I just need to put this out there from the beginning: this post is going to be a tad ridiculous. That said, I am now going to embrace the silliness wholeheartedly.
One of the fun, girly things that my girly friends have been asking me lately is if I have started to practice my new signature. Oddly, it’s been a few years since I’ve had a crush on a boy in this way and felt the need to daydream about our future love,Β marriage , and doodle my first name with his last all over my binder. I guess you could say the humiliation factor of someone potentially seeing my name with his intertwined all over my notebook was a little bit of a turn-off.
So, fast-forward 13 years, and here I am sitting at work doing the exact opposite.
I’ve reworked “Claire Monahan” in several different styles. One of the strangest things about this future new last name is that I will no longer end in an “i.” Nothing to dot, nothing to flip, just an “n” that drifts off. How do I finish a signature with this?
So my dilemma today led me to doodle my new name all over my notebook. I’ve designated which ones are good for certain occasions, so I might have to do a poll later to get your input on which signature you like best.
The funniest thing about all of this, however, is that I really do know what my future husband’s last name is. No more guesswork required.
I guess I should also retire the twisting of the apple stem with a corresponding, “A…B…C…D…” to find out what my future husband’s last name begins with, but that superstition I might never be able to let go.
Now I’m going to go practice my signature some more, since that industrious “n” is going to give me some problems until I finally decide that I have mastered its complete sign-off.
Holy crap, Claire.
This is a whole new level of ridiculous.
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I think you can handle it.
Also, this is only the beginning!
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Yeah, try out: Lori-Eston Lane Gildersleeve . . . that’s what my name was “supposed” to be according to family tradition (didn’t have a middle name on purpose).
Legally, it’s Lori Lane Gildersleeve, but the last part still doesn’t fit on the check signing line π
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You do have a long one, Lori π But it’s pretty! Very fun to say.
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You’re adorable. π
(I’m still on the fence about whether I’m changing my name or not.)
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Changing my name is a big struggle. I’m definitely going to take his last name; I’m more concerned with whether I want to keep my first name or not, since Claire, my middle name, is clearly not going to get dropped.
That’s a whole other post in itself – I’ll email you the details in the meantime π
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