mrs2be.ie

[Pennylane]

is all of you brides to be taking your H2B surname. Ive heard a lot of people of late wanting to keep there own name or double barrel it. Personally I am taking his name what is everyone elses choice????????

[nearlyamrs]

i m taking his name,, i ll be emailing people before we marry to let them know what my new name will be,, can t wait to be married

[mrsOtobe]

I suppose my user name on here gives away that I'll be taking his name too! Sometimes I think it'll be a bit weird to lose my surname but I'm definitely a traditionalist on this one! Can't wait to be Mrs O!

[MrsM]

im taking his name but kinda would like double barrel but it sounds crap!!!

[trees]

I am going for a double barrell name and it sounds fine and in fairness the h2b is fine about it so it all cool..

[mrsOtobe]

I think double barrel is a good thing to do. But mine & H2Bs combination would sound rubbish!

I don't think it's all as big a deal as it once was anyway. There's no reason for a woman to give up her surname if she doesn't want to.

[Pennylane]

Yeh its everyone to there own but our answers here just show everybody has a different view. ill miss my old name but when I change my name ill have the same as my daughter so ill be happy with that.

[trees]

pennylane that sounds quite cool..

[trees]

ya mrsOtobe its not as big a deal as it once was but there is alot of paper work to get passports and driving licence changed and then at work to change ur e-mail as well and all that kinda stuff.. sounds kinda complicated..

[mrsOtobe]

ya mrsOtobe its not as big a deal as it once was but there is alot of paper work to get passports and driving licence changed and then at work to change ur e-mail as well and all that kinda stuff.. sounds kinda complicated..

Yeah that's true. I was going to type earlier that some women like to keep their own name for career reasons. Which makes sense, if you've built up a reputation for yourself you mighn't want to risk jeopardising that by creating confusion over your new surname. I suppose it depends what your career is and what industry you're in etc, but it could be another good reason not to switch names for some women.

[MrsM]

my only thing is i wouldnt like my kids to have a different name to either of us if we were lucky enough to have any

[mrsOtobe]

ya mrsOtobe its not as big a deal as it once was but there is alot of paper work to get passports and driving licence changed and then at work to change ur e-mail as well and all that kinda stuff.. sounds kinda complicated..

And actually, one wedding planner advised me not to get too excited and change all my passport documents so I could travel back from our ceremony abroad under his surname, as it can cause complications. I'm not even quite sure how that would work to be honest - you'd have to be particularly organised to even try and attempt that I think! - but it made me laugh, I'm taking his surname but I can certainly wait til a few days after getting home before making it all official!

[AprilRose]

I'm still undecided....
I have a weird surname and I always assumed I'd want to change it but now that it comes down to it, it turns out that weird surname is part of my identity... I'll probably do what I usually do when I can't make up my mind and try to go with both - double barrel but use either in different circumstances rather than both (they don't work well together).
Is it ridiculous to have two names????

I do like the idea of a family having the same name (we don't have children yet). Neither of us have any brothers so maybe I can convince him to take my name as well

[june2010]

hey girls yeah im takin his surname i think it makes it more official and less complicated when kids come along but hats just me

[trees]

ya valid reason MrsOtobe..