What do you folks think about the name change question? [View all]

On the topic of marriage, etc. Particularly as it applies to hetero marriage, although the question could come up in LGBT marriage as well.

My wife did not take my last name. (horrors!) She had a pretty established career before we married, and I was always like "meh. your call".

The kids took my last name. She suggested it.

I kept my name. Occasionally she will say "hey what if I changed my name to yours" and I'm always like "meh. your call".

Every once in a while I'll be, like, "I could take your name, and be Mr. ************" and she goes "meh. I don't like it that much"

And since we are both, fundamentally, creatures of inertia, the situation stays the same, and no one really seems to care.

The idea of combining the names is even worse.

Look, "DeMontague" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and neither does "Lollobrigida". Just try putting them together.