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My whole last name thing is a big ol' mess. I changed my name to his after we got married but I didn't change my name at work technically because my new last name is very long and hard to pronounce. I do a lot of signing and initialing at work too. However, since legally I did change it, I have to sign my married name on any work legal documents (W4's, payroll things, etc). Then everything outside of work I sign with my married name. So I really don't know who I am half the time and what name to sign.
It does take a while. We've been married two months now and I still ahve trouble remembering who I am.
I'm finally starting to remember to say it. Don't always remember to sign things properly though, especially since all my cards just changed about a month ago.
After a year, I've finally got the new name down. But it was tricky and I made a lot of mistakes the first few months. I mostly found myself saying my maiden name by reflex when I left voicemails for work, and in general when I was not with my husband. But since I added my maiden as a second middle name, I can technically just sign my married name after, so it doesn't completely goof up a signature! Give it a few more months, eventually it'll become natural.
Thanks for this post I was just trying to figure this out.
Saying it aloud isn't that hard for me not to mess up...but writing my name - signing checks, credit card receipts, forms at work - they're all still being signed as my old name. It's just harder somehow to tell my hand to write something different! Even just putting my initials on things like I do at work is being done with old initials.
Of course, I am just now getting my marriage license back and going to the SS office tomorrow, so maybe I'm just being hard on myself!
I'm at almost 6 months out and I'm pretty consistent with signing the new name. I can sign it now without thinking. I was having trouble using it when I introduced myself, but for the most part, I have it down now. :)
I'm not looking forward to making this mistake but know I will! Plus my fiance's last name is short and hard to pronounce...so when I teach during the summers, my students won't be able to say my last name :( but I'm glad to be taking his name. I'm going from a pretty commom English name to a Polish name that my family teases me about and says sounds like a sneeze (not being offensive to anybody, them to me or me to any of y'all!).
I'm still in the process of offically changing my last name over to my husband's last name...but not everything is changed so I'm still constantly trying to make sure I'm using the right last name for the right places. I'm FINALLY getting it all done though so hopefully it won't be too much of a problem anymore. ;)
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...to stop making mistakes when introducing yourself or signing things? We've been married for almost 4 months and I still sometimes use the wrong last name once in a while.
I wasn't 100% happy to change my name though, so that might have something to do with it, lol. Maybe my sub-conscious is acting out.