Changes

OK - let me just say getting divorced sucks. And all the changes that go with it are annoying as hell. Take, for example, name changes. I'm going back to my maiden name. Think of how many things have your name on them - utilities, credit cards, bank accounts, catalogs, checks - there's a ton of stuff.

Now changing my name the first time was great - I was newly married, I got lots of congratulations - it was very exciting and very affirming.

Now I have to say something like "I need to change my name due to divorce" and I get an "oooh" comment. Not that's there's anything really great to say but it's a far cry from when I first went through this.

I'm never getting married again. And if I do get married again I am not changing my name.