Call me old fashioned if you want but I have to agree with your friends who say it would be disrespectful to your new husband. If he's good enough to marry why isn't the name good enough to use? I would never think of not taking my husband's name but if you feel you need to keep your name why not hyphenate?
Although...on a funny side note...I was best friends with the daughter of the preacher who married us...he was so used to calling me by my last name that that's how he introduced us at the end of the ceremony! I was shocked and several family members corrected him so he stuttered a little, got red faced and then corrected himself! Thank goodness he got it right on the marriage lisence! |