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"PinterestFacebookWe&amp;#39;ve talked about whether a guy should ask your dad for your hand in marriage, but once you do get married, will you change your name?\nHere&amp;#39;s what one reader, Erin, had to say....\n&amp;quot;Will you change your name when you get married? I got in a HUGE argument with my boyfriend about this the other day and realized I have more conflicting views than I&amp;#39;d originally thought! I had always figured that I would change my name, as long as it wasn&amp;#39;t something awful (my best friend dated a Peugh (as in P-U!)), but the other day I found myself thinking how attached I am to my &amp;quot;maiden&amp;quot; name. It&amp;#39;s me! I&amp;#39;ve lived with it for almost 24 years, signed it thousands of times, and introduced myself with it over and over. It rolls off the tongue nicely, connects me to my sister and my parents--not to mention that my sister and I are the end of our family line. Anyway, my boyfriend didn&amp;#39;t get it. He insisted that having the same name as your spouse was about family and tradition (the former being something I&amp;#39;m incredibly attached to, the latter not so much).&amp;quot;\nWhat do you guys think? Would you change your name, or keep your maiden name? Or come up with an alternative, like hyphenating them?\nWant more? Read Smitten&amp;#39;s wedding posts and all our reader&amp;#39;s dilemmas...."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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