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My own signature is barely legible... neither is Mrs. Bee's! So name changes wouldn't really affect either of us...
Mr Bee - My FI signature is just a scrawl that changes each time, I'm seriously considering just going with that and shoving a K in the front hehe.
Sounds good to me! Or in all honesty, you could probably even keep your signature exactly the same but maybe make it a touch messier. There's no requirement that signatures look like your current name, as far as I know!
Haha, I've been practicing since the month we got together. Pathetic I know... But it's exciting because his name is so much easier than mine to sign, spell, and pronounce! 
I hate the way my new last name looks w/ my handwriting. I can't get it right either... gonna have to try googling it :P
I haven't practiced it a lot, maybe only once or twice... I'll practice it more once I move to the US & have to wait until I get approval to work. lol
I'm not married yet...but I am also not 100% on changing my name. I am hoping if I practice and can make it pretty, that will help. (Lame, I know.)
@mrbee - wow really? I never thought of that! Phew. Took me long enough to get the current one reliably replicable :P
Absolutely - after all, you can even legally sign with an X if you are illiterate!
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/"X"+as+a+Signature
This part seems relevant: "Thus, commercial instruments, such as checks and promissory notes, may be signed by affixing any symbol that an individual intends to represent his signature."
More here:
http://ask.metafilter.com/4907/Does-my-signature-have-to-match-my-legal-name
Please keep in mind that I am not a lawyer... but my signature is entirely illegible and I have never had it questioned in my entire life. Plus my brother's name is "Robert" but sometimes he signs his checks with Bob.
All that said - if your signature is clearly legible, that might confuse some people. That's why I say - keep it messy!!
I've practiced and our weddings not till January... I always feel like I have to do it in secret though, like a school girl with a crush.
Wow, you learn something new everyday! I might just practice making my signature more messy!
I've been practicing because I have to sign a lot of things at work, and it took me 25 years to get my current one just so...hehe, good thing I have forever to get the new one right! =)
haha too funny. I barely have to change mine (put a cross at the end for a t instead of 2 dots for i's.) The rest is so swirly and my V can double as a Y/ Bonus!
I just got married this past Saturday and I still haven't tried to write out my name. I think I may have to now :)
I think I practiced in the car on the way to the DMV. I just wanted to get whatever "look" would be consistent if anyone ever wanted to compare my license to my credit cards to any other signature. Still not too good at it ...
Mine STILL looks weird to me. My maiden and married names started with an S, so I have to catch myself that I don't go on last name autopilot =]
I've finally figured out a way to sign it that I like and that I can replicate easily. I do feel kinda bad because my last name starts with a letter that I make in the traditional cursive way. As a teacher, I feel like I should use the actual cursive style, at least with my students. Maybe I'll just print my name for the kids!
@jessie516: funny,I know exactly what you mean! I'm a teacher too and my maiden name starts with a G but when ever I write my last name I ALWAYS write a BIG lower case g 'cause I think traditional cursive g's are ugly, but I have to stop myself when I'm at school or the kids are all over me!
I do, just because I'm like a six year old girl. His name is fun to write. :)
I'm definitely guilty of this...It's just so fun, I feel like a little girl with a crush, too!
i have been practicing his name since i was 13 years old! Love it! lol i just hate that it has a W at the end... i have a few letters that i just cant sign unless i pay attention and really go slow... fast signatures make it look like his last name ends in eue instead of ew. lol
I'm not married yet and i hadn't tried until i read this post! i'll be a McSomething when i get married, and i am now struggling with how to write it all in one go, so far i can only make it look decent by lifting the pen after the "c"... haha... i know that's not a big deal but i am picky!
my sister got married in december and she realized right before the ceremony that she hadn't practiced and kind of freaked out a little and practiced a bunch of times before walking down the aisle... can you pick out our similar traits? haha
Hello. My name is Minutiae, and I practice writing my new name even though I'm still waiting on a proposal. I realize I have a problem and have committed to myself to stop acting like a middle schooler. Eventually. Maybe.
..Ooooor I'll just keep doing it until he proposes. :P
(Can you blame me? His last name starts with a Y! I'm good at Ys and don't get to use capital Ys all that often!)
i'm still a year away from the wedding day, but I still doodle my new name daily!
Nope, I haven't really even thought about it! I have pretty good handwriting, except when it comes to signing things, haha. I doubt it will change much... scribbles are scribbles. :)
I didn't practice at all and it was SO weird to endorse all the checks after the wedding. It feels so awkward, like I have a shoe on the wrong foot or something. The first letter of the name is W and most of the checks have a really weird W that started out as the first letter of my maiden name.
I suppose I'll get used to it. I still need to legally change my name which will require that I build up some time off work to go to the SSA and DMV.
I have a whole sheet of paper with different combinations of signatures on my desk at work right now! I can not get my mind to start making the "F" of my new last name instead of the "B" of my old one - It's going to be very interesting when I actually start using the new name!
None of the above. I should have practiced because now I'm married and I totally can't sign my name anymore. My last name went from a fairly English sort of name of 7 letters to a very Polish last name of 11 letters. There's C's and Z's and I's all over the place. I'm avoiding signing things now because it looks like "Heather scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble".
@steph my new last name will be an F too, but my name now is an L.
I need to practice more... and yes - i proudly act like a middle schooler about this. He saw a paper i had doodled on the other day and got all sweet on me... it was cute!
Yes, I've been doing this!
I'm one of those strange people that signs my name super-neatly on EVERYTHING. And my new last name is going to start with an "S" and I'm not sure how I want to make the "S" look. I am SUCH a geek!
I have a terrible signature. When using my madien name its just a few scribbles and then cross the t's. But my new last name will only be 3 letters so I'm so excited to have a signature you can read!
I'll be changing my name and I've "practiced" my signature with his last name since I met him : ) I hate the letter D as the first letter in his last name. My capital D's always come out ugly.
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Hi Hive,
I'll be changing my name in a month so I've been having a go at the signature but I can't get it to look half decent at all. I even went as far as to google signatures of the same surname to get ideas.
If you are changing your name or have changed it already did you practice your new signature?