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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!

3 Newlywed Holiday Tips

Newlywed Holiday Tips

Looking for newlywed holiday tips? Being newlyweds opens an entirely new life…a life together. Most of the time that is an amazing thing to explore. Occasionally newlywed life can be a little scary as you navigate two families and holiday expectations. The worst thing you can do is “go with the flow” and make everyone but yourselves happy. Your first holidays together and how you handle them with your family will set a precedent for the rest of your married lives. Read on for a few tips to make the holidays more comfortable as newlyweds.

Holiday Tip 1: Know what you want for “your” holiday
If you and your spouse never discuss what would make you individually and collectively happy over the holidays, you’re setting yourselves up for unhappiness. Understanding the key thing for each person that makes a holiday special and making sure you prioritize those two things is tangible goal you can set and work to achieve together. If you have made a holiday plan together, it will be easier to communicate with your families. Instead of stammering and somehow agreeing to a dinner you know your spouse will hate. You can say “We made a plan to spend Christmas Eve in front of the fire together as newlyweds.”

Holiday Tip 2: Set gift expectations
Even if you have been dating for years, marriage can change a person’s expectations around the holidays. Talk about setting a gift budget for each other and your families. You won’t lose the element of surprise, but you will mitigate the disaster of supremely mis-matched gifts and hurt feelings. Unsure what to get each other? Consider booking a trip or purchasing a gym membership together. Memories and good habits early on will influence your marriage for years to come!

Holiday Tip 3: You can’t do it all
As you are building your married relationship, you can be tempted to do everything possible to make your spouse, family, their family, and friends happy. Don’t, it’s a recipe for burnout. Take this holiday season as a time to reflect on who is important to you and spend time with them. Not everyone needs a gift. Sometimes a coffee, cocktail, or email is all you need to spread cheer and good will.

As you enter into the holiday season with your husband or wife…remember how blessed you are to be spending it with the person you love. Don’t forget to tell them, take pictures, make memories, and have fun! Happy holidays newlyweds!

Why Is Married Name Change SO Hard?!

Why Is Married Name Change SO Hard

You’re newlywed, and freshly home from your honeymoon. As you unpack and begin married life, you start thinking about name change. It can’t be that hard can it?” Why is married name change SO hard? It shouldn’t be difficult, and it would be wonderful if there was a name-change fairy. You could place your marriage license under your pillow and wake up with a new driver’s license, passport, and social security card in the morning. Poof…instant Mrs!

In reality, name-change it a total time-suck, and pain in the rear. A newlywed has to make a list of places she should change her name, collect all of the appropriate forms (note there are multitudes for each office depending on your current status), complete those forms, determine the right order to file the forms, determine and collect all of the required items and fees needed to be filed with each form, and then go wait in line and physically file the forms in-person at each office.

After federal forms are filed, a newlywed needs to file state-level forms for a new driver’s license, to update her voter registration, and vehicle title/registration. When those forms are filed, it’s on to notifying all creditors that have your maiden name on file. This group includes: banks, credit cards, insurance providers, student loan providers, professional licenses, associations, gyms, magazines. The list is never ending. Have I made my point? Name change shouldn’t be hard, but it is.

The Solution to Married Name Change Hassle

Fortunately, MissNowMrs.com was created by a bride fed up with name-change redundancy and bureaucracy. The simple service condenses the tedious 13 hours associated with name change into 30 minutes for $30. Or, you can opt to purchase their premium service and all of your completed forms will be mailed to you. Along with pre-stamped, pre-addressed envelopes, and detailed instructions on where to sign and what to send where. Not quite a name-change magic wand…but pretty close!

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Married Name Game: A Fun Way To Find Your Ideal Name Change Option!

Whether you’re a bride or a newlywed, the decision about married name change faces us all.  Should we?  Shouldn’t we? What are the available options?  Where do you find reliable information on name change? That’s where the Married Name Game comes in!

Instead of trolling Google for boring articles about name change law and options in your state, play the Married Name Game! What newlywed doesn’t enjoy an entertaining online quiz?  This free quiz will help you figure out your ideal married name option. Be it taking your spouse’s name, taking your maiden name as a middle name. Taking two last names, hyphenating or not changing at all.  Using a patented algorithm and technology, data points about your career and preferences will be matched against your state’s name change laws to generate  the most compatible name change option available to you.

Knowing your options makes any decision making process so much easier. Personally, if I had known about the maiden to middle name option when I got married, I would have opted for it instead of taking my spouse’s last name.  I also would have changed my name sooner.  The Married Name Game makes name change research a lot more fun. So, give it a try and tell your friends!!

Once you know your perfect name, the MissNowMrs name change app or online service can help you save 13 hours of hassle. No need to waste newlywed time in endless government office lines.

Best Married Name Change Options for SEO

Married Name Change Options for SEO

Have you ever wondered about married name change options for SEO? Name change is a tough decision for any newlywed. But, it can be even harder for ladies trying to keep their SEO ranking.  If coming up under your maiden name via internet searches is important to your career (as a writer, doctor, lawyer, blogger, etc.), you may not want to change your name.  That being said, Mashable just published an article showing that certain forms of married name change can help your SEO rankings!

According to this Mashable article, taking two last names or hyphenating your maiden name with your spouse’s last name can result in higher SEO results.  The author, Samantha added her married name to her maiden name and then waited to see what Google would do with her new moniker.  The result?  She was easily found under her maiden name and also came up under searches for her married name.  As far as SEO goes, the more ways you show up under searches the better!

Hopefully this info helped you understand married name change options for SEO !  For more information and help with your married name change check out MissNowMrs the premier online name change app and service for newlyweds!

Wedding Checks: 4 Newlywed Tips for Depositing Without Hassle!

Wedding Checks - How to Deposit without hassle

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As your wedding day approaches, gifts from family and friends begin pouring in…hooray! You’ll also start receiving wedding checks. Monetary gifts are wonderful, as they allow you to purchase exactly what you want/need for married life, but they can occasionally cause trouble at the bank.

Well-meaning relatives LOVE to write checks to Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Which is great, if you’re planning to change your name to Jones, but what if you’re hyphenating or not changing your name after marriage, or if your spouse is taking your name?

Name change does make cashing
wedding checks tricky

However, if you both set up a joint bank account before your wedding, most banks will allow you to sign the checks and deposit them regardless of what versions of your names appear on the check. If a check is made out to both you and your spouse, then when you are depositing checks with two names, make sure that you both sign the back of it.

If you run into a clerk that is a stickler for the rules, you can wait to deposit the check until you can present a certified copy of your marriage certificate. The other solution? Use the ATM machine to deposit your checks. I deposited wedding checks written to my maiden, married and misspelled last names with zero issues!

Also keep in mind that in most cases you do not need to pay taxes on when depositing wedding checks.

Wedding Check Deposit Tips:

1. Create a joint bank account BEFORE your wedding
2. If a wedding check is made out to both of you, make sure that you both sign it before depositing
3. You can use your certified marriage certificate to deposit checks made out to your married name
4. When all else fails…use the ATM machine for your wacky wedding check deposits!

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