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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did change my legal name and I think it's more that I never, ever have to explain that I'm related to my kids or my husband and there are small conveniences related to that. It's obvious to everyone at schools and camps, I can grab my husband's library books,

[b]I have always thought that your last name is a shorthand indicator that explains who you are related to.[/b] To me, it made sense to highlight my adult nuclear family. The only time I ever missed legally having my  maiden name was after my father passed away, and I had to explain our relationship to the hospital/funeral home etc.[/quote]

This. I went back and forth on whether to change my last name. I ended up changing my last name because I wanted the same last name as my kids. It just seemed like the easy "shorthand indicator" that we're a family so people don't have to guess which kid belongs to Larla Knickerbocker. Some posters here highlighted lots of good ways to get around having a different last name, so both ways work.

I have to say that the outrage either way irritates me. We're still underpaid and do more domestic work and childcare than our husbands even if we all work FT. That matters a lot more to me.[/quote]

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