There are a lot of companies that market unnecessary services to people. Some of them work to make you feel like you are a bad person if you are not taking part in a certain activity, for instance you are a bad mother if you do not have your child’s photo taken professionally every month. Conversely, there are companies that offer to take care of tedious and sometimes time consuming tasks. Enter marriage name change services.
Really?!! Is this necessary? Sure, we’re all busy and who wants to take care of that. And this sounds like a corner I would like to cut if in this situation, but is this an expense that needs to be incurred? Especially after a wedding that likely cost more than $25K. I was appalled by the idea at first, but then I did some research.
I thought changing your name would be as simple as taking a trip to the BMV. Silly me! It seems this is not a one stop shop process. Name change services change and notify US Passport, driver’s license, USPS, and state voter registration. They’ll also send letters to creditors letting them know of the change. Now, this seems like a process that you’d want to get right. This is not something that you’d want to come back to bite you in the butt years down the road.
Perhaps though, this is a step that should be taken by the individual upon making the life time commitment. After all, is changing your name any worse than changing your address? You make a list of everyone that needs to know of the change. By doing your research you can make sure you don’t forget anyone. I’m sure it seems as daunting as doing your taxes, but if you taken an afternoon to do it you’ll be done and won’t have to worry about it. Plus, you can take the $30 you would have spent on the service and buy yourself, or your new hubby, something nice.
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