When I changed my name 3 years ago, I swore I would never do it again. It was such a pain in the ass getting everything updated, jumping through hoops, using a gotdang fax machine to send forms to antequated banks that haven't joined the 21st century yet...
I never really thought I would get married, and if I did, I wouldn't bother changing my name. I didn't really like how my name sounded with Scry's last name (didn't hate it, just didn't really care), and couldn't figure out a way to combine our names. It just didn't seem worth the effort.
On the other hand... Katie Rust? I love how that sounds! So much, that I don't even want to wait until I actually get married to start using it 😁 It's not like I waited until I got my name legally changed last time to start going by "Katie". And this time, I won't be in such a mad rush to get my name updated everywhere because I don't despise my current name, I just think the new one is cooler.
So yeah, you can call me Katie Rust, Kathryn T. Rust, or K. T. Rust. Still haven't set a date for the actual wedding yet, but hopefully, it will be soon™.
