Yep, same here. Not letting someone else name rename my law practice

That is why!

As a practicing attorney before I married, I get this. My business is my name. I can't just change my name and expect everyone to know it's the same business.

Yes they do!

Exactly this!

just that. (And when I got divorced I didn't have to change my name back for the whole world to know)

I’m adopted, and this would be my reasoning! I loved my adopted father and I’m proud to call myself by his last name. It’s something that he absolutely chose to give me (by choosing to adopt me) and I’m grateful.

it's a patriarcal tradition that needs to die.

And if you ever get divorced, then you'll have to do all of it again to change it back. Many women choose not to change it back just bc of having to go thru the same hassle all over again

Totally. For some insane reason I decided to take my husband's name when we married a few years back (been together 16, married for almost 2). What a ginormous PAIN IN THE A*S. My login for practically every account we use contains my maiden name, so I choose to not change those. When I went to the bank to change my name on MY account the teller said I needed to bring in my marriage license. Here's my old ID with the address I opened the account, here's my new ID with my current address (which was updated online, so it was in the "system"), as you can clearly see both pictures are of ME. Had to talk to a manager. He said the same thing, so I asked "do you also need my husband's permission and a signature from my father? Close my account. I have no desire to bank with such a misogynistic company". Took the check they issued to the credit union, which is a joint account. She looked at both IDs and deposited the check. Done & Done. USBANK - you suck.

Very practical consideration. How do we handle it with kids? What will be their last name?

Yep, there should be no transference of “ownership”… Fathers giving their daughters away in weddings is so icky too.

why do other ppl give a c**p what they do?

That should be good enough as a reason except my nephew in law changed his name to my nieces surname because he didn't want his children known by his pedophile fathers surname.

My child has my husband's last name. No qualms there. I have to clarify often that her dad & I are married but I'm a divorce attorney so that's a non issue for me.

Same. Happely married 42+ years.

She's gone mental /j

Yup. I took the surname my husband now uses, but it's his mother's maiden name, not his father's. So, I guess we both changed our names, just to the same thing. Couldn't really do it the other way round because then he would have been (not the real names) Lewis Lewis...

it says her last name is power, i don't blame her for keeping it!

Hi, Mrs. My History, I'm Lollipop Girl (bad dad joke, I'm sorry)

Have a friend who is madly in love with his wife after 25 years and introduces his wife as his "first wife". She laughs at people's reactions. They were meant for each other.

Same reason my daughter kept hers.

It’s a real thing, men don’t own women. so there’s no reason for women to take men’s names unless they want to.

Hi my name, nice to meet you.

And my name is easier to pronounce and spell than his too! Believe it or not, new clients care about little things like being able to easily pronounce who they will ge doing business with over time.

I took his surname as it was nicer than mine. Now I’m divorcing the kn@bwomble, I can’t decide what to do. Cara Panda maybe?

No one? If I get married, I'm instantly combining my surname with my wife's. Length isn't as big as an issue as what she's saying.

I hope her name is a part of her, and not apart from her