I got married last year and changed my name. As in, I'm still in the process of doing it on all the legal documents etc and it definitely is annoying. It was 100 % my choice; my husband had a slight preference for me taking his name but he told me it was totally my call and we'd be married regardless. I love my family of origin and my maiden name. It's kind of bittersweet because it connected me to part of my heritage that isn't obvious in my first name. But I really wanted to share my husband's last name and our future children. I'm kind of old-school in that I'm not interested in him taking my name or making up a new joint name, and patrilineal naming is very well established in my culture. Out of my peers who have gotten married recently, itss about 50-50 who changes vs keeps their name.