I changed my name when I was married the first time. I got divorced and the kindly judge asked me if I forgot to fill out the name changing form. I thought you had to do that after, silly me, not being a lawyer or having one. So he changed it back for me right there on the bench.
So when I got married again, I kept my maiden name and have never regretted it. It's the most irrelevent thing on the planet, has nothing to do with having kids, and hyphenating kills many people. Literally. Anyone foolish enough to hyphenate their name will be cursed for their indecision by perpetually lost files, having to spell and specify everywhere they go and the most important files of all, your medical records, will be in a shambles, I guarantee it.
So when you are about ten minutes away from death and ten minutes away from the hospital in the ambulance, no one is going to know you had an anaphylactic reaction to Xyz three years ago. They'll still be trying to find your records.
Jennifer
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