so my dad was looking thru his address book on the computer and i noticed my aunt and her name is hyphenated so she has her first husbands name and her second husbands name
me and my mom were like why would she do that
like if she marries another guy after that will she have like 3 last names
me and my mom thought it was weird and like if you hyphenate your name you usually go back to your maiden name
you don't use an ex husbands name still

(we understand for like having the same name as your kid , that someone might do that)

what is LW's thoughts on this???

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It's such a hassle.

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If I were to get married and divorced, I would of gotten completely rid of his name from mines.

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That's really expensive though, and way drawn out...all the documents you'd have to get changed.

I'd keep it my ex's last name.  Afterall, at one point we loved each other, so why not?  Also, we'd probably have kids, and I'd want the same last name as them.

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Quote: from swtpie at 8:59 pm on July 25, 2008

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If I were to get married and divorced, I would of gotten completely rid of his name from mines.

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 That's really expensive though, and way drawn out...all the documents you'd have to get changed.

I'd keep it my ex's last name.  Afterall, at one point we loved each other, so why not?  Also, we'd probably have kids, and I'd want the same last name as them.

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I totally understand that
but when you got married again would you have both names?

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And when I close my eyes it's you I see
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I totally understand that
but when you got married again would you have both names?

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I don't know...First and foremost that IF I get remarried...Not sure if I would or not yet.

But, IF I did, now thinking about it, I'd probably go with the hyphenated name, because of the kids, not because of any remaining feelings for my ex.  I'd want my kids to still have the last name of their real father, even though they would have a new stepfather.  That way, in the end, if they want to get their last name changed later, then it's THEIR choice, I didn't make it for them.  So I'd get it hyphenated for the kids from the previous marriage, and still take on my new husband's last name.  Also, for the sake of my students and career (I intend on being a teacher).  If I get it hyphenated, I can keep all my career documents the same, and my students can always refer to me as the name they're used to (like, for students that say try and look me up or something).

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