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Looking for name change advice or some tips for newlywed life? The MissNowMrs experts have created state-specific name change articles and checklists for you. We’ve chronicled our recommendations for how to travel while changing your name AND how to handle voting during the transition.

We’ve also compiled our best guidance for how to handle difficult sister in laws, holidays as newlyweds, the ever-annoying baby questions, and much more. Why? Because, while we are name change experts, we’re also newlywed wives, moms, and sisters.

We hope our name change advice articles help smooth your transition to your new name, and a whole new phase of life. Congratulations and best wishes from the entire MissNowMrs team!

MissNowMrs Featured on Dating Advice

As married name change experts, we love sharing tips for making name change easier. So, when the lovely ladies at Dating Advice reached out our founder, Danielle Tate, was happy to share how MissNowMrs got started, how we’ve added the MarriedNameGame and MarriageLicenseNow to our platform over the years. And, why she wrote a book to help other smart women start their own businesses.

Don’t miss the entire name change and entrepreneurship story at Dating Advice, and should any of your friends be single, send them over to this fantastic resource full of experts and advice!

Robin’s Real Name Change Story

We’re super excited to share Robin’s Real Name Change Story. Read on to hear how two sports-loving coworkers fell in love, how Robin’s fiancé supported her not changing her name, and the realization that changed her mind and had her surprising him with her name change paperwork from MissNowMrs!

Robin’s Love Story

I think our love story is fun! A few years ago at work I spotted this guy, he was always smiling and always made people laugh in the office. One day as I was driving home from work I noticed he was stopped next to me on the highway. Our eyes met and we shared an extremely awkward wave… I had never talked to him but I knew who he was.

Over the next few weeks I would catch him staring at me from across the room and look away as soon as he would see that I noticed. This went on for 2 months or so and I was wondering why he hadn’t approached me yet… It was now my birthday weekend in September and I invited a few of his friends in the office out for drinks knowing all too well that he would be with them. We hung out that night and after that he still continued to stare at me in the office.

Neither I nor him had the courage to talk to each other. Thanksgiving rolls around and his desk was moved right across from mine so we were facing each other!! It was like fate. We began to chat and flirt for the next few days. Until, his desk was moved again. FINALLY, he asked me out! No idea what took him so long. Our first date was not planned at all. He calls me and goes “I hope you like basketball because I have 2 tickets to the Cincinnati Bearcats game.” Luckily for him I love and live sports… and ever since we have been like two peas in a pod!

Robin’s Wedding Day

Our wedding day went off without any issues at all which I am so grateful for! We were married on September 3, 2017. On September 2nd it was raining, storming and a gross mess outside. Someone upstairs had to be looking out for us because the weather was perfect, not too hot and the sun was shining, only a few clouds in the sky!!! The day’s festivities went off without any problems.

The most emotional part of the day for me was when I had my hair and makeup done and finally stepped into my wedding dress. This was the first time that day I cried… and I am not a crier, ask my husband. I think he has seen me cry maybe once or twice before the wedding and I think I broke out into happy tears at least 6 times between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 before the “I do’s”. I could write pages on pages about what happened on the wedding day from start to finish, but I don’t want to bore anyone! Overall, the day was perfect!

Robin’s Name Change Narrative

Chris and I briefly talked about my name change about 1-2 months before the wedding. We were told that people wanted to know what my last name would be so they could monogram gifts, etc. That was the first time I had ever thought about name change. At first I was against changing my name because I felt that I would lose a piece of me if I had changed it. My husband supported my decision not to change my name; he would say “you married me, I don’t care what your last name is.”

I struggled with this up until about a month ago. Then I realized I am still me. A name is just a name and it can’t take anything away from me. A friend of mine suggested I use MissNowMrs to change my name. As a surprise, I filled out the paperwork. When the envelope came in the mail, I told my husband. He was SO EXCITED that I decided to change my name.

MissNowMrs has made the transition from my maiden name to my new name soooo simple!! I don’t have to go anywhere. Everything came with postage and I simply follow the directions and mail in what needs to be mailed. Right now I am waiting for my documents to come back! It will take some time to get used to. And, it is strange seeing my new name. I think this is all worth it. Seeing how excited my husband was when I told him I decided to change my name made me realize that it was meant to be.

Robins Real Married Name Change Decision

Robin’s Newlywed Advice

My advice to newlyweds is to be patient and relax. There isn’t as much to stress about as it seems. And even though EVERYONE says it…. make sure to soak in your day because it truly is the best day of your life!

Name Change After Marriage | Robins Story

Lovely wedding photos by Leppert Photography

Top 5 Black Friday Deals For Newlyweds

It’s time for turkey, shopping, and the holidays! As you look for gifts, don’t miss out on the top 5 Black Friday deals that will help you celebrate your newlywed status and your new married name.

Newlywed Black Friday Deals |mrs wine glass

Tis the season to be jolly… so why not order a stemless wine glass with your new married name to enjoy your cup(s) of cheer? This elegant glass is 50% off with the code: EVERYTHING at Shutterfly!

Newlywed Black Friday Deals | miss to mrs ring dish

Where are you keeping your wedding rings when you’re not wearing them? If the answer is not in a special/safe location. Then, you are in dire need of this adorable ring dish! It’s a stylish way to celebrate your transition from Miss to Mrs. And, the best part? This ring dish is 30% off with the code: GIVEJOY for Black Friday!

Black Friday Newlywed Deals | Mr and Mrs Towels

Mr. & Mrs. towels are a cute, yet practical way to celebrate your marriage and spruce up your master bathroom. So, use the code: SCORE to save an extra 15% on your purchase. You’ll smile every time you dry off after a shower or bath.

Newlywed Black Friday Deals | Mrs Earrings

Kate Spade has newlywed chic on lock, and Macy’s has a Black Friday deal on these gold Mrs. earrings. They’re an understated way to celebrate your new married name and status at work and on the weekends.

Newlywed Black Friday Deals | family pillow

Looking for a way to celebrate the day you became a family? This custom pillow from West Elm lets you showcase your new name and new family status with style. It’s perfect for your living room couch or as an accent pillow in your master bedroom. If you can’t decide, buy two! They’re 30% off with the code: SAVEMORE for Black Friday!

Get Your New Name Before the Holidays

We hope our list gets you excited about shopping as a Mrs. And, if you haven’t quite made the switch. We’d love to assist you with your name change. Our easy online name change app and service streamline the process into minutes. So, you have time to officially become a Mrs. before your purchases and the holidays arrive!

Married Name Change: Why Now Is Better Than Later

Most newlyweds wait a few months to change their names after marriage, so after the Spring/Summer wedding boom comes a flurry of name changes in the Fall. While not every woman should change her name, it is advisable for newlyweds intending to make the legal switch to Mrs. to do so as soon as they can.

Why? It’s pretty simple: the more things with your maiden name on them, the longer it will take you to change all of them to your new married name! The longer you wait to change your name, the more “stuff” you accumulate with your maiden name on it.

This “stuff” includes big things like mortgages, leases, vehicle titles, insurance policies and smaller things like airline miles and gym memberships. Outside of the entities mentioned, as the holidays approach “other stuff” lurks….stuff like holiday cards, mis-engraved gifts from family members (seriously), and company awards (I have a massive plaque showing a hyphenated last name I never took).

So, if you’re married and pondering name change, now is the time to pull the trigger. You can DIY and figure out the SS-5, IRS 8822, Passport 5504 and other government form gems using our free married name change checklist or save 13 hours of name-change form research, completion, and filing by using the MissNowMrs online name change service. We condense the 13 hour process of becoming a Mrs. into 30 minutes for $30…..which seems like a very nice pre-holiday gift for you from you!

Make a Difference In the World for Women Entrepreneurs

Hi there nearlyweds and newlyweds! You may not know, but our founder recently wrote a book for women entrepreneurs to help them start their own companies. Her decade building MissNowMrs from an idea sparked by the frustration of her own name-change mishaps into a company with over 500,000 customers gave her some business insights. Add in the fact that she doesn’t have an MBA and was an accidental entrepreneur and you’re starting to see the sort of book she might right. Below Danielle shares why she wrote Elegant Entrepreneur: The Female Founder’s Guide to Starting & Growing Your First Business, and how you can help her on her mission to get more women to startup around the world!
When I wrote Elegant Entrepreneur, my intention was to help women in America turn their ideas into successful companies, even if they didn’t have an MBA. I wrote the book I always looked for when I founded MissNowMrs. A book that gave me the steps to building a business, told me how it might feel during those steps, and offered candid advice and stories from women entrepreneurs I could look up to. I was delighted to help more women startup and scale up in a more elegant fashion than I did.
What about women outside of the U.S.? While I didn’t originally think globally, after attending roundtable talks with women entrepreneurs from North Africa at the Goldman-Sachs 10k women event, I realized that there were so many women who needed my book, and that I had no way to get it to them.
Problem: Many women in emerging economies don’t have access to Amazon or Kindles
Solution: Create an audiobook that can be hosted as an MP3 file and played instantaneously by any phone in the world.
Today am launching a Kickstarter campaign to increase awareness for the need to support international women entrepreneurs and to crowdfund the audiobook version of Elegant Entrepreneur. The audiobook format allows me to donate books to women entrepreneurs across the world without the costs and time delays of printing and shipping books. It also helps women who may be forbidden to read an entrepreneurial book access information to help them build their businesses. My goal is to make a ripple effect of women building businesses and improving their lives, their families, their communities, and their economies.
Why am I focusing on women entrepreneurs? Aside from being one myself and understanding how entrepreneurship has positively impacted my life, a recent IFC study cited by Forbes, found women in emerging markets invest 90 percent of their income back into their families and communities, compared with 35 percent for men. Women in business are the key to ending poverty and inhumanity on a global scale.
She Inspires Her Network, Connecting Founders, Invest2Innovate, and Jitahidi Group have agreed to provide free Elegant Entrepreneur audiobooks to aspiring female entrepreneurs within their networks.
Please consider donating to my Kickstarter campaign. $5 will send 5 audiobooks to aspiring entrepreneurs, and you will have taken part in creating a positive ripple effect. The more you give and the more you share the campaign with your friends, the more women will receive the audiobook, and the more businesses will be created by them… changing lives and communities for the better!

Danielle Tate is the founder of MissNowMrs name change service.