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Warren DeMontague

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12. I would agree with that, to the point that it seems so obvious I didn't expressly say it

Reply to Dash87 (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 10:06 AM

Mar 2013

the only vague pressure I might imagine would be the pressure not to hyphenate together two very long names, which begs the question as to what could happen when two people with long hyphenated names marry each other...

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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

My last name is incredibly common and dull, and hers quite a bit more unique. kwassa Mar 2013 #8

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

I would agree with that, to the point that it seems so obvious I didn't expressly say it Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #12

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