So what are you going to do if you have grandkids and your son/daughter feels the same way about surnames? That'll be a 4-word surname after 2 generations.
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[Men] Wives' surnames (women can comment too, of course)
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So what are you going to do if you have grandkids and your son/daughter feels the same way about surnames? That'll be a 4-word surname after 2 generations.
This one. There are households that run this way. Mostly conservative christian ones.
So what are you going to do if you have grandkids and your son/daughter feels the same way about surnames? That'll be a 4-word surname after 2 generations.
For one thing, it won't be up to me, it'll be up to them. It's their child not mine.
For another thing, double barrelled surnames have been around for a long time. People work out things. Surnames don't always follow logic
For a third thing, some cultures already have the custom of the child taking both parents' surnames. IIRC, in Argentina, it is standard for everyone to have two surnames, one from each parent. I think only the paternal surname is passed onto grandkids though. (i.e. the kid has forename, middle name, mothersfathersname, fathersfathersname). Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I think it makes more sense to keep the maiden name, especially since, with the professionals I'm around, there are issues of being in databases for publications and so on, where it can be a detriment to be listed under multiple names that don't get cross-indexed (but really, Pubmed needs a way to identify variants of a person's name -- it doesn't even handle the situation where a person is variably listed with and without their middle initial well. It ought to have some kind of unique ID for each individual author and allow attributions to be tagged back to it) /rant
I'd support anything my future wife wanted to do with respect to her own name. I do rather.want a child, and want a child with my last name... I'm an only child, and it's the only chance my dad has.
I'd support anything my future wife wanted to do with respect to her own name. I do rather.want a child, and want a child with my last name... I'm an only child, and it's the only chance my dad has.
My wife took my name. It meant a lot to me. Now we're expecting our first child and she will also carry my name, until she finds a husband. We're one family with one name. It's worked well for us and it's worked great for billions of other people over hundreds of generations.
I can't imagine growing up and trying to figure out why Mommy and Daddy had different last names while they're still married, and why I got stuck with Mom or Dad's name and not vice versa.
I can't imagine growing up and trying to figure out why Mommy and Daddy had different last names while they're still married, and why I got stuck with Mom or Dad's name and not vice versa.
She got access to the bank account, might as well have the name, too.
I got an insane, hateful mother-in-law, though, so I have that going for me.
I got an insane, hateful mother-in-law, though, so I have that going for me.
i dont. i believe it is a part of our custom to have the wife take the husbands last name
no amount of talking will convince me otherwise
You both speak as though you actually have a choice.
You speak as if you don't know that men do have a choice but many could care less.
This is in essence what it come down to. Some people want to continue their family name others (myself included) couldn't give two hootsdo rather.want a child, and want a child with my last name... I'm an only child, and it's the only chance my dad has.
. I'd be more than happy for my family name to die with me. I don't see it as important at all. As I said before it would be my preference for my kids to take my wife's name or a different surname altogether.
So what are you going to do if you have grandkids and your son/daughter feels the same way about surnames? That'll be a 4-word surname after 2 generations.
My grandchildren would have awesome last names, if that were the case.
I don't think children put too much thought into it. Usually the kid ends up with the Fathers last name even if the mother didn't take it on.. unless they are separated at time of birth.
I think it makes more sense to keep the maiden name, especially since, with the professionals I'm around, there are issues of being in databases for publications and so on, where it can be a detriment to be listed under multiple names that don't get cross-indexed (but really, Pubmed needs a way to identify variants of a person's name -- it doesn't even handle the situation where a person is variably listed with and without their middle initial well. It ought to have some kind of unique ID for each individual author and allow attributions to be tagged back to it) /rant
I'd support anything my future wife wanted to do with respect to her own name. I do rather.want a child, and want a child with my last name... I'm an only child, and it's the only chance my dad has.
Your entire post made sense, and yet you ended off with that?
Speaking as someone who has had divorced parents, with everyone having different names, I 100% agree with you, and want that for my own family.
I'm not here to convince you, nor do I think I'd even care to.
likewise, just stated my opinion on the matter
to be honest, i think i would be somewhat insulted if she didnt take it. i cant name a single couple off the top of my head that i know personally who has not been conventional in this regard
with that said, i may be singing a different tune if my future wife does indeed not want to. hard to predict your behavior/thoughts/etc until you have to actually cross that bridge in a sense
It really wasn't that strange at all. I have my dad's last name as my last name and my mom's last name as my middle name.
I was just at a wedding this weekend and both the bride and groom are changing their last names to " <her last name> - <his last name> "