Comments on: Marriage and Last Names https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-22172 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:51:07 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-22172 My dad wanted to name my brothers (each of them) Elvis (well he tried, each time to get one of them named Elvis).

]]> By: mike https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-22166 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:05:36 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-22166 rick– ever see the movie Big Daddy? He lets the kid he “adopts” choose his own name… Frankenstein. Awesome!

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-22164 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-22164 …or just have them pick their own names when they get older. :P

“Hello, these are my kids Barney and Princess Fiona”

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-22152 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:46:40 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-22152 “What about the kids– whose surname should they take if their parents have different surnames?”

Generally they take the father’s name (my nephews have their father’s last name) but sometimes a combination of parents’ names is what they use.

]]> By: mike https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-22121 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:36:12 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-22121 What about the kids– whose surname should they take if their parents have different surnames? ;)

In Korea, the wife does not take on the husband’s surname, but the children do take on their father’s surname.

Could get confusing if each of the kids chose a different parent’s surname as their own… maybe not too bad. We just wouldn’t have the convenience of calling them the “Kim” family or the “Oh” family :)

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-21911 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:54:21 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-21911 oh that’s good, thank you!

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-21908 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:14:35 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-21908 I forgive you.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-21907 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:12:07 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-21907 well then I misread. sorry :)

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-21906 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:06:17 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-21906 The question was never just about women taking men’s names. It was just about surnames in general with the different options listed in the poll.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/comment-page-1/#comment-21904 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:02:36 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2007/02/12/marriage-and-last-names/#comment-21904 no…oh sorry, I thought it was still the original question about a woman taking her husband’s surname. But I think it is equal for both. I have a friend who took her husband’s name and he took hers. They joined them.

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