This could have been me-spelled differently-had my parents kept my supposed-to-be-a-boy-oh-well-let's-call-her-that-anyway name
Here's how you know I have internet problems: I was thinking "Alayne's not a boy's name!" Oh. Right. That's not your actual last name.
Here's how you know I have internet problems: I was thinking "Alayne's not a boy's name!" Oh. Right. That's not your actual last name.
Glad I'm not the only one.
Never changed my name, and it's a good thing, too. Never wanted to, so I doubt I'll ever change it at this point.
You all know that Paige Davis from Trading Spaces is Paige Page, right?
My sister vows to never change hers again after her marriage lasted less than 7 months. We'll see, though. She's engaged again.
I knew a Hope Hope... but she was 80 when she died a decade ago so I think it's pretty much generational on her part.
You all know that Paige Davis from Trading Spaces is Paige Page, right?
Did she really change her name? Anyway, then she'd be Mindy Page, and still Paige Davis professionally.
Oy, Cash. I hope this one goes better for her.
Part of keeping my name has to do with the fact that professionally, I have built a reputation and people know me by my maiden name. If I changed, the email address would change, the voicemail greetings would change, and the confusion is not worth the headache. A lot of what I do only is accomplished because I'm a known quantity. Maria DH'sLastName isn't at first glance.
More personally, my last name is part of my identity. It says that I'm Italian, and that's important to me. DH's last name is generic Anglo-Saxon, and I don't mind using it socially, but legally I'd like to keep this link to my heritage.
Aaaaand, now the snow has started up again so presumably we'll be alowed to go home when it's nice and thick.
You've got snow, and it was 65ish around Boston, today. Craxy.