Bentley Little, I completely agree regarding hyphenated names and such. That is why I stated that the best solution is a tradition in which a new name is chosen by the couple, representative of their new life and union together. It's poetic, it's romantic, it lacks sexism, and it avoids naming conundrums. It is easily the best solution to the last name situation as far as I see it. The only problem is how reluctant people are to change. I'd be thoroughly shocked if something so reasonably logical actually caught on and became popular
