what last name do you take?
2007-10-17 10:00:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
The hubby's last name..
2007-10-17 10:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has nothing to do with homosexuality. I know several married couples where the wife kept her own name, and several where she hyphenated. I don't know of any where the husband took the wife's name, but I do know one that gave it serious consideration.
Homosexuals can keep their own, or take either, or each can hyphenate with the other's, or if they really want to, make up something totally new just by petitioning the court for a legal name change.
2007-10-17 10:09:47 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Should just be a personal decision between you and your partner. Whichever the both of you are comfortable with.
Even heterosexuals don't have a certain basis to go by anymore. Some women decide not to take their husband's name & some decide on a hyphenated last name.
Maybe the both of you could change your name?
Jones-Smith
Smith-Jones
2007-10-17 10:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jordy ~ Mikey's Huckleberry 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just as in a heterosexual marriage, you don't actually have to change your last name if you don't want to. I suspect, in gay marriages, the partners will either not change their last names, or they will both change them to a hyphenated version of their two names.
It's possible that one of them could take the other's last name, but this is probably not as common as it is in heterosexual marriages, simply because there isn't a tradition of it (i.e.: traditionally, a woman would take a man's name; when it's two men or two women getting married, that tradition is absent).
2007-10-17 11:21:13 · answer #4 · answered by Adam S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't have to change their names. Or they could make a new name together. Or the one with the best social status keeps his/her name and the other takes their wife/husband's name. Or they could hyphenate.
If it had been me. If I were gay and getting married I would have taken my partners if their last name was shorter.
2007-10-17 10:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by Poppet 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would think it is the name you both agree on... I know some people do not want to change their names, or feelings may be hurt if they do not want to change theirs... maybe I'd change mind to whatever sounded better... or depends on who takes what role in the relationship... the more masculine or feminine.
2007-10-17 10:04:30 · answer #6 · answered by hapa.kolea 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hyphenate.
2007-10-17 10:45:58 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the states it's legal I think they mostly use both and just - it.
2007-10-17 10:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by Spring 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't legally get married. You can pretend, though.
2007-10-17 10:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by Student Doctor House 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Whichever one you want... Or keep your own. Same as heterosexual marriage.
2007-10-17 10:04:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋