Ladies and Gentlemen who are married...

My wife took my last name and she refuses to give it back. I think she keeps it just to spite me.

*sigh*

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Originally Posted by FIREball

My wife took my last name and changed her middle name to her maiden name. Make sense?

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that's what my mom did. i think i'd probably do the same.

Married...took his name ;)

Honestly his last name was way cooler than my maiden name, which no one could pronounce anyway.

Plus, we knew we were having kids and I wasn't interested in hyphenating last names, etc. All 4 of us are Storms and proud of it. :D

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Originally Posted by Earl

My wife took my last name and she refuses to give it back. I think she keeps it just to spite me.

*sigh*

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:8: HAHAHA!!!



I did both... I had no middle name, so when we got married I made my maiden name my middle name! I have a rockin-Irish middle name now, witch makes up for my last name being Rice. :rolleyes: Yea, like the food. My hub swears if we ever have a kiddo he's going to name it Dirty, or White, or Sticky, or Wild... you get the idea....

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

My wife took my name, we never really discussed it. I have to say the first time I called her work and heard her voicemail with my last name it was a real honor and made me very proud/happy.

I know several professional women that have built up a reputation and clientel and decided to keep their maiden name so as not to loose or confuse business contacts. Which makes sense to me.

The reality is if the the relationship is strong a name isnt gonna make a difference.

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

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Hmmmm! Very interesting . . . If I'd have only known before I changed it.

Just kidding! I love having your last name.

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Originally Posted by Laooda

:8: HAHAHA!!!



I did both... I had no middle name, so when we got married I made my maiden name my middle name! I have a rockin-Irish middle name now, witch makes up for my last name being Rice. :rolleyes: Yea, like the food. My hub swears if we ever have a kiddo he's going to name it Dirty, or White, or Sticky, or Wild... you get the idea....

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The electrician that works for my husband is named Wild Rice . . . No kidding.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Gentlemen... how important is/was it to you that your significant other takes your last name?

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My wife took my last name. To me, I think it of the utmost importance to take the husbands name....I wanted our children to have the same last name as their mother, and to me it showed that we were becoming a family....and it makes all the paper work at the kids schools much easier....

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Originally Posted by 420boa

would you be upset if your husband did not want to wear his wedding band? seems almost like the same thing

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I have no issue if my husband doesn't want to wear his ring. I know quite a few couples that, for job or other reasons, don't wear their rings all the time. It doesn't change the fact that they love each other and are committed.

That said, I took his name because I wasn't going to keep mine anyhow (step-father's name and we didn't get along well at all). It was either that, or change back to my birth name and it was just as easy to take his.

I have a friend that, when he got married, she took his last name and he took hers. Now THAT was original! :-)

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Originally Posted by marmie

Hmmmm! Very interesting . . . If I'd have only known before I changed it.

Just kidding! I love having your last name.

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Ruh-roh! Looks like Raul's in trouble! Teehee! :D

.....for those women who did not (or will not) take the name of their husband....

....what name did you give you children? Why?

Just wondering.