Reply #18: Voted other, took his name because it was easier to pronounce than mine [View All]

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I made a decision pretty early on.
I would take a name that's easier to pronounce or spell than my maiden name (Rosenzweig). I would keep Rosenzweig if the name was even more difficult, or if it was something like Lipshitz (the giggle factor was important to me). Or Bush or Reagan, probably. (Hell, I think anyone I would marry might actually want to change his name FROM Bush or Reagan.)

I use both names -- Stacie Rosenzweig Whitacre -- among political circles, but not legally, professionally or in most social situations. (I actually kind of like using both names, even though there's 18 letters between them.)