Comments on: (No more) WOO!

By: Kirbaby

Kirbaby — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:13:40 +0000

l did change my name just over a month ago at the courthouse when we got married, haven’t gone to the SS office yet to do paperwork. I’ll do that after we get back from our honeymoon next month. l love it, and makes the union come home ……….. oh l don’t know how to explain it. I’m not gonna use the stupid ‘complete’ adjective though, don’t wanna barf.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:34:36 +0000

I’m going to change my name…almost 3 years later… ;)

By: C

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:12:14 +0000

I’m coming up on my 7th year of marriage and I JUST changed my name. In my husband’s culture (Ethiopian) the women typically keep their names and the children get the father’s first name as their last but because we think we’re going to be starting a family soon, we think it will be easier if we all share one name. I never thought I’d care that much about sharing the name, but I like it a lot.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:21:24 +0000

I didn’t want to change my last name, but then I did because it meant a lot to Yubo and his family and I figured, eh whatevs, at least I’ll have the same name as my kids.

Then for awhile I regretted it because MY NAAAAME! (I did keep it as a second middle name but still.)

Now I’m glad I did it for various reasons, but I still think it sort of blows that women are the default to change their names. Why can’t men take their wives’ names? Seriously sucks.

But it would make all that form filling out really complicated.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:16:05 +0000

Why not just say to him, “No, *you* change *your* last name!”

By: HCG

HCG — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:47:20 +0000

hyphenated for work/kiddie type situations and if someone calls me Mrs. [his name] I’m not going to balk. but everything else is as it was pre-marriage, as in all matters financial and legal and home and car…

By: rachel

rachel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:01:30 +0000

I am not sure if I would have changed my name had my first name with my husband’s name not sounded so much more awesome than my maiden name which I never liked. If I had a fun name like Woo, I don’t think I would have given it up.

Although, at our wedding party someone did loudly announce that SHE didn’t change HER name because she was a feminist. So rude and one doesn’t have anything to do with another.

By: nicopolitan

nicopolitan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:47:28 +0000

You guys have no idea how much I’m learning from marrying/married bloggers — this is totally something I had never thought about until reading this post. Weeeeird! Cool, though. I hope you keep Woo for as many reasons as you can, and also so we don’t have to subscribe to a new URL. ;)

re: M@ — if this is a merger and acquisition, should I be holding or selling my stock in “Woo!” ?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:03:57 +0000

I kinda like my own name too. But great jon on compromise (meaning – you get to keep the important things!)

By: Kristan

Kristan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:10:24 +0000

Mandy/Michelle-
Same situation here. No more Hoffmans (well there’s Dustin, but he’s not in our line :P) so I’m keeping my name. I mean, that’s not even close to the main or only reason, but, silly as it is, is IS one of them.

Fortunately my boyfriend is really supportive.

And I don’t plan on inflicting hyphens on anyone. Our children can have his last name; my issues are not their issues, they should have a clean slate and a simple name. :)