some ppl will do anything for attention and 15 minutes of fame? i mean isnt it honoring enough just marrying the *****. what a flippin lameass
2007-01-13 12:02:10 · 10 answers · asked by rockstar_livin 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
i'm still confused as to why that guy has to sue. if he wants his wife's last name, then why was he granted the change? personally, i went with tradition and took my husband's last name. his first name would sound weird with my last name. and i like his last name. it's not common. to each his own.
2007-01-13 12:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by Bella 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you are a traditionalist type of guy. Some guys think it's tradition that the man is the boss of the family, too. That is lame. Husbands and wives should be in it together as a team. They should share housework and divide the work for income, too. In this modern age, they can take any name they want for their family. I agree it's easier for the whole family to have the same name, too. Traditionally women took their husband's names, but some names are so awful women don't want that name. If the husband and wife agree, why not take her name or any other name for their family? By the way, this is not the first guy to do this, by far. There are many men out their with their wive's names. You just aren't aware of it.
2007-01-13 20:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by Wiser1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only tradition that the custom remains. In general, it is purely cosmetic. There used to be reasons for a woman taking her husband's last name - from religious tenets to inheritance laws to legitimacy of children. Even today, you will more often be asked for a marriage certificate if you and your husband use different names.
Nowadays, couples seem to want to take the name that is more convenient for them, whether to get rid of an "ugly" name or a hard-to-pronounce name or a foreign name or to retain a famous name.
Career women who choose to go with tradition often continue to use their maiden names in their careers for continuity of identification. This practice hides from the public and/or their clients the fact of a marriage or divorce (i.e., a relationship counsellor who has been divorced 3 times).
That some jurisdictions still have laws on the books forbidding a husband from taking his wife's surname instead of vice-versa is simply archaic.
2007-01-13 20:31:20 · answer #3 · answered by HoneySuite 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not, if your wife has an attractive-sounding surname? There's nothing wrong with shaking things up a bit once in a while.
If I was marrying a guy with a last name like Butz, Kuntz or Fuchs (Yup, real surnames) I'd make damn sure he was taking my last name!
2007-01-13 20:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wanted my husband to take my last name and he wouldnt for the life of him. I guess i thought mine sounded better than his and it wouldve made me feel more in control ya know/ but ya suing over it is a little Crrazzy.
2007-01-13 20:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by dork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was wondering when this was going to make it over to yahoo answers...and i believe that the woman should take the mans last name...i mean what if they had children .. wouldn't they be confuse if dad had mommy name but they had daddy name
2007-01-13 20:20:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't understand why that should be a problem... why can't people have it whatever they want since its just the last name...
2007-01-13 20:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by jessica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your post, I can just tell that the women are just swarmming all over you.
2007-01-13 20:07:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
why the hell would you want your husband's name?
2007-01-13 20:45:09 · answer #9 · answered by moniquebell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much to this one
2007-01-13 20:08:09 · answer #10 · answered by zen522 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋