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8. My last name is incredibly common and dull, and hers quite a bit more unique.

Mon Mar 18, 2013, 09:35 PM

Mar 2013

And she was well-known professionally.

So, no name change.

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What do you folks think about the name change question? [View all] Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 OP

Needless to say, my SO did not take my last name. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #1

Just to think, if I had married Elizabeth Warren, I could be Warren Warren. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #2

My wife took my first name. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #6

I didn't really have an opinion mokawanis Mar 2013 #3

My feeling is if the woman has a professional career.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2013 #4

I really did not mind if my wife kept hers Inkfreak Mar 2013 #5

My wife didn`t "take" my name. At least not "officially". opiate69 Mar 2013 #7

There was never a question that my wife was taking my name. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #9

My wife didn't take my name. Never asked or wanted her to. nt Bonobo Mar 2013 #10

Should be up to the individual, imo. Dash87 Mar 2013 #11

Hello Mr. Johnson-White-Smith-Green-Corneliius-Allen The Third Dash87 Mar 2013 #13

Hell, I changed my name to my mothers family name Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2013 #14

I'm against marriage in general Major Nikon Mar 2013 #15