Have you been practicing signing your (soon-to-be) new last name?

I never practiced, but since I got married, I haven't "forgotten" or used my maiden name at all. I was totally okay with taking his name.

LOL. Yes, I've been practicing!

I thought it first that it would just come natural to me, but I didn't realize how much thought I would have to put into it to not spell my old name or not to misspell my new name. Lol!

Yes, makes me feel like I am in middle school again, but to be honest I hate making "P" so I need the practice!

Yes! I have a big, fancy signature that has been into my muscle memory for almost 30 years! I was joking around with FH one day about how it's not fair he doesn't have to learn a new signature and he said, "It can't be that bad." So I tried to "practice" and we ended up laughing about it. For one thing, my current last name has a lot of fun loopy letters and FH's last name does not. It's going to take a while for me to get used to it!

Yup, I still have 200+ days to go and I sign my FHs last name all the time - after 11 years it comes pretty natural though

I also refer to FH and my husband on a regular basis.

So much so that one of my co-workers couldn't figure out why FH and I were going away for a "wedding" for two weeks in October...AHHH - because I am getting married.

Oops

Lol yes! It needs to look pretty before I start using it on important documents. I keep spelling it wrong

I practice mine at work as well!

His last name is pretty easy though, Perez.

Oooooh I like Perez. FH's is Bivens, which is a big change from Smith, my maiden name.

I started practicing. Mostly so when I start using my new signature, it looks normal, and it matches the handwriting of my current signature. (As in, my current signature is a doctor's-office scrawl, so going from that to carefully worked cursive would look and feel odd)

I practice all the time, too. I love my current signature, and it feels weird to write something else. So I've been working on it. Miss the loops in my old signature, though...

No, ha, because I like my last name better than his.

But my signature looks like chicken scratch anyway (many years of working at a bank and signing a TON of things) that I don't think that anyone can actually see letters except my first letter. My initials are PC and my signature looks like P-scribble-S-scribble. So I may just keep doing what I have lol.

I just signed my soon to be married name for the first time ever after I read this post. It felt really weird! My new name is going to be much more plain than my maiden name. But I still love it.

I don't have to change my signature Our last names are the same length and made of similar shape letters (e.g., n versus h), so my current signature would work for either name!

I need to practice more. My new signature looks like sh*t. I'm defective when it comes to writing cursive "R's".

I have tried it a few times. I love FH last name and cannot wait to shed my maiden name! It is weird trying to teach yourself to write something else when you are so used to something.

Yep...it is hard to do...lol...the muscle memory I guess...

His last name starts with a G, and my cursive G Looks like a uterus. I need to practice.

I definitely need to practice. I hate making the capital E!

I am also trying to decide whether to keep my middle name or make my maiden name my middle name... or keep it all it would be pretty long...lol! I like my middle name!