2006-07-06 22:50:14 · 14 answers · asked by fmmchard 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
yes.
2006-07-06 22:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should do whatever they both agree on. If they both feel that it's important for them to have the same last name, but they both also want to keep their own name, I suppose they could flip a coin to see who is going to make the change.
Is it really that much of a liability for children to have a last name different from one of the parents? Surely we're all used to step families and second marriages?
It certainly makes life simpler for a person to have the same last name on birth certificate, college transcripts, professional licenses, medical records, and so on.
2006-07-07 07:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't. I'm still Stacy R. not Mrs. D or anything. I kept my name because I was told it was better for a woman to do that so she can establish her own credit line and things because if the husband dies, everything goes because it was between the two of you not just you. The wife gets absorbed by the husband and vise versa. So I just kept my name.
2006-07-07 05:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by Stacy R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I waited until we had been married for 5 years before I did. And then I only did for my kids. Actually I did for them and because my maiden name is German with 10 letters. His is 7 letters and English. So yeah it is easier. Been married 10 years now.
2006-07-07 06:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by Carrie C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the situation.
I am a single mother, and my child carries my maiden name. I am a professional with advances degrees and professional licenses which bear my maiden name.
When I get married, I will keep my maiden name.
2006-07-07 05:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by fifi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally would prefer to hyphenate last names.
If Stacie Miller married Robert Combes, they would be Stacie & Robert Miller-Combes. (I prefer Female-Male to Male-Female last names [but this isn't MANDATORY])
This would make it EASIER for future family members to trace family histories by their last names.
Later if their offspring Lucy Miller-Combes wanted to marry a Todd Buckmire-Murphy, They would become Lucy & Todd Combes-Murphy.
(This way you wouldn't TOTALLY lose the FEMALE lineage of a person and STILL find it via the MALE lineage!)
2006-07-07 06:03:31 · answer #6 · answered by dustytymes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's less relevant about the bride, and more who's name the kids take...
2006-07-07 05:53:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What, did we cross some invisible custom boundary?
If both parents have the same name, it makes it immeasurably easier on the kids.
2006-07-07 05:53:08 · answer #8 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they bride feels like doing so I think it is okay, but she should not feel like she has to do so.
2006-07-07 05:56:17 · answer #9 · answered by Iridesci 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not have both surnames, incorporate both names, its symolic I think of a union
2006-07-07 05:59:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its their wish... personally think its pretty romantic changing ur surname to ur guy's surname.
2006-07-07 05:53:20 · answer #11 · answered by tobeornottobe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋