To change my name 5 years after marriage

[Hottoddy1]

Didn’t change my name when we got married 5 years ago. Wouldn’t have mattered career wise but I just didn’t like the idea of giving up a part of my identity I suppose. The only thing is now we have 2 kids I do wish in some ways I had the same name as them. Has anyone else found themselves in the same situation? I suppose there is nothing stopping me but would it be completely weird to change my name now?

I have the opposite problem. I took DH name 5 years ago but really regret it. I want to change it back but I don’t want to seem weird 😂😂

I did not change my name, and I just keep a copy of my daughter's birth certificate paperclipped inside her passport. No problems so far.

That said, of course you can change your name now if that's what you want. Lots of people change it later on, due to organizational issues etc.

Did exactly the same thing. Had dd1 7 year after we were married and changed my name when I was pregnant. Sent an email round work to let people know and got a flood of congratulations emails

However, 17 years down the line now I wish to God I’d left it alone. In theory it’s easy enough to change back but so many people know me by my married name now.