different last names

mommydezmommydez
edited February 2011 in Pregnant
My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years and we tried to get pregnant for 7 months! It finally happened and were both super excited. I'm kinda bummed that baby and I wont have same last name. I know we will get married someday... anyone else feel this way? Any suggestions On feeling better about it?

Comments

  • VictoriaBVictoriaB
    I'm married, but for some reason, my maiden name stuck :/ I don't like my maiden name, so my baby is getting my husband's last name. Hopefully I'll have his by the time baby is born.
    If you're really bothered by it, the baby could always have both last names until you do get married :)
  • My3rdMy3rd
    Not a biggie.. I was in ur same shoes with my first and I think it bothers us more than people pay attention or care! :)
  • MáthairMáthair
    I have a separate last name then my son, it was slightly difficult enrolling him in school (his father wasn't involved in his life at that time)

    With my second child I'm hyphenating my last name (I have my maiden name) and my husband's. He wasn't to happy with it when I first mentioned it but he understands my feelings.
  • heather0510heather0510
    My daughter is almost four her dad n I never got married n so we have different names. It bothers me when im at her daycare or dr bc they ask if my last name is hers. She also now is aware I have a different last name and doesn't know why. It's hard especially if i think too much into her n one day her step mom having the same last name. But ultimately I realize its not a huge deal and these days a lot of her friends will be in the same situation. You just gotta overlook the small stuff.
  • MommmyX3MommmyX3
    I was a teenager when I had my first daughter so I gave her my last name. Im now married (not to her father) and we have another daughter with a third baby on the way. The four of us will have my husbands last name and my daughter still has my maiden name. I hate it so much....especially at her school and doctors appointments. Shes at the age where she knows hers is different and she doesnt like it either. I hate her feeling like the outcast =/
  • starrxoxo9starrxoxo9
    My mom got married when I was 4 to my sisters dad so I had a diff last name than both of them and honestly I hated it. Me and my sister look nothing alike so in school no one knew we were sisters and it made me kind of sad. Now I'm totally fine with it BUT my bf and I are not married so again I will be the outcast when the baby is born ugh its annoying now but we will get married eventually...
  • mommydezmommydez
    Thanks for responding everyone! Hopefully I can move on and not let it bother me anymore. At least a beautiful baby and marriage are in the future. Happy pregnancy everyone!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    My fiancee and I won't be married by the time the baby comes :( due to the fact I refuse to look fat in my wedding dress. But we will all have the same last name soon after(:
  • heatherlynnheatherlynn
    My babys father and I are not married, but my son will take his last name. I don't think its uncommon these days
  • ashesashes
    my boyfriend wants our child to have his name.
    I want our child to have a hyphenated last name.

    I honestly always had a feeling that we would get married, yet I still want my child to take my last name as well as his because we aren't married yet...
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