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[quote=Anonymous]You do you.  I never seriously considered changing my last name, to be honest.  I'm rather attached to my name and felt strongly that I wasn't giving up an identity, at least no more than my DH.  Also, his last name is already long and hyphenated.   Every now and then, someone random will call me by [HISLASTNAME] and I'm not the sort to get worked up or correct them unless we are going to have an ongoing relationship.  No big deal.  And I'm not fussed about having the same name as my kids.   We discussed giving them my name instead of his, but I actually wanted him to have his name on the kids.  It works for us.

That said, it is occasionally inconvenient.  Like, we couldn't refinance our mortgage without producing a marriage license to show that we're really married.    And daycare teachers  call me "mom" because they can't keep my last name straight.  Whatever.  On the upside, we can easily use my last name (which is much shorter and easier to spell) for reservations and the like.[/quote]

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