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Marriage Surnames
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Marriage Surnames
What are everyone's views on marriage surnames, i.e. which person takes the other person's name when getting married, or do you double-barrel or even invent an entirely new surname for both people?

I ask because once all my immigration stuff goes through, I'm planning on changing my surname to my wife's maiden name, for no particular reason other than I happen to like her surname more than my own, and I'm always a fan of breaking with tradition when there's no real reason for the tradition.

My wife's female cousin just got married to her wife, and they decided to take the wife's name. I guess it works the same for men marrying men? Either way, it would be interesting to know what people think, whether you know people who did non-traditional things with their surnames after marrying.
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Marriage Surnames - by Tiberius - December 2, 2015 at 12:07 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 2, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by robvalue - December 2, 2015 at 12:12 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Kingpin - December 2, 2015 at 12:16 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Dystopia - December 2, 2015 at 12:19 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Kitty Galore - December 2, 2015 at 12:21 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by c172 - December 2, 2015 at 12:21 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by robvalue - December 2, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Tiberius - December 2, 2015 at 12:23 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 2, 2015 at 2:45 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Minimalist - December 2, 2015 at 12:24 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by vorlon13 - December 2, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Chad32 - December 2, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Marriage Surnames - by KUSA - December 2, 2015 at 1:35 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - December 3, 2015 at 3:50 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Aractus - December 3, 2015 at 4:11 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Mermaid - December 3, 2015 at 8:19 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Aractus - December 4, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Mermaid - December 4, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Longhorn - December 4, 2015 at 8:12 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Losty - December 4, 2015 at 9:01 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by vorlon13 - December 4, 2015 at 6:54 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by brewer - December 2, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Marriage Surnames - by KUSA - December 2, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by brewer - December 2, 2015 at 1:51 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Clueless Morgan - December 2, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 2, 2015 at 2:39 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Jackalope - December 2, 2015 at 6:23 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Clueless Morgan - December 2, 2015 at 1:53 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Napoléon - December 2, 2015 at 2:21 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by rexbeccarox - December 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 2, 2015 at 2:53 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by robvalue - December 2, 2015 at 4:55 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Longhorn - December 2, 2015 at 5:03 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 3, 2015 at 2:29 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Clueless Morgan - December 2, 2015 at 5:04 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by robvalue - December 2, 2015 at 5:23 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Tiberius - December 2, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by brewer - December 2, 2015 at 5:41 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Thumpalumpacus - December 2, 2015 at 6:04 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Joods - December 2, 2015 at 6:31 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Clueless Morgan - December 2, 2015 at 7:00 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Divinity - December 3, 2015 at 2:30 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by ErGingerbreadMandude - December 3, 2015 at 3:08 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Aractus - December 3, 2015 at 3:15 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by robvalue - December 3, 2015 at 3:58 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Kitty Galore - December 3, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Kingpin - December 3, 2015 at 5:58 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Crossless1 - December 3, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Kitty Galore - December 3, 2015 at 8:31 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 3, 2015 at 8:02 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by The Valkyrie - December 3, 2015 at 8:06 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 5:28 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 5:13 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Losty - December 4, 2015 at 5:35 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Aractus - December 4, 2015 at 5:56 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 6:29 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Aractus - December 4, 2015 at 7:51 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 8:06 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Longhorn - December 4, 2015 at 8:17 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 4, 2015 at 8:22 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by LastPoet - December 4, 2015 at 8:57 am
RE: Marriage Surnames - by John V - December 4, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 4, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 4, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Mermaid - December 4, 2015 at 7:19 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Whateverist - December 4, 2015 at 1:22 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 4, 2015 at 1:32 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by downbeatplumb - December 4, 2015 at 2:07 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by LastPoet - December 4, 2015 at 2:10 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by John V - December 4, 2015 at 3:55 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Longhorn - December 4, 2015 at 4:24 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Losty - December 4, 2015 at 4:28 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Divinity - December 4, 2015 at 4:36 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Jenny A - December 4, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Longhorn - December 4, 2015 at 4:29 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Ravenshire - December 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 5:37 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Edwardo Piet - December 4, 2015 at 5:40 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Regina - December 4, 2015 at 5:50 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by vorlon13 - December 4, 2015 at 6:25 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Edwardo Piet - December 4, 2015 at 6:30 pm
RE: Marriage Surnames - by Alex K - December 4, 2015 at 6:39 pm

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