I'm happy to make her happy
But it's a bit old school and unfair, eh? The fact that as a woman, you go from being the daughter of Mr Smith to the wife of Mr Roberts. Very, very unfair.

And the kids are more mine than his, so they'll have my surname for sure!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 9 Sep 2010, 12:20, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

totally agree with this
I wouldn't change my name on marriage.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Well done!
As we're marrying in Spain it won't be even a question (in fact, they're asking him why he's got only 1 surname, not 2)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 9 Sep 2010, 12:38, Reply)

A colleague of mine took his wife's name when they married
because he's Danish and he has a very common surname they were encouraged by the authorities to help diversify the pool of surnames in Denmark a bit. It confuses things when most people in the country have one of about three surnames.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 12:30, Reply)