I like my first name. It’s common yet uncommon, hard to explain.

My last name absolutely doesn’t go with my first though. My first suits me entirely but my last one is the most common family name you can think of. It’s not ugly just doesn’t suit me. I took my second husband’s name because I felt like it but I miss my previous last name, which was a great match for me, but it was my first husband’s, so I felt I’d have to part with it. I had it for 30 years but it was time. That’s ok.

The only people who really use my last name are my students. And two years after I got this name some of them still use my old last name, which they say suits me better lol (and they are right), oh well