My parents divorced when I was 3 years old, my mum kept her married name so that we shared the same surname (she raised the three of us all by herself). She remarried when I was 13 and changed her surname then.
I wouldnt have done it til we got divorced. Even then I prob couldnt be bothered, and it would have kept our (the kids and I's) surnames the same. But I like my married name better than my maiden name.
I think its important to have the same surname as my kids.
If I got divorced, I'd want to change my name back but I'd only do it if I could change all my kids names to my maiden name as well.
I changed mine when the divorce came through, as I needed the divorce certificate to change it with Queensland transport for my drivers licence and nobody would let me change anything else without that done first
I have a different surname to my kids now though because I didn't change it when I remarried.
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