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To still feel uncomfortable with my married surname (and wonder if anyone else does too)

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bitjel · 28/01/2025 12:23

I've been married 20 years and it still feels off/wrong when I say my name with married surname and even signing it feels off. I'm in a very happy marriage but I still feel like that's not my name. In my head I' still "bitjel maiden-name". (I do have a few items still in my maiden name 20 years later, maybe its because I haven't dived in the whole way). Wondering if anyone else has this.

Edited to add I didnt mean to make this a poll!

OP posts:
Lentilweaver · 28/01/2025 12:24

That's why I didn't change my name.

Dramatic · 28/01/2025 12:24

This is one of the reasons I didn't take my husband's name. It's just not my name 🤷

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