When I got married, I felt like I was expected to change my last name, so I did. I wish I hadn't.

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The author with her husband and daughter in front of pumpkins at a pumpkin patch.
The author changed her last name when she got married.

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We had an unconventional engagement and wedding. I proposed to him, my engagement ring came after the wedding, and we walked each other down the aisle.

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Maria Polansky and her husband outside on a beach with a blue sky in the background.
The author and her husband had a nontraditional engagement and wedding.

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I didn't take my husband's last name, and people are surprisingly judgmental. They ask what he thinks about it.

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Patricia Garrison and her husband smiling at the camera. He is wearing a button-up shirt and she is wearing a cream denim jacket.
Patricia Garrison didn't take her husband's last name when she got married.

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