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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't change my name and the biggest issue I've had is that sometimes teachers will call me "Mrs. Husband's last name" when they first meet me, but then they catch on. I've never had a single logistical problem related to my husband or kids in terms of travel, finances, medical care, etc.

[b]Changing your name, on the other hand, is a logistical pain[/b]. It's a lot of paperwork and then you can have the old name on stuff for years and years, plus if you change your name professionally, it can cause a lot of confusion. This was one reason I didn't change my name. I had friends and colleagues who had dealt with some very annoying issues at work due to name changes.

It's very classically American to both expect women to change their names when they marry but then make it as logistically inconvenient as possible to do so. So on brand![/quote]
Not true, in my case. Dh and I were married at the Rockville courthouse in 1999. When we filed the papers, I was asked if I wanted to change my name. I said no. Turns out, in Md at that time, a woman's last name was automatically changed to her dhs. I found this out a few years later when I wanted to change my last name to my dh's. I was informed that I had been Larla Smith, nee Jones for 5 years![/quote]

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