I will be double-barrelling with my partner, I think. I like the unity of having the same surname, but I love my surname as I am very close and proud to be a part of my Dad's side of the family and my girlfriend just changed her name legally so I'm guessing she'd probably want to keep it :P
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When my parents got married my mum changed her name. 10 years after their divorce my mum wanted to change my brother and my last name back to hers to spite my dad mainly. But in the end she didn't as she thought her maiden was too common, so she just kept my dads last name.
I will probably change my name if/when I get married.
I don't want to get married partly because i don't want to change my name, its my name and its part of who i am, double barrelling it with my boyfriends wouldnt work because it sounds wrong and i dont really see the point of keeping my maiden name and being married.
My mums (soon to be) ex-husband changed his name to hers when they got married. He couldn't change it as easily as a woman could change hers through marriage though. It is a pretty sexist and archaic system on the whole.
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I've known girls who kept their maiden name as a middle name but took their husband's last name, or who gave their maiden name as a middle name to one or multiple of their children, so it stayed in the family.
Back in the day men owned their wives, it's a sign of possession. Until very recently it wasn't illegal for men to rape their wives.
Luckily these days, in the UK, it's more a tradition thing but it still implies possession so many women now refuse to take their husbands name completely.
If I ever get married there's no way I would take my husbands name. I am my own woman, husband or not.
I've known girls who kept their maiden name as a middle name but took their husband's last name, or who gave their maiden name as a middle name to one or multiple of their children, so it stayed in the family.
Wouldn't really work with Coneyworth lol
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I didn't really realise people were attached to their surnames. I think I'd chance if it wasn't an awful surname. Might also make life easier as people have trouble pronouncing and spelling mine.. Although mean the it spoils fun of sales calls and letters which are so wrong!
Saying that, if my parents wanted me to keep it I'd consider it. I don't think they'd currently mind by my older brother is gay and I doubt he'll ever have children to pass the name on and I'd be surprised if my other brother was straight so hypothetically if the chances were that neither brother would pass our surname down and my parents didn't want it to go then I may!
.. I probably phrased all that really badly!
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and and on the forms for college they always put my stepdad and my mum's name so they double barrell it so it's "Eastwood - Spray" which I don't mind before that I was "dobbins" which sounds a bit odd so I was glad when my mum got all married again.
now i've thought about it though
Nurse Eastwood Spray would sound odd xxxx
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I like my last name, I'm not sure if I'd take my Partner's if/when we get married, I guess it's something to consider in the future. I think I'd be less inclined to go for a double barrel last name as I already have two middle names so I don't want to spend half an hour writing my name down on forms etc
I would be so saddened if you ever changed your name, Natalee, it's amazing.
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