i plan on being Monica Mylastname Hislastname....but for our kids to just take his last name. I will be Monica Hislastname, though, for all normal purposes, and ppl will refer to me as the "mrs" or whatever. i also plan to have my maiden name as one of my child's names (for a boy).....it's different, but we can just call him "ben" for short.
i also plan on having my mother's maiden name as one of our kid's middle names. i like the passing on of names (my middle name is my great-great grandmother's maiden name, and i dig it), and if the husband's name gets super passed on, the ladies of my family can get passed down, too.
i like the idea of taking the husband's name, though......i think of it as more of a gift, for someone to
want me to have their name, and so i will take it with pride.