May 8, 2025 • 3 mins
Nina and Producer Kristen weigh in on what they did after marriage.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is taking your husband's last name after marriage becoming an
outdated tradition. You know, I'm reading how couples getting married
later and women already being established in their careers with
their own last name. Does it make sense to change things?
Reading article? How about there's the hassle of all the
paperwork and ID changes, and even voting can be more
(00:20):
difficult if your married name doesn't match your registration blah
blah blah. So I don't even know if I know
in depth about your last name and if you kept
it in mine.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, I two reasons I didn't change. I did not
change my last name. So I've been married to my
husband for many years, and I think in the beginning
was persnickety.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I didn't change it.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
But first of all, the hassle of it, I just didn't.
I'm kind of lazy. I didn't want to deal with
the paperwork. And now it's even worse with all the
real ideas and stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
And your husband was okay with that, not so much.
But the other you moved on you passed.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Part of the other reason was that my dad only
had daughters, and I just I don't know, I kind
of wanted to keep my dad's name and my family
name is very specific, and I just felt like I
wanted to do that and my family, like a lot
of in the US people do that, but not in
every culture, and in my family's background, women keep their
(01:13):
last name.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Did you think about hyphenating? I use that sometimes, right, yeah,
but not all the time.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
All right, Well, you look, you gave a clear answer.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yeah, I have a reason. You have a reason. Yeah,
and he's cool with it.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It wasn't very good at the beginning.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Have you've been married how long now, Nina, I don't know, twenty.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Years, so it's all right, well, yeah, she goes, I
don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Now I turned out.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
You know what's going well, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Producer Kristen, Yes, all right, so I kind of know
your story. Yeah, but tell it again.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
So professionally I use my maiden name just because when
I started in the industry here, that's kind of how
everyone knew me. So I wanted to keep it. But
legally I did change my name, yes, all right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
And everybody's happy with it.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Everybody's happy with it. It took a while, so I
we got married twenty twenty January twenty twenty, so everything
shut down after that, So it took a while for
me to legally change my name because we just couldn't
do it. So it's more of like a recent thing
within the last like two years.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Does your husband have any thoughts about you using your
maiden name professionally?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
No, he totally understands. Ohka, he understands. Yea.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, and my wife took my last name.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
What if she didn't?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Uh, you know, look, if you love somebody, you'd be
cool with it. So whatever makes her happy.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, if you have kids, though, I think also it'd
be weird if you had a different last name than
your kids, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Give us your thoughts. Four four three six three. And actually,
do you know anybody where the husband took the woman's
last name.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Interesting, I know that happens sometimes. I don't know anybody personally,
but I've heard it happen.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
My brothers in law, who are two gay men, made
a hyphenated name so their kids have like a whole
different name.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Okay, that's cool, they created a new thing. Yeah, yeah,
I hit us up on text if you can four
four three six three Kabby and Christine in the morning.
More coming up one o six point seven foun,
Is taking your husband's last name after marriage becoming an
outdated tradition. You know, I'm reading how couples getting married
later and women already being established in their careers with
their own last name. Does it make sense to change things?
Reading article? How about there's the hassle of all the
paperwork and ID changes, and even voting can be more
(00:20):
difficult if your married name doesn't match your registration blah
blah blah. So I don't even know if I know
in depth about your last name and if you kept
it in mine.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yeah, I two reasons I didn't change. I did not
change my last name. So I've been married to my
husband for many years, and I think in the beginning
was persnickety.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I didn't change it.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
But first of all, the hassle of it, I just didn't.
I'm kind of lazy. I didn't want to deal with
the paperwork. And now it's even worse with all the
real ideas and stuff.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
And your husband was okay with that, not so much.
But the other you moved on you passed.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Part of the other reason was that my dad only
had daughters, and I just I don't know, I kind
of wanted to keep my dad's name and my family
name is very specific, and I just felt like I
wanted to do that and my family, like a lot
of in the US people do that, but not in
every culture, and in my family's background, women keep their
(01:13):
last name.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Did you think about hyphenating? I use that sometimes, right, yeah,
but not all the time.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
All right, Well, you look, you gave a clear answer.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yeah, I have a reason. You have a reason. Yeah,
and he's cool with it.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
It wasn't very good at the beginning.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Have you've been married how long now, Nina, I don't know, twenty.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Years, so it's all right, well, yeah, she goes, I
don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Now I turned out.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
You know what's going well, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Producer Kristen, Yes, all right, so I kind of know
your story. Yeah, but tell it again.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
So professionally I use my maiden name just because when
I started in the industry here, that's kind of how
everyone knew me. So I wanted to keep it. But
legally I did change my name, yes, all right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
And everybody's happy with it.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Everybody's happy with it. It took a while, so I
we got married twenty twenty January twenty twenty, so everything
shut down after that, So it took a while for
me to legally change my name because we just couldn't
do it. So it's more of like a recent thing
within the last like two years.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Does your husband have any thoughts about you using your
maiden name professionally?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
No, he totally understands. Ohka, he understands. Yea.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, and my wife took my last name.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
What if she didn't?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Uh, you know, look, if you love somebody, you'd be
cool with it. So whatever makes her happy.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, if you have kids, though, I think also it'd
be weird if you had a different last name than
your kids, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Give us your thoughts. Four four three six three. And actually,
do you know anybody where the husband took the woman's
last name.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Interesting, I know that happens sometimes. I don't know anybody personally,
but I've heard it happen.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
My brothers in law, who are two gay men, made
a hyphenated name so their kids have like a whole
different name.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Okay, that's cool, they created a new thing. Yeah, yeah,
I hit us up on text if you can four
four three six three Kabby and Christine in the morning.
More coming up one o six point seven foun,
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