My wife wants to hyphenate her name without my consent?

Question

so that our un-born child now will have her hyphenated name and not mine

Answer 1

Oh boo hoo! Stop being a whine baby. At least the child has your name.

Answer 2

Many cultures use hyphenated names. What's the big deal? A lot of business women will choose to hyphenate their name so people will recognize it's the same person and not someone they don't know. And if your child wants to use just one name when they are older, then it's their choice.

Answer 3

Slow down buddy! I'm assuming that her hyphenated name is a combination of her last name and your last name. Alot of women do this for professional reasons and because it also is a pain in the butt to change all kinds of documents. If this is the case, your child will have your name and hers because the child is not just yours, ok.

Answer 4

I agree with you, and I'm female, I think if you wife wishes to hyphenate her name, that's up to her, but I think that your unborn child, should just have one last name, just yours, and I don't even think your child should have your wife's last name as a middle name, just a regular name, having two last names is too confusing, and its a mouth full trying to say it, so in my opinion I don't think its fair to your child to do this, and I think that your wife should try to come to an agreement with you on this matter. good luck!

Answer 5

did you marry her for her name?? if she wants the child to have a hyphenated last name then i dont see a prob with it. if you do though then you are going to have a confront her about it. its all up to you on how you want to handle this situation. if this is really important to you then you need to really let her know that. try to come up with a solution. if you cant do that then you need to make a decision on the marriage. like i said though it all depends on how important the last name part is to you??

i personally wouldnt care.

Answer 6

Well, my uncle and his wife hyphenated their names when they got married. I can tell you that it caused them major major headaches. They ended up having drop her maiden name from their hyphenated name and just go along with my uncle's last name.

Answer 7

Isn't the idea of hyphenation to have BOTH surnames? Such as Jane Smith marrying Bob Jones would be Jane Smith-Jones?

Not clear on how you mean the potential child won't have your name.

Answer 8

Nothing wrong with keeping her maiden name to!! Your kids will have both names, that's kind of nice. You didn't ask her how she felt about only using just your name? These are things that should be discussed before you get married, get over it, it's no big deal.

Answer 9

Your wife has every right to hyphenate her name without your consent.

Your child will still get your last name whether your wife changes her name or not.

Take care,
Troy

Answer 10

(lol bbb, love your reply)

But really pal, why should she be any less proud of her family name than you are of yours? Wife = partner, not property. Now go put a For Sale sign in front of your cave and move into the 21st century.