...Would wilt by the time it filed all the paperwork.
Ok, time to throw my two cents in on the name change jazz. I always figured I would change my name when/if I married. I think it is a social signal that you are married and it reduces confusion when/if there are children involved. I also think it is respectful to you new family. (However, should add that it would be equally respectful for the groom to take the bride's name and/or combine names.)
This was never any kind of question for me. It was simply what I was going to do. Now, I have started the ball rolling and it is not a cake walk. I even am using the very helpful services of Miss Now Mrs. They auto populate all the forms for you after you answer their questionnaire. Save time tracking down forms and filling and re-filling out the same info.
Aside from that help, I am kinda dreading the rest of process. Unlike all of the other wedding tasks I dread doing (seating chart) Mr. Aardvark will not be struggling through this with me. I have to go this one alone and that really bugs me. I know he would (will) help if I ask but he does not have to learn how to re-sign his name or anything! I never thought of the name change game as SUPER unfair, but now that I am in it, it really seems to be.
I am still going through with it. I think I will be happy in the end (and yay for moving up alphabetically).
For now though I am truly struck, for the first time, by the inequality of the whole process. Are you changing your name? Why or why not?
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