bethany
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My husband wanted me to take his name, too, which really surprised me. I didn’t think he would have cared either way, but apparently he did. I couldn’t really get a good answer as to why it was so important to him, either, other than IT WAS.
I jokingly suggested a hybrid last name, which he shot down. In the end, I decided to take my maiden name as my middle name, and take his last name, so I’m Bethany OldName NewName. At work I still go by Bethany OldName, so I still feel really connected to my OldName.
In the end, I changed my name because to him it felt like I was rejecting him, and I didn’t want him to feel that way. I was able to come up with a solution that made us both happy.
Time after time when answering letters, Wendy is able to see things from both sides- not just the LW’s perspective. I’ll be forming my own opnion of things as I’m reading the letter, and then I get to Wendy’s advice and it’s like she and I have read totally different letters! What I’m getting at, is that she’s taught me that not everyone thinks/acts the same way I do, and that’s helped me become a little more open minded when interacting with people in my life.
