I started another post, got sidetracked and decided to finish it later. It became so much more complicated than what I had originally intended. I'm waiting for my sudo Monte Carlo analysis to run, which means that I can't touch Excel for the 2-5 minutes or however long the program decides it needs to finish my 1100 iterations. In that short break, I popped open my email and as I scanned the Gmail headers of to and from, I noticed something that made me laugh - the new last name.
Most people immediately change their name on FB when they get married. I have definitely had a couple of double takes, thinking WHO IS ....? Oh yeah. That's their new name. Needless to say, I didn't. There was no real reason why I should or shouldn't and it just seemed like a lot of work after planning a wedding.
I received my new social security card recently and subsequently all the questions started flowing. What should the signature look like? Am I going to remember to respond when people call me using my new last name? Is work going to be able to do a clean sweep when they change over my name? (My current email and login are associated with my old last name!) I have had the same name for 30 years and now I have to remember a new name. That said, I never had a middle name and subsequently, I've just moved around some things so that now I have the longest name ever! While I do think there's something said for not going through the name change process. I also think there's an element of traditionalism that I like about the change. I know that addressing invites to people with different last names was an interesting.
I suppose I should get used to seeing the new name! DMV on Nov 1 to change my license. Then it's onto everything else.
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Interesting post. I've been thinking about this a lot lately as I haven't changed my last name yet. It was never my intention to NOT change my name, it just hasn't happened yet. For some of the reasons you suggested--once I started asking myself those questions, I just became overwhelmed, threw my hands up in the air, and said I would come back to it later. After all, I had my maiden name for 34 years...geez it's tough to remember a new name. Anyway...more on email. :) Congrats again and look forward to exchanging more "tales of the professional married woman" stories. ;)
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