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I saw a post about this on fb (friend of a friend did the surgery)! Pretty awesome!Sand tiger shark at Mississippi Aquarium has novel surgery
One of Mississippi Aquarium’s resident sand tiger sharks named Stella successfully underwent an innovative new spinal surgery on September 29thwww.wxxv25.com
Super awesome!I saw a post about this on fb (friend of a friend did the surgery)! Pretty awesome!
I wish men had this problem.This has been discussed in the past (I looked in the search bar), but I want to hear people’s updated thoughts on changing last names, both personally and professionally.
I’m getting married literally a week after I graduate. Many women I’ve talked to have said at the very least to not change my name professionally just in case the marriage ends poorly (which makes sense and I’m fine with). Now I’m deciding between keeping my maiden name all around or potentially just changing my last name for personal reasons and practicing under my maiden name.
I love that this is the overall petty attitude that is our driving factor bc SAME. I don’t even have a SO and his name won’t get the benefit of my doctor nameBut like hell was I going to grant my husband's surname the Dr. title I spent so much time and energy to acquire.
Personally I plan to change my name because his is easier for people to spell & pronounce. (Not like mine isn't, but it's uncommon and 9 letters long, so people tend to just give up halfway through, even though it's really not that hard. Like holy ****, did we all just forget how to "sound it out"???? /rant)This has been discussed in the past (I looked in the search bar), but I want to hear people’s updated thoughts on changing last names, both personally and professionally.
I’m getting married literally a week after I graduate. Many women I’ve talked to have said at the very least to not change my name professionally just in case the marriage ends poorly (which makes sense and I’m fine with). Now I’m deciding between keeping my maiden name all around or potentially just changing my last name for personal reasons and practicing under my maiden name.
I read this and laughed to myself thinking now I'm gonna do the same thing, and then I remembered the bae is a PhD student...I love that this is the overall petty attitude that is our driving factor bc SAME. I don’t even have a SO and his name won’t get the benefit of my doctor name
Completely off topic, but anyone else showing a line break between "Not like mine" and "isn't"? It's bothering the heck out of me and it won't let me fix it.Personally I plan to change my name because his is easier for people to spell & pronounce. (Not like mine isn't, but it's uncommon and 9 letters long, so people tend to just give up halfway through, even though it's really not that hard. Like holy ****, did we all just forget how to "sound it out"???? /rant)
I'm going to professionally go by my maiden name, but legally change to his last name. We're eloping the week after graduation and so we're also figuring this out now. He offered to change his name to mine if I wanted, but I want to change mine to his. I'll figure out this shenanigans as far as having clients call me by my doctor name when I pick a clinic.This has been discussed in the past (I looked in the search bar), but I want to hear people’s updated thoughts on changing last names, both personally and professionally.
I’m getting married literally a week after I graduate. Many women I’ve talked to have said at the very least to not change my name professionally just in case the marriage ends poorly (which makes sense and I’m fine with). Now I’m deciding between keeping my maiden name all around or potentially just changing my last name for personal reasons and practicing under my maiden name.
Nope!Completely off topic, but anyone else showing a line break between "Not like mine" and "isn't"? It's bothering the heck out of me and it won't let me fix it.
My last name isn't even good - hard to pronounce, hard to spell, long, puts me last in alphabetical order stuff, and also not super common but SOUNDS like common last names so is always misspelled - but I will be damned if I change it to some schlub's last name just because of conventions.I wish men had this problem.
I kept my last name, but I also have the superior last name in our relationship so there really wasn’t much debate about it.
Oh this is super important too. I'm a vet who can go by "Dr. Wags"! Can't argue with that.Also... my last name makes my initials DR. SO! Any partners are going to have to put in some leg work to make me happier than that makes me
Completely off topic, but anyone else showing a line break between "Not like mine" and "isn't"? It's bothering the heck out of me and it won't let me fix it.
I always tell people their last name has got to be a damn sight cooler than mine to even make me consider changing it. Like, would your last name make me Dr. Vader? Dr. Slaughter? Dr. Cool? Dr. Sunshine? Yes, these entertain me, I shall highly consider them. But get out if you have a generic dumb last name that I don't want.
We have a resident named Dr. Slaughter. And I worked in a clinic previously owned by a Dr. Sunshine. Pretty solid.Dr. Slaughter? Dr. Sunshine?
My initials are Dr. BS currently. Lolmy last name makes my initials DR. SO!
I have a classmate who did this! (Not the exact formula, but a new name). So cool.Made a new last name with my husband and we both changed it. Took the first two letters of my birth surname and the first two letters of his and combined them. Go by the new one socially and professionally. Highly recommend, though need to have everyone on board. Made things easier to just have one name to deal with, for kids too. But like hell was I going to grant my husband's surname the Dr. title I spent so much time and energy to acquire.
The oral surgeons who took out my wisdom teeth were Dr. Slaughter and Dr. Savage. What an epically named duo.
We have a resident named Dr. Slaughter. And I worked in a clinic previously owned by a Dr. Sunshine. Pretty solid.
The ortho surgeon i saw when I last broke my arm was Dr. Doktor.
My initials are Dr. BS currently. Lol
My middle name sounds like a supervillain when you put "Dr" in front of it, and for years I've been tempted to change it to that instead of to my husband's last name.
I never liked this sentiment myself.As far as "giving my title" to his last name, I don't think of it quite that way.
I agree with VMH. My mom decided to keep her last name legally and professionally which has never affected me. It's not like it really detracted from anything or prevented us from being the "insert my dad's LastName" Family. It was good especially if there was overlap between my mom's clients and my dad's patients, it would be less likely for people to make the connection that they were married.My parents had different last names and my last name was different from my mom's growing up. Tbh I didn't mind it that much because it never seemed to cause any problems for her and I had the added bonus of using her on school projects where I "wasn't allowed to use a family member" until they figured out who she was lol
Mine are Dr. CDO... hmm... sounds familiar...My initials are Dr. BS currently. Lol
I kept my mother's maiden name when she got married. So I look like a rather weird branch of the family tree because my brother, mother and father all have a different last name from me, but grandmother and grandfather the same.I agree with VMH. My mom decided to keep her last name legally and professionally which has never affected me. It's not like it really detracted from anything or prevented us from being the "insert my dad's LastName" Family. It was good especially if there was overlap between my mom's clients and my dad's patients, it would be less likely for people to make the connection that they were married.
Our gifts of anonymity are unrivaled.Mine are Dr. CDO... hmm... sounds familiar...
My plan for this stuff is to introduce me as Dr. BS rather than Dr. BK to clients and to refer to me that way in the work place. All my licensing and such will still match my legal BK name and if a client wants to file a complaint against my license or whatever, my hospital will give them the appropriate information at that time.It used to be easier to do this; however, now, it is much harder. Many institutions are demanding that the documents match. If your DL and SSN are using married name, then that is how you will be listed in HR. And your license and DEA have to match. And Board Certifications.
Mine are Dr. CDO... hmm... sounds familiar...
Dr KC still checking in. Though it is slightly less obvious than my original username - which now doesn't fit thanks to new last name (but same initials because otherwise our last name would've rhymed with Taco and I wasn't into that).Our gifts of anonymity are unrivaled.
I told my friends that I wanted to go snowshoeing this weekend and one said "cool where?" and I said IDKWhen @CoffeeQuestionMark comments on your iso snowshoe trail post giving you false hope because shes also looking for similar info 😂
My last name isn't even good - hard to pronounce, hard to spell, long, puts me last in alphabetical order stuff, and also not super common but SOUNDS like common last names so is always misspelled - but I will be damned if I change it to some schlub's last name just because of conventions.
I always tell people their last name has got to be a damn sight cooler than mine to even make me consider changing it. Like, would your last name make me Dr. Vader? Dr. Slaughter? Dr. Cool? Dr. Sunshine? Yes, these entertain me, I shall highly consider them. But get out if you have a generic dumb last name that I don't want.
Also... my last name makes my initials DR. SO! Any partners are going to have to put in some leg work to make me happier than that makes me
super secret!!!Our gifts of anonymity are unrivaled.
Welcome to the masters of anonymity club! Although I don’t know why you didn’t want it to rhyme with taco. Especially when you could be like “Baby Taco #2 is on its way!”Dr KC still checking in. Though it is slightly less obvious than my original username - which now doesn't fit thanks to new last name (but same initials because otherwise our last name would've rhymed with Taco and I wasn't into that).
Oh also, his mom has a PhD so I guess his family still did get a Dr. title from someone who wasn't born with that name. She was totally supportive of our name change decision and privately told me she sometimes wishes she had kept her birth name, but it wasn't as common a thing back in her day.I love that this is the overall petty attitude that is our driving factor bc SAME. I don’t even have a SO and his name won’t get the benefit of my doctor name
I also found White Pine National rec trail and there's a trail up by Palouse Divide that seem doable you might want to check out.I told my friends that I wanted to go snowshoeing this weekend and one said "cool where?" and I said IDK
My last name is very ethnic and I don't really foresee myself marrying anyone with an American last name, but if I did I wouldn't take it
I agree that having something unique/cool is pleasant.
I know a Dr. Payne and Dr. Fear. Both dentists of some variety (oral surgeon and general dentist)The oral surgeons who took out my wisdom teeth were Dr. Slaughter and Dr. Savage. What an epically named duo.
Yeah similar thing where my mom got remarried and so her last name was different from mine from the time I was like 3. Never was a problem.My parents had different last names and my last name was different from my mom's growing up. Tbh I didn't mind it that much because it never seemed to cause any problems for her and I had the added bonus of using her on school projects where I "wasn't allowed to use a family member" until they figured out who she was lol
My sister and her husband are actually taking my grandma's last name for that reason (though to be fair that connection isn't the greatest either - it was of course originally my grandpa's last name and he left my grandma when my mom was young, but I digress). My sister has wanted to drop her dad's last name for a long time, and her husband has basically no contact with his family.I never liked this sentiment myself.
I mean people are free to feel that way about it and I'm not judging per se, it just rubs me weird. Maybe because my last name came from an abusive stepparent and I don't like the idea of people thinking that somehow ties me to him or gives him any credit for the things I accomplish. My future husband didn't earn my title but neither did my parents (step or otherwise). Doesn't matter where my name came from. I have made it my own.
I have every intention of changing my name when I get married. That said... changing your name is a pain in butt and if for some reason my first marriage goes poorly I'm not doing it ever again. Keeping whatever I got at that point.
Also, I'm hoping to go by Dr. FirstName rather Dr. LastName anyways.
Also also my parents last names are my middle names so I don't feel like I'm giving anything up when I decide to change the last. I think if that weren't the case then maybe that's what I do... make my maiden name a second middle name and then tack on the new last name. So kind of similar to hyphenating but two middles instead "two" lasts.
All in all I think any way that some decides to do it is fine. Change your name to theirs. Keep your name. Pick a new name. Hyphenate. Use different names in different settings. It's all reasonable. Just depends what you want.
I think it would be most fun to alternate last names between the kids. Then those ones are part of our team and my spouse and I can pit them against one another and see who produces the superior childrenYeah similar thing where my mom got remarried and so her last name was different from mine from the time I was like 3. Never was a problem.
I guess the real difficulty is deciding which name the kids get if you do have two different names, but I don't plan to have that issue I guess we'd probably hyphenate if we were going to have kids.
I think it would be most fun to alternate last names between the kids. Then those ones are part of our team and my spouse and I can pit them against one another and see who produces the superior children
Well we will be wrangling some from little league teams and youth soccer. Gotta diversify the portfolioI'm alarmed at the prospect of having enough children that there are "teams"