keep her ex-husbands last name even though she is remarried?? She has 2 children from 2 different men and both these kids have different last names, on eof which is her maiden name. Don't you think it would be ladylike to change her name to her husbands name instead of her ex's???
2007-11-08 07:32:05 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
she's not a professional and not well liked.
2007-11-08 07:41:28 · update #1
her current husband is spineless.
2007-11-08 07:42:58 · update #2
didn't say I was worried about it people.....I just think it's a pathetic attempt to keep attached to my husband. It's NOT a hassle to change your name-I've done it-quite simple.
2007-11-08 13:18:27 · update #3
Because she is mentally screwed up.
The Rat
2007-11-08 07:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Many women like to keep their name the same as their children. People always call me mrs. my daughter's last name when in fact I'm not married, never was to her father. Its a little annoying. If I knew for sure that I was never going to get remarried, I'd have my name changed just so I wouldn't have to continually explain my last name...this is truly annoying when it's the doctors office or school when they have all my info, including my last name right there in front of them.
Not to mention changing your name is a huge hassle! Every illegal alien can get a SS card; but I, a citizen born and raised here, have to show two pictured I.D.s, plus a divorce decree and my birth certificate to get my maiden name back on my card after my divorce...that was the DMV they wanted all that plus a bill statement with my current address. The divorce was more simple than that!
2007-11-08 16:16:36 · answer #2 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She is probably most known by that name and doesn't want to go through the hassle of changing it.
Not to mention the unbelievable amount of satisfaction that she gets from knowing that it annoys you.
I'm a "new wife" and my husband's ex kept his last name even though she requested that her maiden name be restored to her in the divorce decree. They do have two kids though, so we all share the same last name, I just have to reassure myself that she is the ex and I am the real Mrs.
2007-11-08 16:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
To be honest, it's a pain in the a** to change your last name. Have you ever done it before? You have to call everyone you have ever associated with, personally and business wise to change your last name. It's not an easy process. And if she had that name for a while and created that name for herself professionally, it's probably not worth it to her to change her last name.
My mother has been divorced for almost 20 years and still hasn't changed her name back to her maiden last name. I asked her once why and she said it's just too much of a pain to do all that.
2007-11-08 15:48:04 · answer #4 · answered by Paula Christine 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only good reason I can think of to keep her ex-husband's last name would be that she's a professional and is well known in her profession by her old name. Otherwise, it's just wacky and obsessive.
2007-11-08 15:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by justme 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe she didn't like her maiden name and really liked the way her name sounded with her ex's last name attached to it. It's up to her if she wants to change it. Personally, I'd go back to my maiden name
2007-11-08 15:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by Heidi B 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If they were married for a long time its possible that she thinks she will have some kind of legal rights to any retirement or benefits in the event of his death. Or she could just be too lazy to go and have it changed. My husbands ex kept his name too, I personally think that was her way of staying connected to him.
2007-11-08 15:45:56 · answer #7 · answered by Badkitty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think either she still has some attachment to that name (or husband) or she does just like the name. I think it's weird though, if I ever got divorced I wouldn't keep my ex's name.
2007-11-08 15:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by Emerick 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You are going to drive yourself crazy by asking why?!? She has not changed it so who cares. Why are you worried about what name she is using? Maybe its to much of a pain to change it all! Her current husband is married to her and not insecure, or worried so why are you?
2007-11-08 16:19:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if people have known her for years and years by the ex's last name, and if she's got had the same job and many contacts over the years, creditors, etc., who know her by her ex's last name, that might be the reason she hasn't changed it..cause for less confusion.
it's really HER business, nothing for you to worry about.
i never changed my last name, and i've been married.. i prefer my maiden name,and intend to keep it...
2007-11-08 15:38:58 · answer #10 · answered by letterstoheather 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the only reason i can think of is that she may have important documents and business filed under that name. but it does seem insensitive to the new husband, and whoever the ex-husband has a relationship with.
2007-11-08 15:45:23 · answer #11 · answered by hh 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋