Why do women keep their last name of their ex husband?

Simple... women do this because they are obviously still in love with their ex husband. No matter how much people think they hate each other deep down they are in love. Once a sexual and emotional connection is made between a man and a woman there is always love (not just feelings). When a woman opens up her treasure box God gave her it is then she has proved to him that she loves him so much that he has a part of her always. So in my OPINION, ONLY IN MY OPINION, she is still in love because if she was more in love with the new guy then she would not mind changing last names. When you get married you become one flesh.

If a women's last name is different that the children's name sometimes people assume that the children were "out of wedlock" and look down on the mother. If it is a second marriage then the name change makes more sense.

Sometimes women have established themselves in your profession under the first husbands name and feel it would be detrimental change names. Our sometimes they just plan like the sound and flow of the married name as well as their madden name and don't want to be bothered to change.

My sister is divorced form her second husband but she kept #2s last name because she felt it was fairer on the kids. Why should she be able to get rid of their abusers name and not the kids.

It depends where you are. In some countries women keep their ex's last name, even after they get married again. Why? Feck knows. If the relationship was bad enough to get a divorce, I sure wouldn't want to be carrying his last name around with me, lol.

American women, seem to go back to their maiden name. At least any divorced woman I have ever known has gone back to their maiden name.

As for why some women choose to keep using their ex's name, well..probably for two reasons.

1) Because it is just easier than having to go through the hassle of changing their name, a second time around.

And/or

2) Because they have children and feel its better to keep the names the same for them.

There is no reason why a woman cannot keep her maiden name after marriage and any children will carry the name of their dad. It is just an old fashioned tradition that the woman change her last name to that of her husband. I think it was because when a husband died all the woman had was her husbands last name. Women could not own property or run a business, and they didn't have the "mind" to handle money. Women did not get the right to vote until 1920. Keep your maiden name and you will never have to change any accounts or anything.

Because you have to think, it's not just changing the last name on paper. You'd have to file it with the court to change it. The upon approval go wait at a social Security office to change it with your social. Then there are bank accounts you'd have to change it with, your driver's license, your utility bills, any payments you may have and also, when it comes to kids it's more difficult to pick kids up from school early or what not when you have a different last name as them. My mom is going through her divorce and I'm sure she'll keep her married name.

Kids

Not only for the kids sake. It is easier sometimes to keep your married name until it needs to be changed. It is a hassle to change your name on all your documents and insurance. Unless your strong willed about it there really is no point in going through the trouble

I did and I don't even have kids. The reason is after all the hassle of moving far away, getting settled, getting divorced and on and on it was just too much to notify the entire world of my name change. When I use my married name (which I always do) I do not think of him. I swear! It has nothing to do with him.

I don't know why they change their names to their husband's name in the first place. I never changed my last name, now I'm a single mother and I absolutely hate it when the court and school call me by his last name. The only reason would be for the kids, but not such a big deal.

That's a good question. I've wondered that myself. Probably because they and everyone they know are accustomed to it and it would be more of a hassle than it's worth to change it back. And she could always change it again if she gets remarried. Now, some women who hate their ex husband definately DO change their name back. Don't forget about them.