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Should I Change My Name After Divorce?

Should I Change My Name After Divorce?

Jackie
Divorce

Why do women take their husband’s last name? Are you familiar with the word Coverture?

It means:

noun

  1. 1.

    LITERARY

    protective or concealing covering.

  2. 2.

    HISTORICAL•LAW

    the legal status of a married woman, considered to be under her husband's protection and authority.

I never really wanted to change my name when I got married the first time around but I did. From that point forward I didn’t feel like myself. I felt like I was “his”, meaning my then husband.

Cleaning out the basement the other day I came across my old wedding album and a bunch of feelings came with it. I kept it around until my daughter got older in case she wanted to keep some of the pictures.

She doesn't btw so it's en route to a landfill.

Who Cleans The Toilet?

Who Cleans The Toilet?

Jackie
Relationships

I hope you're talking about these things BEFORE you get married. These are real life things that can cause resentment in a relationship if people go into it with unfulfilled expectations. I encourage people who are either newly married or planning their wedding day to get into the discussion of “who will clean the toilets…?” and load the dishwasher, and mop the floors, and pay the bills, and chauffer the kids, etc.