childhood pastimes

when I had nothing else to do in the library or something, I'd sit down and write my name plus my then-current crush's last name and decorate it with swirls and roses and make it especially fancy. I'd also contemplate various hyphenated names. despite all of this, I am keeping my last name when I get married. still, to this day, if I even moderately interested in someone, I find myself thinking what my name'd sound like if I took his name when we get married.