Changing last name?

I changed mine because it felt like I was starting a new chapter. I know a lot of people who keep them though, and I think that's pretty cool too though. It all just comes down to the person.

I have never changed my name. Nor my mom, but hers was required to by law at marriage, then a gov requirement, and had to change it back. In our families, children have names of one or the other parent. The only time it has ever been a problem has been tied to something else. For example, assuming political stances, or religious beliefs, generally things that have nothing to do with us. Like, our parents must be divorced because they have kids with different surnames, and divorce is against their religious teachings, therefore we are against all their morals and principles.
Though there is no divorce, and they know little about our morals and principles by our names. But other schoolkids parents never had trouble remembering we were all one family, or our individual names. My parents generation paid that price, fought that war No one much seems to care now. Do what you want.

I plan to keep my name. It's a lot of paperwork and my whole life and career are tied to my name. Plus, my mom raised me by herself with a different last name and it was never an issue with schools, travel, etc. I never felt like any less of her daughter.

View Quoted Comment This is actually one of the reasons I have chosen to change my name. I went to school with a few kids who were shunned or gossiped about because they had hyphenated names. School mates would make them feel ashamed over non-existent circumstances. I know things are getting better but anything I can do to make my future children’s lives easier, I will.
The other reason being I work for my parent’s business and I’m tired of being disrespected and people assuming nepotism rather than hard work and talent.

I personally don't believe in hypenating or keeping separate last names. The very premise of becoming married is to become one. Trying to keep a separate identity by keeping separate last names, to me, shows a lack of commitment to truly uniting as one.

I’ve been married before and never changed my last name. My ex husbands kept pressuring me to change my name which I resisted- caused a huge point of contention.
This time, I’m changing it. Not because he wants me to but because I want to. Plus my new initials will be MRS.

I kept my name, and always knew that I would. Most of the women in my family and social circle keep their names anyway, so my choice was pretty normal. In my line of work (academia), nearly all women keep their names, unless they get married really young before they start publishing.

I kept my name. My MIL kept her name, my stepmother kept her name.

In some cultures, it's expected for a woman to keep her name.

It's your choice, and does not, in any way, reflect your commitment to the marriage.

(I get kind of rude about people assuming I changed my name.)

I opted to change my name, but my mom never did. It's a deeply personal decision, and there is no right or wrong option. My mom had a different last name from me growing up. While I had to occasionally say "oh, my mom kept her maiden name" that was the extent of it. I was never bullied or teased about it or anything. It just sometimes required a 1 sentence clarification to a school administrator.

I'm changing mine. I simply don't like my last name and definitely prefer to take his

I changed my last name

I'm changing mine but mainly because I'm tired of being tied to a man that barely acknowledges my existence.