Taking your husband's name

i took my husband's last name because im actually quite traditional and i wanted to.

 

I got married when I was 17 and automatically took my ex's last name. About 10 yrs ago I got really mad at him & his whole family and started using my maiden name.
Over 8 yrs ago (while pregnant with youngest kid) I walked out & went to court to legally change my last name....(I was still married at the time)

at the time in NH all it cost was $25 & 10 minutes with a judge and you could have any name you wanted (even a totally made up one...I almost used just my first & middle names. So actually my middle name would have become my last name)

If I'm ever crazy enough to marry again I'm keeping my maiden name.

 

Oh yeah, didn't really thin about it like that.. Guess it makes sense. [

 

I don't see why anyone would think taking your husbands name is that big a deal... Hell, if my wife wanted me to, I'd just as soon take her name.

 

I´m single, but if I get married I think I would take my husband's name.

 

cool about time more guys thought of that.

actually my great-grandfather was "Parris" and my great-grandmother's maiden name was "Paris" so when they got married my grandpa dropped 1 of the "r's" out of his name.

 

my sister in law's new husband is named laudermilk (louder milk). since marcie is such a big mouthed, noisy person, it was inevitable that we'd called her laudermouth.

 

I guess it depends on who you are and where you were raised, what traditions you hold dear to.

I'm quite a traditionalist (stick to a lot of southern traditions) so Brian will have to ask my step-dad for my hand in marriage, I will take his last name, and our first son will have my step-dad's last name as his middle name (really old outdated tradition). It's just how I was raised.

Not to mention, a lot of women come from families where their dads weren't all that great, some even horrible. And they want to change their names because they don't want that connection with someone they don't relate to.

 

RE: I will take his last name, and our first son will have my step-dad's last name as his middle name (really old outdated tradition).

Dear God, how many people in the South have the last name of "Ray"?

 

I'm sure just as many men come from the same. But whatever floats your boat. I'm just.. I dunno, not too worried about tradition or anything.

 

I said it was an outdated one Not many people do that anymore...BUT...we're giving the baby an Irish first name, and because I relate mainly to a southern background, I wanted his middle name to reflect that..so his middle name will be Martin.

 

not many are...I'm a rare one apparently....oh well....

 

RE: I relate mainly to a southern background, I wanted his middle name to reflect that..so his middle name will be Martin

Not "Ray", "Wayne" or "Bob"?

 

I'm southern, not redneck....

 

When I lived in the South there appeared to be two types of people.

The kind who rode a bondo wagon with a handkerchief as a gas cap

and

Women who would not be caught dead wearing white after Labor Day, who dress for dinner and make sure they follow that Gone with the Wind Southern Lady crap as far as their middle class Wal Mart suburb lifestyle will allow. They do however make sure to go to the right church, shop in the right stores and call the police if any black person is seen anywhere near their neighbourhood.

I dunno - human vermin, or cornbread-scented Martha Stewartesque Stepford Wives. Eek.

 

Hippyfreek - of course there were exceptions to this rule but they're rapidly driven out.

 

Hahaha that sounds about right.

 

cornbread scent... don't they make a perfume of that now?

 

I know this....why do you think I live in Seattle now?

 

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