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QuoteOK, this is my observation having lived in Arkansas during the Clinton reign. Don't you think it odd that the wife of a new governor would not take his last name?Quote
What does that have to do with anything?
At the time she was the high earner in the family with an established career under her name. So it would seem more odd to me to switch.
I wouldn't be changing my name in a marriage and have no expectations of the same from the other person. But if it comes to that happening and kids, not sure what the plan is. I'll worry about it then.
A couple married goofs at my daughter's preschool gave their hyphenated last name to their kids. So if the kids adopt the same practice, after a couple more generations they'll have half a dozen last names all hyphenated together.
Needless to say they were a couple hair-shirt liberals and taking the hyphenated last name thing to that next level was just one more way for them to demonstrate that they were oh so sensitive to all the most important issue of the day.
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QuoteI wouldn't be changing my name in a marriage and have no expectations of the same from the other person. But if it comes to that happening and kids, not sure what the plan is. I'll worry about it then.
Our agreement is that if we have a boy, he gets Rich's last name. And if we have a girl, she gets my last name. I know that's sort of weird, but it's the best solution I could think of.
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One of my college professors & her husband decided to take the letters of their last names & make up a new last name altogether to give their child.
I would think it'd just be easier for a husband, wife & child to all have the same last name, but that's just my crazy thinking. I can be so nutty sometimes.
I would think it'd just be easier for a husband, wife & child to all have the same last name, but that's just my crazy thinking. I can be so nutty sometimes.
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QuoteMr. Obama, born in Honolulu where his parents met, mentions but does not expand on his Muslim background, alluding only to his attendance at a "predominantly Muslim school."
I could care less what his parents named him. But I'd bet the farm that being exposed to a Muslim school and environment affected him in some way.
Didn't all of our upbringing affect each of us????
Thanks for the ignorant jab. nice.
Sure - I went to schools where we had prayer, hymns and bible readings every morning, and "Divinity" lessons twice a week until age 18. It made me a far more effective atheist since I know more about the Bible than the majority of Christians
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I was raised in southern churches with my grandmother. It's amazing what the effect of seeing someone flopping on the floor like a fish out of water babbling in "tongue" while a preacher is asking for money has on a young child.
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QuoteI would think it'd just be easier for a husband, wife & child to all have the same last name, but that's just my crazy thinking.
Yes, it would make some things easier, but there seems to be no logical conclusion as to which partner should change their name. And some things are made more difficult when people change their names, such as trying to locate an old friend who may have changed her name when she got married.
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QuoteI was raised in southern churches with my grandmother. It's amazing what the effect of seeing someone flopping on the floor like a fish out of water babbling in "tongue" while a preacher is asking for money has on a young child
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Quotebut there seems to be no logical conclusion as to which partner should change their name.
Actually there is, but it's SO outdated.
QuoteAnd some things are made more difficult when people change their names, such as trying to locate an old friend who may have changed her name when she got married.
Well, I suppose if you like want to be found way easier & stuff. Saves those who haven't talked to you in years from doing any leg work. Sweet!
Keep your last name. Change it to his or hers. Or make up a new one altogether and call yourselves the "Hullahoops". Whatever floats your boat.
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A couple married goofs at my daughter's preschool gave their hyphenated last name to their kids. So if the kids adopt the same practice, after a couple more generations they'll have half a dozen last names all hyphenated together.
I am not Hispanic, but this is my understanding of the naming convention.
Example: In Tampa, there was a man named Jose Martinez Y Bor. The "Y" is the Spanish "and" or hyphenation for a name.
They named a section of town for him that should have been called Bor City, but ended up called Ybor City because they didn't understand the convention.
The whole surname thing is only important in European cultures because of property rights. Some cultures trace their lineage through the mother (a lot easier and more accurate
). In some, the surname changes on every generation.
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QuoteQuotebut there seems to be no logical conclusion as to which partner should change their name.
Actually there is, but it's SO outdated.
What is the logical conclusion?
QuoteKeep your last name. Change it to his or hers. Or make up a new one altogether and call yourselves the "Hullahoops". Whatever floats your boat.
Yep... I'm just glad that I live in a time and place where I am free to choose whether to keep my name or change it. Hmm... and now that I think about it, The Artist Formerly Known as Keely might be a cool new name.
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I wouldn't be changing my name in a marriage and have no expectations of the same from the other person. But if it comes to that happening and kids, not sure what the plan is. I'll worry about it then.
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I wouldn't be changing my name in a marriage and have no expectations of the same from the other person. But if it comes to that happening and kids, not sure what the plan is. I'll worry about it then.
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Who's last name do you have?QuoteOur agreement is that if we have a boy, he gets Rich's last name. And if we have a girl, she gets my last name. I know that's sort of weird, but it's the best solution I could think of.
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QuoteWho's last name do you have?
I have my father's last name, the name I've had since birth. I think my family has always followed the "wife and children take husband's last name" thing, up until I came along.
Yes. I was sent to Sunday School for years and church on Sundays and all that. By the time I was about 10 I knew it was totally bogus and was just going thru the motions to avoid the arguements and lectures. They made me go a couple more years and at age 12 said I could decide for myself; which of course I had already done years before.
So I was definitely affected, but not how you might think. I came away with total distrust for all those that tried to cram fairy tales and other nonsense down my throat. Not all attempts at brainwashing work; even on kids.
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