLESS, of course you and your hubby just wanna take your sons daddy name. :lachen: (I wonder if anyone's ever done that)

If neither of those will work, then your son will just have to have a different last name from you guys. :/
 
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Sometimes people just need to make a decision and leave those hyphens alone. Case and point, this lady @ work is Sprinkle-Spicer :perplexed. Awful.
 
Chanel's Tresses said:
When I do get married I plan on taking my husbands name. I have a son though with his fathers last name and I would want my family to all have the same last name. What is usually done in that case? I am not sure what I would do.
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If you want everyone to have the same last name then you have no choice but to change it. My father adopted my brother when he married my mother (his bio father is a complete ass). and he has my father's last name because my mother was the same way with the name thing but then years after she divorced she changer her name buy "marrying" this guy just to change her name :perplexed. Not sure if you have to be adopted to change the last name. I really don't care if everyone has the same name or not.
 
I asked SO if it he cared that I hyphenate and he said it don't matter to him, he's not making a big deal about it.
 
I like my last name and it flows...

But when I get married I'll take my husband's last name. No hyphenating.
 
I don't know just yet. I think my last name is too long to be hypenated honestly. Plus, I'm tired of being called last all the time...shoot! :lol: (last name begins w/ a "U")

However, I love my family and I am proud of my heritage. So, I'm not sure....
 
I am hyphenated because of my professional and business situation created prior to marriage. For us, it is not an issue and no disrespect. Also, I am rarely referred to in the hyphenated format....people most always refer to me using Mrs.(HIS LAST NAME). Especially, at the kids school and in his presence.
 
I'm really curious about what i'm going to do when the time comes. My last name is already hyphenated and i'm not really trying to have three last names lol
 
Welp, Im at a stage in my life where there will be no more kids so when we do this, I will add his to mine. Besides, I love my last name...
 
I've come across so many of my students with hypenated names, and while I understand it's a parents choice, it drives me nuts trying to fill a student's whole name on documents that give you but so much space...My kids will definitely have their father's last name only...As for myself, I think I would just take my husbands name...
 
I originally hyphenated. I thought lond and hard about it, and realized that I am not giving myself completely to him (as stated in my vows) if I don't. I don't want to carry my maiden name (or behaviors) into our marriage.
 
If I don't like his last name, I will just keep mine, lol.

I really don't want to hyphenate and end up with a very long name, my last name is long enough
 
I have a desirable last name, however I am not attached.
If I marry for love I'll change it because I would probably be having children.
If I marry for $ I wouldn't change it, it would just be a hassle to change it back after the divorce.
 
when or if ever i get married i plan on keeping my last name and all the girls that i have will have my last name and my sons will have there fathers last name:yep:
 
When I get married, I want to take my husbands last name. It helps me feel more a part of him - a merging of sorts.
 
I'm keeping my last name . It's whom i am. Culturally, I'll always be my father's daughter no matter whom I marry. Our children will have my husband's name only.
 
I am not married yet but I really want to keep my last name. That is going to be a tough one for me when I get married, deciding to hyphenate or to just take my future husband last name.
 
Tarae said:
Any reason? I've never heard of anyone doing this.
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Marilyn vos Savant, the woman who writes the Ask Marilyn column, does this also. She took her mother's last name, I believe, and passed that down to her daughter(s).
 
I took my husband's last name. Why? Because the point of marriage is to become one. And how can I truly become one, if I'm still holding on to the individuality of my previous last name. If I can't even part with my old last name, I doubt I'd be able to do some of the other difficult things involved in becoming "ONE" :yep:
 
I like my name and i didnt change it
Im my fathers child
I dunno Im not cool with the whole I gotta get rid of my last name
and take on yours

Plus hubby last name is not cute:look:
 
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