[AZ-AlphaXi]

Well when I got married, I kept my last name. I'm the youngest and there are only sisters, so I wanted to keep my name alive atleast for my generation.

My son has only my husband's last name. His friends have called me Mrs. "husband's last name" but I keep looking for my mother-in-law until I realize its me they want.

In some cases its been weird having different last names. Taxes are weird, church has been the worst about recognizing the two last names.

Its really funny when we get junk mail addressed with my husband's first name and my last name.

The bottom line is ... if it is important to you to keep your last name than do it. If the guy can't compromise on something that's really important to you, you need to re-think the relationship (in my opinion)