Yeah, I'm not changing my name.
I like my name. It's very me. Plus I've published under it and I intend to keep doing so. Catface thought he might take my surname but then decided he liked his name (whereas he has the same surname as my primary school teacher so I don't want his name). We thought about changing both our surnames to a new one. I quite fancied "Dr Danger", "the Danger family".
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:16, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

'Death', you want. 'Dr Death'.
Cooooool
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:21, Reply)

I have a mate
who took his wife's surname. Most people were shocked by this.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:24, Reply)

is that Dave Cuntflaps?
Him that married Jane Smith?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:25, Reply)

yeah, I can imagine their horror.
It really bugs me that the assumption is that I'll want to give up my perfectly good name and assume a new identity. (Of course, if Catface had a cool surname, I might.) Hyphenating our names just makes us sound like a consultancy firm, so I now get to inform people "no, we aren't changing our names", making sure they (that includes YOU, mother) know we both made that choice.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:35, Reply)

oh yes
I absolutely refuse to consider hyphenating.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 27 Nov 2009, 10:05, Reply)

my missus won't change hers
if we get married. Mostly cause she is Spanish, and they don't do that here, but also cause her name is the equivalent to my name as well.

The kids will be weirdly named though - father's then mother's surnames?! Ha.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 26 Nov 2009, 17:56, Reply)