[kappaloo]

I'm okay with women keeping their own last name.... Changing names is a really big hassle... hyphenating is a lot less paperwork - at least in Canada. (or so my mother tells me)

I don't know what I'll do. My name is very Italian, and my boyfriends is very Czech. It's sounds ... well... different when hyphenated. If I do hyphenate, my children will take my husbands last name, and not a hyphenated name.

I think he should take _my_ name though - it's easier to pronounce! :P

But the best option I think is to merge.