tink1970
DCL Platinum
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2012
Not @Lain, but I kept my name, too. DD has DH's last name because I didn't want her to have to deal with an extra long one.
I'm not really happy about it because all of my academic work thus far has been under one name & future work will be under a different name
I kept my name b/c by the time I married, my board certification and license were in my name AND the at the time DH and I worked in the same department--it was annoying enough to have the secretaries call me when they couldn't find him (um, I'm working here TOO) to bother me when he wouldn't pick up...no way was I going to become the official second Dr last name in the department, lol. Then after I worked with Very Bad People Who Did Very Bad Things and they threatened to harm my family daily I figured it was just easier to keep another layer of protection between myself and DD.
That said, DD has his last name just because it's so much easier (or so I thought) than mine. Now I just say "spelled like the hamburger" when giving her last name. I do have her ID band from birth which has "baby girl @tink1970" on it, since that was the only time she had my name.
When I remarried I was too lazy to change everything so our mailperson is completely confused with our household and the three different last names (why, I do not know).
It used to annoy him when hotels didn't listen to me and put everything in my name, calling him Mr. Mmmears and all, but he just doesn't care anymore.
LOL-my DH is the same way, he gets upset when he's addressed as Mr Tink1970-both because he likes his title ( ) and because he doesn't like to be my name, I guess. I tell him-you plan it, they'll get your name correct!
I used to HATE being called Mrs (anything but especially) Tink1970'sDD'slast name" and I'd say "no that's my exMIL who hates me" which would shut down conversation and realized, while accurate, it sounded sort of abrupt. DD has become more insistent now that I'm addressed by my title, whereas I care less and less as the years pass. Funny how that happens.
@miztressuz thanks so much for the Amex Offers--I have the Marriott offer on my Lux, DD and DH have it on their plats so $120 off of projected $650 in spend is great!