Hello ladies!
I am having some serious name changing stress. I want to take his last name, but it's equally important for me to keep my maiden name in the mix ( I'm really close to my family, they paid for my education, etc etc).
I would like to add his last name to mine, so my legal name would be Val Elizabeth Smith Jones (not my real name). I want to be known professionally as Val Smith Jones, but all the women I know and have posted on other forums use the 2 LNs interchangeably (use their maiden professionally and their married socially or something like that).
I'm looking for working women who have 2 last names without a hyphen and have/have tried to use both professionally in a corporate environment. Were you able to make it stick, or did people end up referring to you by your married name anyway? If they are going to end up calling me Val Jones, is it even worth the trouble to take both names?
Looking forward to your input!!!