Keeping or changing your maiden name is such a sensitive topic that it's hard to know when the appropriate time is to inform everyone. Do you tell them all at one go, or would you tell each person separately? Here are a couple of polite ways you can share the news. Tread carefully with reception announcements. Getting announced when you're coming into your reception is a good way to let people Read more

Although marrying your true love is a romantic and happy occasion, you'll have a lot of paperwork to catch up on after the big event. And if you're thinking about changing your maiden name to celebrate your new change of status, there are a lot of factors you need to think about before making the switch. For example, what are you going to change your name to? Here are some examples of the choices Read more

Every country has its marriage problems. While the US fights for same-sex marriage, gay people in China are arranging sham marriages to appease families. But in Japan, straight women are asking for the simple right to retain their maiden names. The anger's been steeping for a while, but four women and one man (one woman's spouse) took action this week by filing what could be a landmark case for Read more

Much like the marriage debate in the US, politicians in Japan argue over the familial institution. Yet in Japan, the debate doesn't rage over gay marriage, rather over whether women should keep their maiden surnames. Japan is the only major industrialized nation to require spouses have the same name, but only one major political party supports changing the status quo. How come? Japan's Read more

Worrying that "the mailman would get confused" or that "society wouldn’t function as well if women did not change their names," 70 percent of Americans say that new brides should take their husband's last name. Even more shocking, the study presented yesterday at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting found that 50 percent of respondents thought it should be made a legal Read more

I'm sure everyone can do with a little more cash in their wallets. Here are some great suggestions by Wise Bread for you to make extra money. Even though I'm self-employed full-time, I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to make more money. Earlier this year, I wrote a Wise Bread post on websites that can help you earn extra cash. More recently, I came across a blog post on Zaarly titled, Read more

We say goodbye to McKinley High's graduating class of 2012 on this week's season finale of Glee, and while we'll be seeing a lot of these characters next year, for some, it was their swan song (pardon the pun). Everyone is feeling nostalgic, not the least of whom is Mr. Schue, who gives the kids an assignment of picking a goodbye song. The episode is mostly devoted to the characters giving each Read more

Once you know — in a formal sense — how to change your name after marriage, it can be difficult to keep up with all the extra steps: who to tell, which documents to change, which groups you need to notify. To make things easier, we've come up with a short, simple list that you can reference postwedding. Not sure where to start? Here's what you need to consider: When to Change Your Name Your Read more

Paying for college is such a complex issue. LearnVest helps simplify it by answering some key questions in regard to paying tuition. If you believe everything you read, then you might think you need to be a Rockefeller to have kids. That, of course, isn't the case. Yes, kids are expensive, and thinking about paying for a college education can be scary and frustrating . . . but that's where we Read more