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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did not change my name. Like the other poster above, I find it bizarre that people do -- mostly in an existential way.

20 years later, I don't care so much about people sending stuff with the wrong name. Those who really know us have mostly self corrected over the years; the remaining stuff is from randoms who don't know me (like work colleagues of DH).

[/b]The thing I find most bizarre is what OP mentioned: When a woman gets married and immediately starts slapping "The Hinkeldorks" on everything - wedding thank yous, first xmas cards, etc. My take away is that the new bride sees being married as the ultimate accomplishment.  Women who think that just aren't my people.  [b]

fwiw all the women I was good friends with through having kids -- none (literally none) ever changed their names.  After having babies and moving to the suburbs, it's probably 80% women who changed their names.  These friends are lovely women, but probably not the kind of kindred spirits I would gravitate towards if given an unlimited pool of friends from which to choose. I don't care that they changed their names, but the name changing does track with their overall package of who they are.  [/quote]

I think people are just excited to be married. I think it's cute.
I did this though I never actually legally changed my name. I go by both and use my legal name at work, my married name when I send cards.[/quote]

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