Cross two more off the to-do list. I went by SSA to change my name and then to the DMV to get a new license. The license I needed anyway because it was up for renewal and god golly my old pic was hideous.
I decided on hypenating my last names. I knew I wanted both I just wasn't sure if wanted to tack Jeff's on the end or hypenate it. My birthday cards came both ways and I decided I liked the hyphen. The decision on which names to have I made many months ago. I want to match Keegan and I want Jeff's name too. I have no interest in going back to my maiden name. No offense to my family. I am not that person any more. And to answer the whole "taking a man's name" thing, my maiden name is my father's so it was already a man's name. This way at least I got a choice in the matter. It takes forever to write but I think it is worth it.
Alisa. 36. New Hampshire. Married for two years to this wonderful, funny, smart guy. Previously married. Went through in-vitro fertilization to have my four and a half year old magical son Keegan. Stepmother to the charming Isabelle (5). Just had our first child together, a boy, Harper(born June 10). Policy Wonk and dreaded bureaucrat. Lover of fine cuisine, honeybees, truly romantic moments and the underdog.
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It takes forever to write but you get used to it. I think hypenating is cool!
Spelling HYPHENATING correctly is cool too.
it sounds like you made the right choice for you! i plan on hyphenating when i get married as well. i like my last name too much to give it up.
It will be nice to match your son in some way. My father died when I was 2 (over 40 years ago) and when my mom remarried it was always a pain in school to have a different name. My poor step-dad got used to being called by my last name instead of his (but he was always cool about it). When I married 25 years ago I didn't keep my maiden name (hypenated or not) and I wish I had kept it in some way.
When I got married, I didn't want to change my name but did as part of a compromise. When I got divorced, my professional career was just taking off so I didn't want to change anything. These days, I wish I still kept my maiden name only because it is five letters shorter and I have to sign and/or type my name at least 50 times a day. That would be a lot of letters saved over a year.
I'm sure if I had children, I would feel differently. Or ... do like my cousin. When she got married, she took her maiden name as her middle name and her husband's surname for her last name. She was widowed and when she remarried, her middle name was changed to her children's/former husband's surname and she took her new husband's name for her last name.
I noticed it in the email you sent to me yesterday. I like it. There is something very professional, IMO, about a hyphenated name. You sound important. LOL Oh....and matching everybody is cool too. :)
I noticed in an email your new name. I like the way it sounds and looks. good decision!