And how come women have to change their last name to their newly wed husband%26#039;s last name? Is it like in the olden days when they believed that men owned their women and women were just considered their property? I know some wedded couples who didn%26#039;t change any of their names, but their children%26#039;s last name still falls under the father. It takes two to tango, so why not have the child take the mother%26#039;s name? What%26#039;s with all this name changing business anyway?|||Do it, that%26#039;s hot.|||I agree. It%26#039;s bullshit. Men are considered superior to women and until women wake up and demand respect it%26#039;s always going to be like that. Notice also when women get married they go from Miss So-and-so to Mrs. So-and-so almost like the world needs to know they are taken. Men don%26#039;t change from Mr. after they get married. Wtf?|||Very interesting point, I plan on having my husband change his last name to mine. If he loves me enough to marry me, he%26#039;d do that for me.|||i wish i knew. I tried to name my daughter after my maiden name and they said since we were married and i was going by his last name that my daughter would have to also. I really wanted at least one of my kids to carry on my last name but i guess not.|||Changing names is old fashioned. Double barrel your names as compromise.|||Sounds like you don%26#039;t like your fiances last name, make sure you tell him. Lol. This all originates from the Bible when God called their (Adam and Eve%26#039;s) name Adam. If you don%26#039;t want to change your last name, then don%26#039;t. But if you want a man to follow you, God didn%26#039;t intend for a marriage to function like that and at the end you will dispise your husband for not having a backbone!|||I don%26#039;t plan on changing my last name, it takes too much work, changing licenses and things like that, but if I did I would keep mine and hyphen it with my husband%26#039;s...I do plan on if I ever have a child for him or her to have both of our last names, because we both helped make the child.
But it%26#039;s really up to whatever you feel comfortable with. Some people like following traditions and others don%26#039;t really find it that important. I would never just drop my last name, even though I don%26#039;t really like it, it%26#039;s apart of who I am, I don%26#039;t feel I have to drop part of my identity just because I%26#039;m getting married.
