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Posted on 3/29/23 at 9:57 am to BhamBlazeDog
My wife did the last name drop, took mine, and kept middle name. Professionally, she goes by maiden name due to ridiculous process of name changes in therapist licensing.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:00 am to Ric Flair
My wife has never done this but this used to be very common. I’ve never really given thought to why it doesn’t seem needed anymore
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:03 am to parrothead
It is also fairly common in some religions (Mormons / LDS for example) to not give their girls middle names so that they can use their maiden name as a middle name when they get married and take the guys last name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:35 am to Ric Flair
My wife did it. Her maiden name is a common one with a strange spelling...outside of her immediate family there is only one other person in the US spelling that name the same way. It would be akin to the name being Smith but spelled Smythe or something.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:38 am to Ric Flair
I honestly thought everyone did this except for the men that take the wife's name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 10:50 am to Ric Flair
My wife did this because she has no brothers and wanted her parents' last name to remain. However, she only uses it on legal documents, never publicly.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 11:03 am to Ric Flair
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It helps their old boyfriends find them on Facebook.
Wow, three pages and only one guy stated the obvious. If they aren’t getting enough attention from you….
Posted on 3/29/23 at 11:08 am to Ric Flair
When I was married 20 years ago and went to change my name at the social security office, the worker told me it had to be first maiden last - that I had to drop my middle name
This isn’t true which is unfortunate bc I wanted to drop my maiden name but I did as I was told
But I don’t really care now
This isn’t true which is unfortunate bc I wanted to drop my maiden name but I did as I was told
But I don’t really care now
Posted on 3/29/23 at 11:19 am to athenslife101
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This is why most women don’t have middle names I think
WTF?
Most women have middle names.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 11:24 am to Ric Flair
It just sounds and looks better IMO.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 11:24 am to PhilipMarlowe
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I’ve never heard of this happening before, and don’t know a single person that’s done this. Every married woman I know has just changed their last name. Is this just some random coonass thing?
Someone who doesn't know the rules of society.
It was a social thing that you kept your maiden name. I did not because mine was hella long and hard for anyone else to spell.
You were also properly addressed on social mail as Mrs. David Smith rather than Mrs. Susie Smith. Mrs. Susie Smith was either divorced or had a husband who was deceased.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 3:49 pm to GreenRockTiger
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This isn’t true which is unfortunate bc I wanted to drop my maiden name but I did as I was told
Meh. They did you a favor - Rock is an awesome name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 3:58 pm to Ric Flair
Mine dropped her maiden name because her initials would be KUM if she'd kept it over her middle name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:11 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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I’ve never heard of this happening before, and don’t know a single person that’s done this
You must not know any married women or live up north
Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:13 pm to Ric Flair
In Italy and Japan it is not common to have a middle name. My mother nor any of her 9 siblings had a middle name. My grandmother told her that women should use her married name as a middle name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:17 pm to Ric Flair
My wife goes by her middle name so that wouldn’t work well. Come to think of it, both our boys go by their middle name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:20 pm to XenScott
SIL got married and didn’t change her last name. Not a doctor, not a lawyer, not a celeb. Just a Lib.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:24 pm to Ric Flair
I did this. My brother didn't have kids, and my one male cousin didn't . My family name disappears after me, so I wanted to stretch it out a bit longer. Hope that maybe a descendant picks it up along the way, some time in the future. Also, always felt that "my middle name assigned at birth" ;-) was a bit of a throw-away name.
Posted on 3/29/23 at 4:32 pm to Ric Flair
Almost everyone I know, including me, dropped their middle name and added their maiden name.
The exception is a person who went by their first and middle names (e.g., Betty Jo). She dropped her maiden name.
The exception is a person who went by their first and middle names (e.g., Betty Jo). She dropped her maiden name.
This post was edited on 3/29/23 at 4:49 pm
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