Mixed Feelings About Name Change?

My sister and her husband are both active duty airmen and she had no issues changing her name. She is still a legal resident of her home state (NH) and was able to do all of the paperwork without issue. They were stationed in NJ at the time, married in Wisconsin, and are now in Oregon. She had no issues at work with the change...she got her new stuff issued right away. I think you may be worried for no reason! :-)

This is probably the biggest thing I'm mentally struggling with also. I'm known by my last name, I feel like I'm loosing a piece of me, and my family . But it's important to FH

I was/am super conflicted. Here I legally can use either name anyway once married, although it's generally considered good to be consistent on legal documents, obviously, and on those I probably will just always use my birth name. So far, I've been keeping my own socially but it doesn't come up much.

It basically boiled down to: I don't really see the need to take my partner's name, but I also don't really care for my old name for reasons so I might as well lose it, but it has some connections and stuff that I'd like to keep, so IDK. Right now keeping with mine is the path of least resistance,so whatever.

ETA- Separate related question to Amanda and others, what is it about it that makes it important to your FH?

I'm with you in the name change cold feet! I'm not opposed to my new last name, but I don't love it either though. My last name family includes tons of cousins, and we always call ourselves the Shannon Clan. Even though I know changing my name doesn't change that they're my family, it makes me sad that I won't legally be a Shannon anymore.

I'm on the fence about changing my name. I absolutely love my last name and FHs is okay... I think I will end up changing it though.