[Smile_Awhile]

I really do think what I will end up doing depends on where I am in my career. My last name is incredibly unique, and rather memorable. If I have enough of a career built up by the time I get married, I will still use my maiden name professionally. If I don't... well, I still might use it professionally.

On a personal level, my own mother kept her maiden name as her middle name and her last name became my father's last name. I would like to do that, except for the fact that I think my last name would be incredibly weird as a middle name and I'm rather fond of how my first and middle name sound together. So maybe I'll just add my husband's last name onto the end, and have two middle names... or something. I don't know, and I have a few years to figure it out. But socially (and probably legally), I do plan on going by Mrs. Whatever when that time comes.