I was trolled for changing my last name when I married, people assumed my husband forced me
IN the days following their wedding, a husband and wife are usually overcome with joy and excited about finally starting their lives together.
Though not all do, many new wives begin the process of changing their last name to match that of their husband during the first few months of marriage.
One couple, influencers Monica Gartner and Sam Patterson, have been receiving backlash thanks to their video that showed Monica changing her last name from Gartner to Patterson.
Posting to their joint YouTube account, which has 658,000 subscribers, Sam asked Monica:
“Where is our marriage certificate? Because I’ve printed off the social security name change form so that you can officially become Monica Patterson.”
Sam and Monica tied the knot at an intimate ceremony earlier this year and documented it on their shared TikTok account—which has over two million followers.
Although Monica looked delighted in the “name change” video, fans thought otherwise.
Speaking to Insider, the couple revealed that the clip received much criticism – with followers accusing Sam of forcing Monica to make the switch.
“We were so excited about this video,” Monica told the outlet.
“A lot of the comments were great, but there were a lot of people saying things like, ‘How dare he make you change your name?’ They thought he was forcing me.”
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“People kept saying I was forcing her into it,” Sam added. “And she’s just like, ‘No, I just want the same last name as his grandma.'”
Monica said that while she does love her family, this was always going to happen:
“It’s my belief that when you get married you change your name. I’m sure if I had wanted to keep my last name, we would have had that discussion.
“I’m not being forced, I’m not being dominated… I’m so happy.”
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