Change your name, change your life

OK...maybe this post's headline is a little dramatic.

I needed a way to get excited about the over-discussed topic of changing your last name after marriage.

I feel like I've already discussed it at length, but I couldn't resist linking to this article that lists six ways of changing your name after marriage.

The list includes common options like changing your name and, well, not changing your name.

But there are also some unconventional suggestions like creating a new last name and making a mashup of you and your partner's last names.

Hmm. Do people really do that?