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HowCo Industries
VIP September 2018

Are you changing your monogram?

HowCo Industries, on June 2, 2018 at 1:48 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 13
So, if you don't know, traditionally children and single young women used only their first initial as a monogram. When a woman married, she then used her maiden initials as her monogram. It's only been since the 70s that some women have started using their married initials in their monogram.
If you use your monogram are you leaving it or changing it? (Just polling, I don't think anything's right or wrong.)

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Latest activity by amandaaok, on June 2, 2018 at 7:26 PM
  • B
    Super May 2019
    B11 ·
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    I’m choosing to change my last name to FH’s and keeping my current middle name. I’m lucky that my last initial will stay the same!

    I didn’t know that about women using their maiden initials as their monogram, interesting!
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  • LibbyLane
    Super July 2018
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    My maiden name initials are LES, but I only started being given monogrammed items after I got engaged. All of them already had LED, so ¯\_(?)_/¯

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  • HowCo Industries
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    LED as your initials so it reads LDE, right?
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  • Kristy
    Devoted December 2018
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    All my wedding stuff that I have bought with monogrammes are my FH last name. So right now its KNL and will be KNB. Everything I have bought is KNB. On a side note my favorite monogrammed thing....we are going to Disney for our honeymoon and got sweaters and tshirts made. They have the Disney castle and just married on the back and mickey/minnie heads on the front with our initials. I was so excited to buy those and sat on my front porch all day waiting for the mail lol...random..sorry
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  • FutureMrsKC
    Master January 2019
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    I’m taking FH last name, but my initials will actually still be the same so I lucked out there!
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  • Deryn
    Expert October 2018
    Deryn ·
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    I will be taking FH’s last name. My current initials are DEP (reads DPE if you look at monogram) but I will be using both my maiden and married name in my new monogram (so it will read DSP-a sorority sister of mine did that for her monogrammed jewelry and I loved it! It wouldn’t bother me if I got items with DSE (E being middle initial), the last names are just my personal preference
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  • HowCo Industries
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    This is what I'm thinking of doing for myself!
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  • Kendra
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    Kendra ·
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    My FH is taking my last name so mine will be KBS in monograms so no one will have to guess which to put.
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  • HowCo Industries
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    I was *really* wanted the FH to do that, but got a hard no.
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  • LibbyLane
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    Yep! Only writing more because apparently there have to be 10 characters lol

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  • Red Queen
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    I don't monogram things but I just thought I'd say that I didn't even change my signature when I got married the first time- I had gotten used to it LOL.

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  • Red Queen
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    I went back to my maiden name after I divorced and my husband (I keep trying to type fiance!) agreed to take my name this time Smiley smile

    I had told him after a long period of deliberation (because I really liked my maiden name and it's meaningful to me since my dad adopted me and gave it to me), that I wanted us to have the same name, and either I would take his or he would take mine- his choice.

    My son is still sad that he can't change his too but my ex won't give permission. I told him he can make up his own mind at 16!

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  • amandaaok
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    I got my only monogrammed item with my future last initial, so it reads as AWL now Smiley smile figured since I was using it during honeymoon it should have the new initial Smiley winking
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