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Originally Posted by lurkette
I'm wondering what people's opinions and experiences are on this issue.
So what's you're opinion? If you're married, what were the considerations that went into whether to keep or change names? If you're not, what are your thoughts about how you might eventually handle this?
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When my wife and I got married, we asked what other people thought. Not many people had strong feelings about it. I felt then and today that last names are disappearing just as fast as languages and cultures. So Jen and I traded last names so that neither one of our last names would stop existing. That said, if my last name was Smith, I might consider taking her last name as mine would be pretty common.
When we went to the drivers license DMV, we changed our names and the 60 year old guy that worked there said that about 25 years ago, he did the same thing for another married couple. So it is not that common to do, but no one has ever told us it was stupid or foolish to trade last names. Most people say it is great or cool to have done it.
Some last names work really well hyphenated. Smith-Brown is not clunky and Love-Hewitt is fine. In Jay Leno's Tonight Show comedy skits, there are lots of funny hyphenated last names.
Jonathan