Hyphenated last names

[cheerfulgreek]

Her last name is Johnson. I told her that if he doesn't want to go through with it, to only date guys with Johnson as their last name. That shouldn't be too hard to do.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Her last name is Johnson. I told her that if he doesn't want to go through with it, to only date guys with Johnson as their last name. That shouldn't be too hard to do.

I want to announce that there are a couple of jokes that came to mind when reading this. I shall behave.

[sceniczip]

I want to keep my last name. I'm the last person in my family to have it so it's something special to me. Plus BF's last name is Duncan. How boring Mine's French and I love it Plus I won't have students calling me by my mother-in-law's name lol. Neither of us want kids but if we did I'm sure we could work something out. Honestly, I think his family will care but he doesn't.

[preciousjeni]

I'm legally hyphenated, but socially Mrs. husband's lastname. Our children, should we have any, will take his last name.

I knew I was going into Christian ministry, so I did it as a challenge to the traditional interpretation of the Haustafeln.

[amanda6035]

I guess I'm old fashioned. I took my husbands name, but dropped my middle name to keep my maiden name as my middle name.

I'm surprised to hear how many people on here are discussing hyphenated names as if it's normal...the only people I ever knew with hyphenated names were professors in college and 1 doctor. Other than 2 or 3 of them, I've never met anyone who messed with having a hyphenated name .

[WaterChild]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Her last name is Johnson. I told her that if he doesn't want to go through with it, to only date guys with Johnson as their last name. That shouldn't be too hard to do.

I have a friend whose fiance has the same last name as she does. It's not a common name though.