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Last name on Invite

kit, on November 3, 2016 at 2:40 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 8

Hi All! I'm starting to quite possibly overthink the wording on my last name for the invite. I will be getting remarried in May 2017 and I am a widow so naturally I still have my late husbands last name. Should I add my maiden name to the invite so it reads maiden-current last name or keep with just my legal last name. Do you know if there is any type of etiquette in these circumstances? I have a great relationship with my inlaws but I feel like I may need to incorporate my maiden name in as well. Maybe I am overthinking it but I'd appreciate the advice!

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Latest activity by MrsSki, on November 3, 2016 at 8:50 PM
  • Sara
    Master April 2017
    Sara ·
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    I would go with your legal name.

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  • Anne
    Master June 2017
    Anne ·
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    I'm divorced. Never changed my last name for my daughter's sake. I am using my ex husband's name on my invites because that is how people know me. I have had that name for 20 years.

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  • Katie B to S
    Super January 2017
    Katie B to S ·
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    What do you use on social media? How do people know you? If I got an invitation from Hannah brown-white I'd be really confused since I only know you as Hannah brown, so unless you've been using the maiden name socially I'd just go with your legal name

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  • The Trap Selena
    Master March 2016
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    I'd go with however people know you best.

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  • mlw
    Master December 2016
    mlw ·
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    I have my ex-husbands last name too. It seemed wrong to have it on a new current wedding invitation, so we just first and middle names, but our wedding is super casual too.

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  • Jasmine
    Expert May 2018
    Jasmine ·
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    Legal name that's what I'm doing

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  • Private_User832
    Master August 2017
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    That's a personal decision but I think either way is fine. I'd probably go with your legal name

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  • MrsSki
    Master April 2017
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    My last name isn't on our invites, just my first and middle. If you're unsure, would you want to just use that?

    My mom also was widowed and had her late husband's name. When she married my dad, she kept late husband's as a middle name since her (older) kids had it. She also only used her first and (maiden) middle on the invitations. It's the last paper she has with her maiden middle!

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