Why or why don’t a woman take a man’s last name?

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I had a poll that was just accidentally deleted but I thought I would clarify my question . obviously a woman has the right to do whatever she wants to do whether it keep her last name hyphenate her last name or change it completely to her husbands.
So many people get married with the number one thought is “ I can’t wait to change my last name to his” because that makes people believe that they are officially married. I didn’t change my last name to my husband yet I still am and feel married. 
 What are your thoughts on changing your last name or /and keeping your last name?

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I want to change my name as soon as I get married because I don’t want to be associated with my father.

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I used to want to change it, but it gives me weird vibes now knowing that it was once used (still used in some places probably) as a way of showing the transfer of ownership (🤮) of the woman from her father to her husband. It's also a heck of a lot of paperwork to get everything changed. We were announced as "Mr. and Mrs. x" at the wedding, but that was the only thing he really cared about (his reasoning is more about unity and blah blah blah).

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I had mixed feelings. I was excited to take his last name, but also a little depressed to not have my maiden name anymore.

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I planned to change my last name always because I honestly despise my father and his family, so I felt it was some freedom from them. But honestly if I didn’t get married at 18 I would’ve legally changed my last name to my mother’s maiden name and I would’ve kept it even if I got married just because I like it and my grandfather was like the father I always wanted and needed.

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I think it’s completely giving up my identity, I think I really have to love him to even consider, if I get pregnant before marriage my baby is having my last name! I don’t give a shit!!!

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I’m going to change from my last name to 2 to follow my husbands Hispanic origin, but right now I’m working on getting licensed. Too much to do. Once I get my licensure to practice I will work on the name change since baby will have both too

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I absolutely loved my maiden name but I changed it to my husbands when we got married. Obviously anyone can do whatever they want and it isn’t a big deal if you don’t change it but my dad always said that you change it out of respect for your husband so that always stick with me and that’s why I changed my name. Things are different now but I was happy to take my husbands name.

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We hyphenated because I wanted to keep my name and he wanted to keep his, but we still wanted to have the same last name. Not a very elegant solution, but there wasn't really another option that made us both happy 🤷

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I’m recently engaged and don’t plan on changing my name... I like my last name it flows well with the rest of my name and while I love my husband to be I don’t particularly like his last name and don’t feel the need to change it... but if we are out and someone calls me mrs. his last name, I’m not going to correct them because I don’t really care

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Ive been married for almost a year and have yet to change my last name lol. I love my husband and his last name just not my name and his last. I'll probably eventually change it since our kids share his name.

Why or why don’t a woman take a man’s last name?

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