Not changing my last name

We discussed this - and we were presented by the officiant as the "happy couple." The Dj usually announces you too and we had the Dj announce us by our nicknames - Buster and Breeze (names our friends recognize)

We asked our officiant to announce us by our first names. I took on a unique version of our last names together so it would have been a mouthful. Plus i refuse to go as "Mrs".

View Quoted Comment I don't mind that at all, it just makes me laugh since your username has "Mrs" in it Announcing by first names is a good idea.

View Quoted Comment Lol it's a joke. One of the teachers I worked with refused to call me Ms when I was engaged. She called me Miss. When she talked about me to the kids she used my first name. When I told her I'd appreciate her using my last name she told me as an unmarried woman I don't deserve the respect of having the children call me by my last name. She told me when I'm a Mrs I can have that "honor". It became a joke with my DH and my friends that I'm *actually* a respectable woman now so they agitate me and call me Mrs all of the time

I am not changing my last name. We are being presented as Lauren and Nathan.

Thank you all so much! I really appreciate your help!

We were introduced as Mr. And Mrs. Last name. It didnt bother me - going socially by his last name is no biggie to me.

View Quoted Comment Oh, wow! How rude of that teacher!

You can be announced as Mr. And Mrs. HisFirst HisLast because you are Mrs. him after you marry. Even if you don't go by that last name.

Not saying you should do this if you don't like it, but it's not misleading or incorrect to be announced as Mrs. HisFullName.

I like the idea of saying ..."the happy couple!" Simple and sweet.

Our officiant is presenting us as “the newly married (my first name) and (FS first name).”

The newly weds, the happy couple. Not changing my name either

Our officiant said "Happy couple, (first names)." Still ticked off at my DJ for announcing us as "Mr. & Mrs. (DH's last name)" despite specific instructions. That caused some confusion for guests, especially the ones that gave us checks or personalized gifts.

View Quoted Comment I like that thanks!!

The newly married couple, John Jones and Jane Smith.

Or just the first names.

The biggest thing is to make sure the officiant knows in advance, so he doesn't start with the Mr. and Mrs. Husband's full name.

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No, you are not Mrs. him after you marry, any more than he is Mr. you. Legally, your name does not change unless you take steps to change it. And it would certainly be misleading to your guests, who would assume from that that his last name was now yours, and start calling you by it.

We’re having it announced as: “the now married Mrs. [first name last name] and Mr. [first name las name]”

I am changing my name, but I refuse to be announced as "Mrs Michael W..... I still have my own name dangit!

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Lol WHAT. I didn't realize respect was dictated by your marital status. Crazy.

Officiant doesn't announce us in the ceremony so that's not a big deal (and nowhere in our ceremony are last names even mentioned). I'll probably have the DJ announce as "bride and groom, first name and first name". I don't mind if I get called Mrs hislastname instead even though I'm not changing it. My personal life I just go by my first name, and my professional life I go by Dr. my last name. No one is invited to my wedding who would only know me as my last name.