Ladies and Gentlemen who are married...

[LadyOhh]

Did you, Ladies, take your husbands last name?

If you did, why, and if you didn't, why not?

Gentlemen... how important is/was it to you that your significant other takes your last name?

[hondo1967]

Im not married but i would think if i where getting married i would like my wife to take my last name.

[Patrick Long]

Im not married, but to me, it shows "more" commitment.

I mean she is willing to change her god damn name to be with you, that is pretty commited! LOL

[AVALover5498]

Im not married but i would think if i where getting married i would like my wife to take my last name.

As would I.

-Chris-

[ChicaPiton519]

when i get married, i deff would take my mans last name, personally, and yeah, i think it is another way to show more commitment =]

[Epona142]

Guess I'll be first!

Nope, kept my own last name. I like it, and hate his! LOL. I know, doesn't that sound horrible? But his family is the ultimate horror in-laws, (haven't seen or spoken to them in years, thank god!...then again, so are mine and we haven't seen them either!), and he couldn't care less. There are far more important things in our life to worry about than what names we have.

Not saying that its not important to some!! Just not to us.

What works for us might not work for others!

[Tosha_Mc]

Married -- kept my name

[blackcrystal22]

HEY, I WAS gonna be first.
Kidding..

I'm not married, but I already know the answer. No.
I'm not changing my name (most likely) UNLESS his name is extremely attractive in my eye.. which most names really arn't to me.

Why? It probably has something to do with my Father and Ex-Step Father trying to get my mom to change her name (which she never did) and they really wanted it just for power and control.
I think its stupid. It's on my damn birth certificate, its a TON of money, you have to change EVERYTHING (license, passport, ext) and its just a ridiculous amount of work that isn't worth it.

If the guy is incredibly upset that it's not enough commitment, then he clearly doesn't understand the meaning of marriage. :]
Plus I don't like that tradition.. never did make sense to me.. why can't the guy take the girls name eh?

NOT that I discourage it with anyone else, just my personal opinion regarding myself. ^_^

[420boa]

would you be upset if your husband did not want to wear his wedding band? seems almost like the same thing

[blackcrystal22]

would you be upset if your husband did not want to wear his wedding band? seems almost like the same thing

No, a name is not nearly as much of a symbol as marriage as a ring.

A wedding band procedure is slim.
In they busy schedule of life, the procedure of renaming yourself almost seems pointless and extremely difficult and time consuming.

Like Epona said, there are probably many less expensive and better things to do with your time. I personally, don't want to go through all that over a label that didn't make any sense in the first place.