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When my wife and I were married we each kept our own names... no hyphenates, no new names. It really never occurred to me that she would change her name and when it came up in a conversation with one of our parents my only answer was that I really didn't care what name she wanted.
The issue is almost a non-issue.
When it became an issue for some was when we had our son and we gave him her last name rather than mine. It always seems to confuse people. My decision to do this was in part the desire to not give him my father's last name... but mostly it was that I just didn't care one way or the other.
It's just a name and it doesn't make him any less my flesh and blood.
Interestingly, my son, who already has a long name has chosen to tell people that his last name is a hypenate of our two last names. He doesn't like not having my last name...
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