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NFS4

No Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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First part of the article...

The newlyweds knew it would be surprising, but they never expected it to go quite so badly.

As Donna and Mike entered their wedding reception, an unwitting announcer told the expectant crowd, "Ladies and gentleman, put your hands together for the new Mr. and Mrs. Salinger!"

Some guests clapped, some chuckled at what they presumed was a joke and most looked at one another in confusion. The couple spent the entire reception and some of their honeymoon explaining to people what they had done.

The groom, you see, had started his day as Mike Davis and ended it by doing something precious few of his brothers-in-arms do: He took his wife's last name instead of her taking his.

"Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought it would have caused as much of a stir as it did," says Mike Salinger, 27, of Seattle, who was married in November. "We knew people might be surprised, but we figured they'd say 'Huh' and get on with it.

"Three months later, I'm still taking (flak) from one of my college roommates."
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/n...0-names-marriage_N.htm
 
Kadarin

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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Um, I would never, ever do that. Ever. The wedding isn't even over yet and she's already got his balls in a vice.

Edit: OP 2 below. Yay FuseTalk!
 
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Mojoed

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Jul 20, 2004
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Well that's something I'd never, ever do. :confused:

It's his life and his decision I guess. If he's happy, that's all that matters.
 
silverpig

silverpig

Lifer
Jul 29, 2001
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It's no big deal. I considered doing it, but my wife took my name so it was a moot point.

In the province of Quebec women are legally forbidden from changing their surname to that of their husband. Even if she tried to do it years later through a legal name change, it would be blocked. She could change it to anything else, just not her husband's name.

Now, this means that a nuclear family in Quebec won't have a single last name. One way around this is for the husband to change his name (apparently it's quite legal to do that).
 
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thecrecarc

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Aug 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: silverpig
In the province of Quebec women are legally forbidden from changing their surname to that of their husband. Even if she tried to do it years later through a legal name change, it would be blocked. She could change it to anything else, just not her husband's name.
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Why, and what is the point of this law?

 
vi edit

vi edit

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Oct 28, 1999
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More than ever women are also attaining professional degrees/designations that are both a pain in the butt to change as well as threat to their professional identitiy.

That's more of an argument of for "no change" rather than make the man change, but it's something that my wife and considered when planning our wedding. We actually moved it in front of her pharmacist licensing so she didn't have to reapply again for a new last name on them.

If you are an MD and have an even more known presence with your last name changing it is a pain at best once you have to go through the forms, paperworks, hospital systems, ect. At worst if you lose your professional identity if you are used to being called Dr. XXXX and are now Dr. YYYYY.
 
0roo0roo

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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no balls at all.
now if the woman gives him the engagement ring then at least u can pretend its a fair deal.

still... no balls.
 
mugs

mugs

Lifer
Apr 29, 2003
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As much as I like my last name, it has always been frustrating because no one ever spells it or pronounces it correctly. It's also a Spanish name, which is not an asset in this country. It'd probably be easier for me if I took my wife's name... but I don't want to.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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I'd never change my last name. I'd be cool with my wife keeping hers though.
 
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holden j caufield

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as you can tell from my handle I'd take the last name Salinger in a heart beat. It's the only name I'd take. My friend's name is hyphenated her last name is first.
 
clamum

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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It's not common, by any means, but who gives a fuck? I can't believe someone would even give a second's thought to ridicule these people.
 
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