groom taking brides last name

[dragokatzov]

I have thought about this a lot. And when I get married, I would be willing to take my brides last name instead of her taking mine. if she wanted to take my name. i'd be ok with that too. what are your thoughts?

 

[hijklmnop]

Do whatever makes the two of you the happiest!

 

[Mayzoo]

In some cultures the man taking the woman's name is tradition. In other cultures it is common for the woman to take the man's name and in others still they both keep their names. Since you are open to either outcome, you should have an easy time deciding with your bride to be which route to go.

 

[Beauty4Ashes]

lol, in our case my husband and i had the same last name minus one letter. So I just dropped one letter and took his name. Best part was my signature didn't really require much revising at all which is great because I love my signature.

 

[FaithPrevails]

My cousin and her husband both hyphenate their last name to include her maiden name. I had never seen that and think it's an interesting compromise.

My husband says whoever marries our daughter is going to have to take our last name.

I took my husband's name, but I think couples have to do what works for them.

 

[iambren]

My take is the sky won't fall whatever you do. We DO live in a community and while it might be cool to be unconventional people but, in society folks operate with customs held for long time. Could mislead some.

I don't like the hyphen at all! First generation ok but what do you do the next generation? Would they sign their checks eg Charles X-Y-Z-A ? Makes for long name; SOMEBODY has to drop out.

 

[FaithPrevails]

lol Good point, iambren!

I kept my maiden name as my middle name and dropped my middle name.

 

[Luther073082]

lol Good point, iambren!

I kept my maiden name as my middle name and dropped my middle name.

This is what my wife did.

As far as your situation I would say in most situations is probably better to take the guy's last name. But if for some reason it is better to maintain her last name then I have no problem with taking hers.

 

[Speculative]

It's perfectly okay to do that. Since I've been pretty much disowned by my own family, I've thought about changing our last names legally to my wife's last name, but I'm basically just too lazy to do that and it's not that big of a deal. However, if I went back in time to when we were married--knowing then what I do now--I would have seriously considered taking my wife's last name, too.

 

[dragokatzov]

You guys are way too agreeable! haha but thats good! interesting to read all your responses, and glad to see there is another guy out there who would take his wife's last name!

 

[ShaolinWarrior27]

That's a cool idea. Like a lot of people have said, do whatever makes you guys happy. if and when I get married, I'll probably take my husband's name but keep my mainden name professionally. I like people who think out of the box.