Do you feel a little sad about losing your last name?

I feel the same way! My last name has actually been passed down through the women in my family (grandmother to mom to me) so I hate losing it. I decided to add it on to my middle name that way I get to still have it.

I completely agree with you! I am a bit sad about loosing my maiden name especially since I am in the process of getting a doctorate. to me it seems as if all my prior achievements are associated under my soon to be maiden name. I have thought about hyphenating it but that might be just a bit too long.

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I wouldn't stress about it! This is how my siblings were and it was never a big deal to them!

I'm super sad about it. I was married once before and was widowed. My last name is my late husband's name. I share it with my daughter. I'm not super attached to it, but I'm sad that my daughter and I won't have the same last name anymore...

I cannot wait for my new, easily pronounced last name! The only thing I am concerned with is work and people not realizing who I am - I have 15+ years here! So, I might keep my email the same here, if they allow it, to avoid confusion.

I’m keeping my maiden name, but have also contemplated hyphenating. I think my kids from my previous marriage would be sad if I changed my last name. Theirs is hyphenated to include my last name and their dad’s.

I didn't take my husband's name because I identify well with my full name. People suggested me moving my last name as my middle name or adding it as my middle name but I already have a middle name aha.

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I'm not. My sisters and mom all have different last names from each other (we all have different dads) and I've never met my dad (I have his lastname), so my maiden name has no significant meaning to me what so ever.

My children on the other hand all have their fathers last name (FH), so I have been really looking forward to sharing a last name with my family for once! Only 3 more days to go!!

Yea I’m a little sad about it. I’ve contemplated hyphenating but idk. If I do just change my name I’ll definitely miss my maiden name. My family has passed down the story of how we got our last name for generations.

It'll be a change, but I am SO excited to change my name. I don't get along very well with most of my family, but get along great with his. So it will be nice to have the same last name as them. My family on the other hand seemed upset when they found out I was changing my last name. My grandma (who changed her last name when she got married) even got upset when I told her for some reason.

So, I’m also 37, was extremely close with my dad who passed away 2 and a half years ago. FH is really upset that I want to keep my name.

I’ve considered just adding his name to the end of mine in case we decide to have kids, but that would literally be the only reason for me. My name is my dad’s name, it’s my professional name, and it matters to me even more with my dad gone. I also pointed out the double standard that FH would *never* in a million years consider taking my name 😉

I am definitely sad but not as sad as I thought I’d be. I’m one of 5 sisters and growing up we were all referred to as “The <Last Name> Girls” and we originally all agreed to keep our last name when we got married but 2 of my sisters have married and changed their names because their husbands REALLY wanted them to.

I considered hyphenating, but since I don’t feel super strongly about that, I’m just going to change it in case we have a daughter someday who REALLY wants to hyphenate her name with her future spouse’s.... that way she won’t have to drop one of our last names or have a triple hyphenated name or something.

I definitely understand and feel the same way. I'm so excited to be married, but I also feel that loss of my name! It's been with me for 28 years and I'm a bit lost feeling at the idea of losing it! :/

I’m keeping my maiden name but also taking FHs, I love my maiden name and FH was the one who suggested having both

I feel the same way... and I'm the last one. I'm ready to take my FH last name but I've been Loney all my life. It's sad to think it ends with me but it means so much to me to be a Rumbach. ❤

The only thing that makes me sad is I fought so hard for my son to keep my last name after his dad decided (2 years into his life) that he wanted to finally be apart of his life and that meant he needed to change his name. BUT my brother hasn't had any kids and all my other siblings are girls so my son is my dads second chance to carry on the name! other than that I'm super excited to take my FH's name... not so excited to be called Mrs. Honsa (because to me thats his mom... lol)

I'm actually excited. My mom got married when I was about 4 years old and after they divorced, she kept the last name so I never had my biological dad's last name or my step dad's (at the time) last name. I've always felt like the odd ball out anyway. Still the odd ball out. So for me, it would be nice to actually feel connected with someone by having the same last name.

Nope. I think my maiden name is ugly, can’t wait for a cuter one. 😁