if you had a married name did you change to your maiden name after divorce?

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Just curious as to how common it is to stick with the married name, I'm still Mrs married name

soon as out start divorce and will be miss single name

DH's ex still calls herself Mrs DH, IYSWIM.

So there are 2 of us!!

ha never occurred to me that exh might marry again and have a wife with his name!

I'm not sure why she kept her married name, though there are plenty of reasons on this thread I guess!

I kept my ex's name for 10 years, really regretted it but after a while couldn't face having to explain to everyone who phoned at work that I'd changed name due to divorce, not marriage etc etc as it would be no ones business but I would be asked constantly due to being on phones all day etc etc...

also I stupidly thought the relationship I entered immediately after that would involve marriage some time, had i had any idea it would be another 10 years I would have changed.

MUm stayed as Ms Married name, she wanted to keep the same name as us, and she couldn't be bothered to change all the legal stuff. She did get remarried, but has a bit of mixed name thing going on. She didn't change her name at work or her savings account or driving licence so that's still Ms 1st married name, but her other stuff like passport etc is Mrs 2nd married name.

I think she enjoys having multiple identities tbh!

I became Miss or Ms maiden name, depending on how I was feeling!

MIL changed back to her maiden name about 8yrs after the split (and just after we'd helped her get a 10 year passport in her married name!). She also changed her forenames round a bit and no-one's quite sure what her name is now .

It seemed a bit odd that she hated xh's name so much when it's also her kids' name (and they're all boys, so it'll prob be the name all her grandchildren have too).

btw, Bugsy2, calling it bipolar disorder doesn't make the old schizophrenia/spilt-personality idiocy any cleverer you know.

Didn't spot thst Mooncup - what a stupid thing to say Bugsy2. Do you even properly know what BiPolar is? No you don't, do you.

I kept my married name following my divorce but was Ms. When I had ds1 and ds2, they took my dp's name and when we eventually got married I became Mrs DH name. Just never got round to changing it, it was too much hassle on top of getting the divorce. Didn't bother me (until I got married again) when I couldn't wait to change it!