I just so happened to stumble upon this topic and found it very interesting, so I thought I'd add my say.
As far as long/unusual names go, I have one, but I'm proud of it, since it has significance, and like Eclipse, it drives me crazy when people pick and choose which parts they want to call me. I have my first and middle names, then my grandmother's maiden name, because there are no men in the family to carry that name down any farther, and finally, my father's last name.
As far as weddings go, I intend to take my husband's last name when I marry. To me, an important part of marriage my father giving me to my husband. In this transaction it only seems right to put away my father's name and take my husband's. But to each their own..I realize that the way I was brought up is considered very old-fashioned.
P.S. well, there's all that I said above, and also the fact that if I were to marry my current boyfriend and hyphenate my name, I would become
Ginger Anne Wright Gerondale-Novakoski
and that is just a mouthful!!!
