Taking wife's last name... Thoughts?
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From: Whittier, CA
Makes you sound like a kept man. Being a kept woman is acceptable. Being a kept man? I could live with it I suppose.
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I haven't heard of men doing it, but I guess as long as it is something that both of you can agree on without any reservations then go for it. I've heard of a lot of women saying tradition or not they think that taking the man's last name devalues them and their name. It is the couples life so who cares. Actually I doubt that it would even come up unless one of them says something about it. We have a adopted son, but there are very few people that are only friends with me that know it. I don't look at it as any different than our natural children so why say anything. Besides it is kind of funny when people start saying how he looks so much like one of us or has a habit that we do and they say it is the genetics.
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It is a bigger decision than a tattoo. This one will be in your head, forever! Good luck deciding.
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I could definitely be a kept man. I would change my name to Bill Streep. But I missed my chance at Cougars many years ago.
In this day and age, I don't pay much attention to who took whos name. But I gotta say that hyphenated names just **** me off. Just pick one name or the other, but using both to create a mile long moniker is simply pretentious.
In this day and age, I don't pay much attention to who took whos name. But I gotta say that hyphenated names just **** me off. Just pick one name or the other, but using both to create a mile long moniker is simply pretentious.
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Believe me, I almost did it. I can't stand my last name and the wife's would have been soooo much easier to deal with on a daily basis. Going from 9 letters to 5 and having a name that people could actually pronounce would have been sweet.
I guarantee you you've never heard my last name before and you couldn't pronounce it if you had a week to stare at it. It's pure misery spelling it out letter for letter every single freaking time somebody asks for it.
That is the only reason I could see someone taking the wife's last name. I'm sure there are others, but I'm not sure I'd do it for any other reason.
I guarantee you you've never heard my last name before and you couldn't pronounce it if you had a week to stare at it. It's pure misery spelling it out letter for letter every single freaking time somebody asks for it.
That is the only reason I could see someone taking the wife's last name. I'm sure there are others, but I'm not sure I'd do it for any other reason.
