Since the wedding, we have received 3 wedding invites and all addressed to "Mr. & Mrs. Michael Santos". Now, where's MY name? Can't they put "Michael & Anne Santos"?
I was given a very generic name--Anne. Thanks to my not so common family name--Macalino--I am known as AnneMac, to differentiate me from all the other Anne's out there. Now that I'm married to a Santos -- a very common surname, combine that to my first name, what do you get? Anne Santos -- a very generic, common name (who knows how many hits you will get when you google that name!)!
Next question is, how should I be called now? AnneMac-San? My sis-in-law Anya calls me AnneSan now. Someone suggested MacSan. I am seriously toying around the idea making AnneMac my official first name. Considering using the hyphen Macalino-Santos, but I think it's too long (would probably be easier if I had a single syllable family name). I have no plans of not using my husband's name (I know of some who kept their maiden name even after marriage).
Until now, I still have to take a moment to respond when someone addresses me as "Mrs. Santos" or when introducing myself as such. I still make a mistake signing as Anne Santos. I guess it will take time to adjust to this change, but I am not complaining. My only request is to put my first name in wedding invites!
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