Hello! My fiance and I want to create a new double last name for both of us. One thing that's tripping us up is that I currently have a hyphenated last name (Ex. Jane Smith-Jones). I hate it for many reasons (not the least of which is it totals 25 letters) and I never personally use the whole thing except for on legal/gov/bank/work documents. Everyone knows me as Jane Jones. When we combo, we would just want to do Jane and John Jones Doe, and I would usually go by Jane Jones as I do now.
I'm not able to find any advice on line for removing part of a hyphenate and then going to a double. Has anyone done this?
Also, I know that if we go with the double last name (non-hyphenated) we would need to use both names but does anyone know if that include bank cards and credit cards? I know it's a small thing but I've never had a credit card that doesn't have to omit half my last name and all of my first name!