Getting to I do': The name game
Life will change in a lot of ways after the wedding, and one of the weirdest, will be taking a new name. I haven't thought much about this until recently, probably because it's as difficult to imagine as changing my eye color or the language I speak. My name, after all, is a fundamental part of me.
Aside from that, I've heard from married friends that it's somewhat of a process to legally change your name. There are official documents to correct, not to mention e-mail addresses. I'll soon be applying for a passport for our honeymoon location yet to be determined and I'm wondering whether it will bear my unmarried name for years.
Work further complicates things, because my byline appears on top of my stories in the paper several times a week. Will readers pick up on the switch? Will anyone even notice? And I'm not even going to get into the realm of Facebook it might be a good thing, after all, if people I haven't spoken to since second grade can no longer surprise me with a friend request.
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