Sounds about right. I also have basically decided that I want to keep my last name if I get married and would like to pass it on to my children. Of course, that is partially because I have a very unique, but lovely, last name. It's short, simple, easily pronounced, but I've never met anyone outside of my family with it. AND there's no one else who will likely pass it along. My dad's brother has no children and and most likely will not at this point, my dad's other brother has a little girl, and I can't see him and his wife having any more either. And there is a 99.9% chance my brother will be childless. So if I have children, I'd really like to pass on my last name. Especially if I marry someone with the last name of Jones or Smith or someone with an absurdly long last name. But I'm also open to the idea of a hyphen.
Sounds about right. I also have basically decided that I want to keep my last name if I get married and would like to pass it on to my children. Of course, that is partially because I have a very unique, but lovely, last name. It's short, simple, easily pronounced, but I've never met anyone outside of my family with it. AND there's no one else who will likely pass it along. My dad's brother has no children and and most likely will not at this point, my dad's other brother has a little girl, and I can't see him and his wife having any more either. And there is a 99.9% chance my brother will be childless. So if I have children, I'd really like to pass on my last name. Especially if I marry someone with the last name of Jones or Smith or someone with an absurdly long last name. But I'm also open to the idea of a hyphen.
I also refuse to wear a white wedding dress, carry flowers down the aisle, be given away, or wear an engagement ring unless he also does. We could go with red. Red is what they wear in China. And I'm sorry, but I think the amount spent on rings is absurd, and even if he's paying, I'm not about to let him. If it's an heirloom, fine, but if we could buy a car with it, forget it.
I am seriously not a traditional sort of gal. It will be amazing if any man will have me. Of course, I'm also cheap on rings, so there's that.
And we were like that for the longest time. After my brother was born, as I got older, we used to go off and do things just the two of us. We'd go in the parks late at night and ride all the big stuff, he'd take me to Orioles games without my mom and brother, you name it, we did it.
Sounds about right. I also have basically decided that I want to keep my last name if I get married and would like to pass it on to my children. Of course, that is partially because I have a very unique, but lovely, last name. It's short, simple, easily pronounced, but I've never met anyone outside of my family with it. AND there's no one else who will likely pass it along. My dad's brother has no children and and most likely will not at this point, my dad's other brother has a little girl, and I can't see him and his wife having any more either. And there is a 99.9% chance my brother will be childless. So if I have children, I'd really like to pass on my last name. Especially if I marry someone with the last name of Jones or Smith or someone with an absurdly long last name. But I'm also open to the idea of a hyphen.
I also refuse to wear a white wedding dress, carry flowers down the aisle, be given away, or wear an engagement ring unless he also does. We could go with red. Red is what they wear in China. And I'm sorry, but I think the amount spent on rings is absurd, and even if he's paying, I'm not about to let him. If it's an heirloom, fine, but if we could buy a car with it, forget it.
I am seriously not a traditional sort of gal. It will be amazing if any man will have me. Of course, I'm also cheap on rings, so there's that.
My Mom and I went round and round about white, white it was, she won. She lost the battle with a veil over my face to be uncovered at an alter. Nope nope nope. I have two rings. One worth last checked about $10,000 and the other about $30,000 which is two carats. That one has spent most of its life in a safety deposit box. Going to the docks with a ring of value would be stupid. It came out for special events and less and less over the years cause I'd have to go get it and then bring it back. I have a pretty band and that was my staple for 30+ years. His lived always from day 15 in his dresser drawer.
Well, I really like the Hyundai Sonata, and the best deals are on that one right now. Plus, the warranty is 5 years/60,000 limited and 10 years/100,000 and the dealer guarantees the engine for life. You pretty much can't beat that. And the upper trims, which are what I'm looking at, have all the bells and whistles standard that I was looking for; sunroof, Android Auto, powered seats, interior leather, keyless entry, heated seats...the highest trim has a heated steering wheel too, which given how cold it's been sounds very pleasant. I was leaning towards the trim down, but now that I think about it, I can afford the higher trim, and given what I've been driving, I'd probably be happier with it. I can also save $400 as a recent grad. A coworker of my father's also said they've put 215,000 miles on theirs and have had minimal issues with it. My uncle and grandfather have also owned multiple Hyundais and recommend them
Oh, a veil, another thing I forgot I will not be doing. My thought on marriage is that we will be entering a partnership. I will not be owned by him. My father is not giving me to him, he will not lift the veil to reveal his prize, and before the wedding, I will not be his property and will not wear a ring to show that unless he also wants to wear one.I did change my name. I had a great name and the new one was equally great. It was a weird sticking point with him like I was from Mars not wanting to change it. It took a long long time for me to acclimate to the new name not being beyond foreign to me. A do over and I would have said nope. Me the odd thing that bugged me was letters and invitations, business correspondence etc that was addressed:
Mr. & Mrs. John Doe That I fixed with family and friends, I wasn't about to loose both my first and last name.
Years. Like I said before half way through the wedding planning I wish we had just eloped to Vegas. Weddings are expensive and in my case too much outside drama from parents to bridesmaids and then that MIL.
That is too cute with your daughter!! When my daughter is mad at someone, she mainly just looks at them like they're an idiot. like this:
I also thought it is easy to get McDonald's for DS when staying of site.
