Example, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith

I hate this for the obvious reasons but it’s especially annoying to me because my wife didn’t take my surname!

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Name changing upon getting married was made illegal in 1981 around here, my girlfriend gets pissed when people make the mistake and use my family name to refer to her!

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      51 minutes ago

      What a weird way to take away people’s freedoms.

      I didn’t even really want my wife to take my last name, but she insisted because she’s estranged from her parents.

      I can’t imagine a bureaucrat telling her she can’t change her name because they know better than she does.

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        48 minutes ago

        Yeah I don’t think women see it as a freedom issue as much as feeling obligated to change their name does.

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          44 minutes ago

          I told her I didn’t think she should change her name. She told me she really wanted to.

          You should have the right to tell her no?