Have a fantastic day, Erin!
We're having fun with our recent name change (The Girl's finally changed hers legally now, too). There was TOTAL confusion from friends over why we'd want to change our names (our response: why not?), and even more because we've taken an entirely new name. It's making us happy. I'm totally behind people doing what works for them. Name situations are going to get more interesting as more couples think about them, rather than doing something automatically.
I did debate it mildly for a bit, but I came down to "If I get my Ph.D/ever have anything published, I want to be Dr. Griggs, not Dr. J."
I get that. The Girl is using her 'old' name for professional things, but I haven't decided what I'm doing yet. My little book review's being published as Naomi L- J-, rather than just Naomi J-, so that my colleagues back at my old uni will know it's me. I don't know whether I'll continue with two surnames if I have anything else published, though.