Name change - not being unique anymore

Ive kept my email addy as it is...... more hassle alerting everyone to a new addy...

when people get my email they see my married name in the senders bitty....the email addy is just my maiden name.

keep your email! nad therefore keep your unique name (in a way)

I have a business email so not as much an issue but my other email address has my maiden name and I won't bother changing that.

I had a unique surname but I just never saw it as losing any uniqueness (is that a word?). I'm getting used to my married name now but it took ages and the start and I still occasionally forget when I'm signing for deliveries.

I like my surname and couldn't bear to give it up, not that there is anything wrong with hubby's surname but his is just lets say very popular! So I've doubled barrelled it instead so keep my name and have hubby's too! ?.

erm......it is quite special if you are the only one but with my name i'm looking forward to it being "normal" and not having to spell it out EVERY bloody time!

I can see where you're coming from...but why don't you just keep your own name?

I for one am happy to get rid of mine...it's a german last name and I have to spell it out every single time....it's driving me mad lol

If I change my name I'll be moving from a 4 letter 1 sylabal (sp?) name to a 11 letter 3 sylabal name.

Double barrelling I think for me will make it too much of a mouthful so have no idea what to do.

H2B isnt close to his family and neither and I either so im not keen of 'signing' myself to his family from my own loving family where he is always made to feel welcome.

My sisters partner changed his surname by deedpole from his family name.. mentioned to H2B that if he was in that situation I'd have no qualms about changing my name as it'd be a new start for our family tree if that makes sense?

I joked to H2B last night about this and said if he had a different name I'd take that so off he went on stupid surnames he he was funny!

Seriously though I would never ask him to leave his family name.. so will double barrell more than likely.

My name's not massively popular (don't quite think it's unique) and D's is rather common. But there is no way I wouldn't change my name. It's all part and parcel of getting married. Feels like getting married without having a ring or dress or something. It does feel slightly weird that i'll have been "me" for 33 years and then i'll be a "new" person. But it's all part of life ?

I can't get away with double-barrelled names - reminds me of pompus country folk! ?

As for email address - I don't have my surname in it! ?

For me I agree with GB, its part of the whole getting married thing and im looking forward to changing my name.

ALTHOUGH, me and my OH dont exactly get on with his parents, and his mum has the same first name as me, and therefore once married to OH I will have the same full name as her, which i really dont like the idea of but, it is only a name.

Hadnt thought about email!!!

I thought about the email address, but i think i am going to leave it the same. i am changing my name so will probably eventually change my sender name. OH and i both have unique surnames, and i am very sad about losing mine but at the same time it's like starting a new life so i want to do it. even after i change my surname, i'll still be the only 'me' in existence so yay!

but i am keeping my facebook name the same for sure!!!!! well, i say that now...

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