Getting married- ? do I change my name

[kelownagirl]

Looking for various thoughts on this.

I'm 35, getting married this June. When I was younger I generally thought I'd want to keep my name. Now it doesn't seem to matter as much (I know who I am whatever my name is right?) and it seems like a nice thing to take his name- kind of like just another part of the process. I've never been interested in hyphenating- and I like the idea of us having the same name. But all the same, there's a little piece of me that feels funny about it.

What do you all think? For anyone who has changed her name- how did it feel?

Thanks

I agree with Mimi's thoughts. That being said, I changed my name both times. Second time was really tough b/c I have the same first name as his ex and she kept her married name. BUT I decided I deserved the name and I feel like it's truly mine now.