
I struggle with this so hard bc I don’t like our names hyphenated but I don’t want HIS name on my medical degree but some things were more difficult growing up with a mom with a different last name than me, she always had to prove she was my mom and had her name changed. Which like I totally get for safety but it was just an annoying hoop to jump thru all the time and I don’t want to deal w that w my kids. Ugh❤️🩹
Ok this is fair.. my last name is that of an unfaithful man and his unfaithful father…… I think I just grieve not being the same me I’ve been thru my whole life. But I guess becoming A.B. doesn’t mean I’m not still foundationally A.A. But will my work previous to marriage still link up to my wiki page after? Maybe that’s what OP is getting at. Though “A. Bee (formerly A. Ay)” isn’t hard to add I guess.