tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post578036076856456537..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: What should you do with your last names when you get married?John Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-17857109078732464142009-08-10T16:59:08.537-04:002009-08-10T16:59:08.537-04:00Do the old WASP thing- turn a maiden name into a f...Do the old WASP thing- turn a maiden name into a first name, like Gore Vidal or Humphrey Bogart.Jeff with one 'f'https://www.blogger.com/profile/05744612696537883583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-69293151059377062052009-08-09T11:51:16.810-04:002009-08-09T11:51:16.810-04:00My wife and I both hyphenated our names when we go...My wife and I both hyphenated our names when we got married. The children we will presumably one day have will get both our names.<br /><br />I take a fair amount of grief for my decision to append my wife's name to my own. Men my own age act as if I'd agreed to be castrated. Older people are flabbergasted.<br /><br />If our children followed our lead, their names would get longer with every successive generation, but they will make their own choices as to what to do in the last name department.becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311925808138360279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-81672226183657694602009-08-06T20:06:05.583-04:002009-08-06T20:06:05.583-04:00Interesting perspective. My parents did the same ...Interesting perspective. My parents did the same thing as yours and I hated it when I was younger. My friends all had these cute first name middle names and I was strapped with a Japanese last name middle name that I shared with my brother. I think I felt like that subtracted from <i>my</i> identity some.<br /><br />As I've gotten older, I appreciate the tie to my mother's family. And I like still having a blood family name in the mix since I haven't had my original last name in a long time.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824506338738265111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-46006481257263646192009-08-05T15:56:41.467-04:002009-08-05T15:56:41.467-04:00Get rid of both last names and invent a new one fo...Get rid of both last names and invent a new one for yourselves.Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.com