POLL: If you were to get divorced...

Dawn Bodtke · December 2008

Would you keep your married name, or return to your maiden name?

rouge411 · December 2008

I'm confused... you mean if I got divorced right at this minute? I would probably return to my maiden name (actually, I've only changed it on my bank accounts and social security card so far) and insist that my daughter have my maiden name.

skaplan000 · December 2008

Keep it. It took me 3 years of marrige to go to the SS administration to legally change my maiden name to my married name! God knows how long it would take to change it back! lol

Roothie427 · December 2008

I am not changing my name to his so I would not have to worry about changing back

PlannedChaos · December 2008

If I have children with my married last name, I'd keep that.

Jennywren82 · December 2008

PlannedChaos:
If I have children with my married last name, I'd keep that.

Ditto.

DH said.. what if you get remarried? and I said I would probably hyphenate it then, as much as I really don't like hyphenated last names. (My name is long enough already!)?

mommiella · December 2008

I never changed my name in the first place.

Mrs. Nicolian · December 2008

I would most likely go back to my maiden name. Good question though.

tmp-252441187502195 · December 2008

I'd go back to my maiden name.. even with baby having daddy's name..

Ras Empress · December 2008

Roothie427:
I am not changing my name to his so I would not have to worry about changing back

Ditto.

IU_baby · December 2008

Interesting question. I'm not sure what I would do, but I am a divorce attorney and very few of my clients go back to their maiden names.

Mr. & Mrs. RN · December 2008

Only if I KNEW I wouldn't ever remarry.

Bellisimo · December 2008

Keep it and make him take my maiden name. Wink

beachbride19 · December 2008

I'd keep it, both of my children will have the name and it was such a hassle to change in the first place.

paula62776 · December 2008

I did get divorced several years ago and I kept my married name. My maiden name is terrible so I just preferred to keep the better name. Now if my current husband and I got divorced I guess would do the same, especially since my child would have my married name. Not that divorcing again is even an option, it was just awful.

BBKiddo · December 2008

Keep it. I'm lazy

mrssobers2be · December 2008

We aren't allowed to change our names in Quebec so it doesn't pose a problem BUT if I could have changed my name, I would go back to my maiden even if the kids have DH name.

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