I Only Kinda Sorta Took my Husband’s Name When I Got Married

Nancy Friedman
6 min readOct 13, 2021

It Didn’t Work Out the Way I’d Planned

A groom kisses his bride on their wedding day.
My Wedding Day. Photo Credit: Jasper Sky Photography

Have you ever wondered what would happen if two hyphenated last-namers got married? Like, let’s say Harrison VonHarrison-Lundquist married Muffy Worcester-Wolfe. (All names are completely fabricated. If anyone out there has either of those names, I’m sorry…in so many ways.) Would they name their children Maximillian and…

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Nancy Friedman

Just another Neurotic New Yorker bumbling along The Road to F*ck it as I navigate life with a lot of angst, a touch of humor, and a teeny bit of Botox.