Normal to not change your last name?

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So I've been married since August, my husband knows I don't really want to go through the process to legally change my last name and he doesn't care, but his family really thinks I need to change it. Is there anyone out there who kept their maiden name? Or is that weird?

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I know lots of women who didn't change their names. I did change mine, and it really wasn't a hassle. The change was free and I only paid for a new drivers license, but mine was about to expire anyways.

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It's really not hard to do. I'd decide what you actually want & then do that, not just do nothing out of laziness. I personally changed mine because I want kids & want us all to have the same last name.

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I lived in Iceland for 8 years where they've never had a tradition for women changing their name. So, I'm not changing my name

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My sister kept hers I didn't. My husband was not ok with me not changing it he felt it was important. It was really easy to change it's not really a legal name change

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It's not weird at all. More and more Western women are keeping their last names.

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I have been with my husband for 19 years, married for 4, and we I did not take his name. I like my name just fine the way it is, and if he doesn't care that's all that mTters.

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It is NOT weird! Just not very common. I kept my last name for a few years while I took time to decide what I wanted. I ended up keeping my last name and adding his. It was a good option for me (and him! He was so supportive and wanted me to be happy.) and I am happy with what I decided. That is the most important part of the decision: that you are both happy and neither of you feel stuck.

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I changed mine. However I actually know a handful of women who go by their married name but never legally changed it. If your husband is okay with you not changing it, then fine. His family shouldn't have a say in the matter.

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When hubby and I got married he took my name. I wanted to keep my surname and hubby said he felt no emotional connection to his surname due to not being raised by his parents so he offered to change it.

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Not taking your husbands name is a really common thing these days and I don't see anything wrong with it if that's what people chose to do. I took my husbands name as to me it's respectful and when we have children I want to share their last name so we can all be the Flesher family instead of me having a different name

Normal to not change your last name?

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