tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918105604270007470.post5881251263794611926..comments2023-10-09T15:47:14.355-04:00Comments on And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here?: Gotta Love the Federal Government Or Maybe NotStarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18241931590875029855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918105604270007470.post-65519409728348122872012-07-05T10:07:53.709-04:002012-07-05T10:07:53.709-04:00Technically, you could pay to have a name change f...Technically, you could pay to have a name change filed and drop your first name. But that will cost something like a few hundred bucks, I think.<br /><br />I went through the same dilemma with what I'm going to do with my name after I get married. Fortunately for me I had already changed my last name several years ago from my late husband's name back to my maiden name for various personal reasons (ie, no longer wanting to be associated with his horrible family).<br /><br />Well, so, after some though, I decided to add my new husband's last name to my existing name, and then use my maiden last name as a second middle name. So I will have two middle initials. Except when I publish anything I'm going to go by my first name, my maiden last name, and my new last name (leaving my birth middle name out).<br /><br />Confusing? Yeah.<br /><br />I hope I'll be able to do this, actually. Now that I think about it, I wonder if I'll have problems due to all the same Homeland Security issues. When I got married the first time (in 1999), there was no Homeland Security.<br /><br />Hmmm.Mars Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11403414048823693159noreply@blogger.com