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I am gladly giving up my extremely unique, and very difficult to spell and pronounce last name for my fiance’s very common and easy to spell and pronounce last name. I will officially be changing my names to have 2 middle names like my mother did.

We are getting married October 10, 2010 in Las Vegas with a reception following in Miami.

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I absolutely love my maiden name, but it would mean a lot for me to have the same name as my (future) children. There’s something to be said for just having “that feeling” about changing your name. June 4, 2011

When I got engaged I felt all the same things each and every bride and Miss to Mrs. goes through, except for me, this is my second time around. I have already had the “dream” wedding and reception, but it was just that, an illusion of what I valued and perceived marriage to be at that time. Ironically I never took my first husband’s last name, now believing it had a lot to do with the independence I still wanted to hold onto and the individual I didn’t want to truly let go of to become one, and ultimately, a true partnership.
This time around I want to embrace every moment, every bit of union, to relish in the fact that “I” will now become “we”. This time it’s not about a name, it’s about the uninhibited love and adoration I feel for this person with every decision we make as a team and every new memory we create together. I want to let go of the past and the ill-conceived notions of what I thought I would achieve through marriage. I am whole now, perfectly completed by my future husband. I will take his name as I have taken his heart and we will begin this new decade and chapter of our lives together as one, last name included.
We are getting married June 13, 2010 in Las Vegas.

Our wedding is October 2, 2010.

I can’t wait to take my fiance’s name. Not just because my last name is ridiculously confusing to pronounce and spell, but I believe it is a gesture of love and an honor for not only my fiance, but his family that I’m willing to (visibly) join their legacy.

Our wedding is set for Sept 10, 2011 in Las Vegas

At first, trying to keep my name sounded better, because so many people acknowledge me by my last name. I thought, “What if people try to find me on any of those internet outlets (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, etc)?” But then I have come to realize that I truly believe that when a man and woman are married, they come into this new life together.

I believe it’s important to carve out an identity as a couple and face the world hand-in-hand. They hopefully bring their own individual strengths and evolve and grow together as a whole. Chances are that they may raise a family together. Therefore, it’s even more important for the children that they know who they are and that they are a part of a single, strong family unit. I have heard of other couples, whom the wife did not change her last name, and it seems to confuses children when their own peers may ask why. For me, I would rather see on my children’s wedding invites “Mr. & Mrs Abuan…” versus “Mr. Abuan & Mrs. Nuguid.”

Call me old-fashion, or traditional, or anti-feminist, but I do believe that men should be challenged to lead their families. It’s a natural way of life, and how this world that we have come to know today has evolved from. If other women chose to keep their name, that’s fine. Of course, this is my opinion of why I choose to take my fiancé’s last name.

My fiancee and I are to be married on 27 September 2010. I thought about keeping my name, or putting it as my middle name to commemorater my achievements as ME. But then I realized that to take his name is to start our life together, and make it known to the world that I am part of him and would do anything for him.