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- after 23 years, and for 5 years now (after I "came out" to him as a submissive), we have had a much better relationship, closer than it was before (if that is possible!)
- I kept my name for many reasons, but the primary one was that my father never had any sons. When I was five years old, I told Daddy I would keep his name if I got married, and give it to my kids. Daddy just laughed...but I did it, didn't I? :) My husband understands why I primarily did it, and the beauty in it is, since there are no grandsons from his sister and brother, and we have the only grandson, our son carries on BOTH surnames which would have both died out otherwise. Its not even a problem for our son, since so many kids in his school also have hyphenated surnames (its very common now, esp. where we live.)
- Taking or not taking a man's name does not necessarily mean anything by way of whether they truly love each other or not. I am NO feminist, and get annoyed when anyone assumes I kept my name for that reason.
- BTW in the state we live in, a married woman (who changed her name) must now supply MANY forms of proof when she gets a driver's license. Because I kept my name, all I had to show was my birth certificate. My husband was VERY happy about that when I went for my license recently, because if I'd needed all the other papers, it would have been a 30 mins drive home to get them!
- A readers' forum post by Blue Rose on Mon, 04/07/2005 - 23:58 | reply to this comment
- Taking his name
- A readers' forum post by a Taken In Hand reader on Tue, 19/07/2005 - 06:33 | reply to this comment
- I look forward to taking my fiance's name when we get married but I don't want to change my name legally as I have a name recognized in my profession. How do others deal with this problem?
- A readers' forum post by a Taken In Hand reader on Tue, 19/07/2005 - 06:33 | reply to this comment
- not sure where you live
- A readers' forum post by BlueRose on Tue, 19/07/2005 - 12:27 | reply to this comment
- Not sure where you live but in the USA you cannot use more than one name legally--especially not in this age of identity theft, impersonations, etc. You have to choose ONE name and stick with it.
- Maybe what you can do is, LEGALLY keep your own name (documents, etc), but SOCIALLY/privately allow yourself to be called by your husband's last name (dinner parties, etc). That way there is no *formal record* of you adopting his name while still formally using your own name, since it is illegal to use more than one name constantly and simultaneously.