"I changed my name when I got married because it felt like it was expected of me. I regretted it later, but I don't want to go through the hassle of changing it back. Now I use my maiden name as part of my professional name to reclaim that part of my identity. I thought changing my last name would make things easier, but it didn't"
"So, at the same time I changed my last name, I also legally changed my middle name to my maiden name. It was my way of retaining that part of my identity. While I regret changing my name, I likely won't change it back Soon after I legally changed my name, I began to wonder if it had been a mistake. And the more time passed, the more I regretted it."
I changed my last name when I married because it felt expected, and I also legally moved my maiden name to my middle name to retain that part of my identity. I regretted the change soon after and saw others choose differently, which deepened my regret, but I am unlikely to change it back due to the hassle. I now use my maiden name professionally as a compromise to publicly reclaim and integrate both my pre-marriage identity and my current family identity, while gaining distinctiveness.
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