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My ex retained her married surname (mine, that is) after dissolution of our child-free marriage. She will likely retain this surname even if she remarries. Her intention seems to be to have kids with her new guy, but for the kids to carry on my surname, to continue my legacy, as it were, even if I personally insist on being child-free. And if she has a son, she might name him after me. I wonder how her new guy would react.
There's a lady in the area where I grew up who got divorced but apparently like her married name so much that she married another guy with the same last name.
Ironically, I live in another state now but work with her current husband. One of her kids works here, too, but I have no way of knowing if the kid is from the first marriage or the second.
I've known women who have kept the last name of ex-husband when there are mutual children involved. But what if there are no children involved from the marriage? Why wouldn't a woman revert back to her maiden name?
Well, my son is In college now, and I still keep the same name. I wouldn't like having a different name from him, even now. He's my one constant.
. So the children should carry her name by default, IMO.
I would love to see that change. The sole reason that I took my husband's name was to have the same name as my son, and to eliminate confusion with schools and doctors and dentists, etc.
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