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Old 11-07-2005, 09:17 PM
Hamish McBagpipe Hamish McBagpipe is offline
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Heh, I think I heard this first on Stern. Everyone was getting good sounding porn star names then one of the interns was like Dougall Eisenstein, Morrie Yenkovich or something.
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Old 11-07-2005, 09:20 PM
imported_anacardo imported_anacardo is offline
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I'm still confused (seriously) regarding what happens when let's say Roger Casey-Jones marries Mary Everett-Lloyd and they have offspring named Heather and Cliff?

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Exactly. This is MADNESS.

Ladies, change your damned names. We all know it's a completely arbitrary social code, but it works, and nothing else does, so let's stick with what works.
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Old 11-07-2005, 11:35 PM
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Daddy, how come your name is Smith and Mommy's name is Smith

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i would be pretty surprised if i wound up marrying a woman who changed her name to mine. that makes naming the kids kind of tough - automatically giving the kiddies my name contradicts the whole hippy equality thing.

my plan is take my last name (schwab) and hers (say, johnson), and combine them to schwohnson for the whole family. it's gonna be awesome.

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I would suggest giving boys your name, and girls her's.
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Old 11-08-2005, 09:00 AM
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My wife basically dropped her middle name and used her last name as her middle name after taking my last name. First name, old last name, my last name.

Her last name was Hannah, so it works. It actually sounds better than what her parents originally named her.
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Old 11-08-2005, 09:22 AM
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Am I the only one who would want my children to keep my last name because I'm proud of it, proud of my ancestors, and proud of my heritage? My last name has history, an invented one wouldn't.
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Old 11-08-2005, 09:26 AM
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I went out with a girl for over a year, and we broke up over this (and maybe a couple other things). I wouldn't want any girl I married to take my last name, and that leaves a dilemma when naming children. I've always thought it made as much sense to give children a different last name as to change everyone's last name to match mine. I certainly wasn't planning on any sort of hippie bullshit names like moonbeam, but more likely a traditional family name.

Everyone who says this is stupid seems to just be having a knee-jerk reaction. Yes, it's a custom to do it a certain way, but I don't see much point to follow a custom unless it makes sense and has a purpose. Branding my wife and kids as my property doesn't seem particularly useful to me, so I'll just do my own thing (if I have kids).
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Old 11-08-2005, 11:08 AM
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Branding my wife and kids as my property doesn't seem particularly useful to me, so I'll just do my own thing (if I have kids).


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This is ridiculous. How about "branding" them as family.

Why do I even bother, jeeze.....
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Old 11-08-2005, 02:47 PM
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Am I the only one who would want my children to keep my last name because I'm proud of it, proud of my ancestors, and proud of my heritage? My last name has history, an invented one wouldn't.

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I totaly agree with you. Mainly because I'm the last in my family line with our last name. When I married my wife, I told her I didn't care if she changed her name, but our kids we getting my last name (no hyphenated crap). Luckily, my first child was a boy, so he can carry on the name.

Funny side story, my wife has this step sister. Her dad (the step) left the family when she was young so when she turned 18 she changed her name to her mother's maiden name. Then she grew up to be a lesbian and married another woman. Changed her name again to some weird last name on her new wife's side of the family. Divorced a year later and now has a new last name (I think she picked it at random this time). Four different last names in 15 years. Sheesh.
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