Women do you keep your last name take his or hyphenate?

Question

Did you know if you got a divorce you would have to pay a sum of at leasdt 500.00 bucks to get your own name back?

Answer 1

I took his. I married him, so his name is mine also.

Answer 2

My first husband, I was livid that he wouldn't let me hyphenate. We had a three month fight about it before we got married. Guess you know where that ended up.

Oddly, this husband, I took his name without a problem. It just feels right.

As for the money, I didn't have to pay that. It's already my name. I just changed everything when I got divorced the first time. No one said anything, not even the gvt. Of course, I'm not American.

Answer 3

Considering that I'm planning to never get divorced, the cost of changing my name is really the least of my concerns.

I took his name.

My daughter has a hyphenated name that she was given by way of my husband. She will take her fiance's last name when they get married, and finally have just one last name to deal with.

Answer 4

I thought about this very long and hard before I decided. A few interesting things that went on in discussions between me and my guy - firstly, he and I agreed we didn't like hyphenating - too confusing with kids and all (as a teacher, I agreed! I see what kids go through), he said there should be only one name for us as a last name after marriage, and if I wanted to, he would take MY surname. I decided to take his last name, because I love him unconditionally and we were striving for a traditional family. I accept him as my husband, so I accept his name as mine.

Answer 5

Well this is a good question. I took his name because mine was so common that I would never want it back. He's been gone for years, and the best thing I got from him (other than my daughters) is the name. I paid for it, and I'm keeping it.

My daughter took her husbands name. I wasn't thrilled about it, but she wanted to do that. Also it beings with an "A" and so she finally gets to be first in line.

Answer 6

Don't worry about how much it costs to change your name back if you get a divorce! You should just plan to be together forever! My mom took my father's last name and after they divorced she kept it so that she would have the same last name as her children.

Answer 7

Actually, it cost me the price of the divorce and some annoying paperwork. I had it written into the decree that I was reverting to my maiden name. At that point, it was a case of changing it with the various and sundry places (driver's license, social security), none of which cost anything.

Now, I'd keep my name legally, and use his socially, from the beginning. Not because I think we'd end up divorced, but because there's no reason to change your name.

Answer 8

I do not like the thought of changing my last name...it seems so strange. 24 years with the same last name and suddenly you have to start signing a different one?? I can't imagine how weird it is going to be. But, I am of course excited to be "one" and be our own family with one last name...

I am not going to hyphenate, but I am going to keep my last name as sort of a second middle name.
So it will be

Answer 9

i hyphenated. i thought that my name represented who I am, where I was from, while my new name was who I had become and would represent the new life we had started together. Make sure you discuss kids names if you have any. Do you hyphenate or not? We didn't, giving them only our married name.

Answer 10

I kept my last name. I am not gay, I do not expect to be divorced, ever. My feelings were that when you buy a pet, you take it to the vet. You give the name of the pet, and they tack your last name to it. Muffy becomes Muffy Green. I am not a pet.
Also, my first name is complicated. His last name is complicated. I would be spelling both names for the rest of my life. And I don't think my son is going is going to care.

Answer 11

How about the husband and wife combining names? Why does the female have to take the male's name anyway? It is not this way in other countries.