I regret taking my husbands name! 😕

My husband and I got married in February this year. I absolutely love him so much and I’m so happy we get to spend our lives together. But I really regret taking his surname!!

When I got married I was 31. That’s 31 years of me being exactly who I am. And now I feel like I’ve lost a huge part of myself to become a member of his family.

It is so important for me to have the same surname as my children, and we didn’t want to hyphenate. So changing my name was sort of a given. But I’m not sure I would make the same decision if I knew how I would feel 7 months down the track.

One thing that really bothers me is having the same surname as my mother-in-law. She is so awful and I hate having this link to her.

Maybe I just need time to get used to it. Maybe I should change my name to have my maiden name as a middle name. Maybe I should get my name hyphenated. I just don’t know.

What’s in a name?? A lot apparently.