I’m not sure I understand. People didn’t believe you were the same person because your name had changed?
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apparently it’s $300 because he has already changed his name by deed poll in NZ. I nearly fainted when she told me. Especially as it cost a piddling sum in NZ to change it again and he just never got around to it before we left. She did, however, assure me that the $300 was a nominal sum ::snort::.
I am hoping that when he actually goes in there and does it, we find out she misunderstood me and it’s not $300. He’s still in the dogbox.
I had a coworker who changed his last name to his wife’s last name instead of the traditional vice versa.
She liked her name and it was no big deal to him one way or the other.
I know many married couples where both individuals keep their born names.
My brother and his wife took a new name that meant something to them. To do this, they each had to legally change their last names. This is automatically done (as far as I know) with a marriage license, as long as the woman is taking the man’s last name or hyphenating it. They chose a name that described them and their family (it means dark-haired one). Name change isn’t a difficult matter (at least not in Missouri). It involves filling out a form and swearing before a judge that you’re not changing it for nefarious reasons.
My s.o. and I have joked that if we get married, we’d have to either keep our birth names or choose something. Newland-Neuman (or Neuman-Newland, which is slightly easier to say) is not the lovliest of last names. And, that would make my initials NMNN. I already grew up with NMN, I don’t need anymore straight lines, thanks.