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Originally posted by lauralaylin
What I want to know is, what are the reasons for not changing your name? Is everyone doing if for merely professional reasons? Or is it also a sort of independence thing?
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Well, I guess I'm *kinda* changing my name. The only reason why I'm not completely changing my name is to carry on my mother's maiden name to a new generation (my grandpa and his sibling had no sons, and their children had no sons, so the name would die when my grandpa and his brother die) that will hopefully include a boy. I don't know, maybe I'll find someway to make it a family middle name or something, and then I won't keep the one part of my "maiden" name. I'm not keeping my dad's name not because I don't love him, but since the name has carried on to another generation, it's not my concern
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Originally posted by AGDee
It's very individual. But, as I said, if your name is different than your childrens' names, don't get rude if someone calls you Mrs. Child's last name.
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Very true....but I also think that teachers need to also not get all flustered by the prospect of a different last name and tell a parent "well, whatever your name is" (one of my teachers actually said that to my mom!
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