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My parents' last name is Kidder. Except for a half brother whom I've seen like four times in my life, my dad had all sisters. This meant my extended family didn't share my last name, so my only associations with it were getting mocked in high school and hearing "ya kidding me Kidder?" jokes. My parents have four kids. I have two older brothers and a younger sister, and one of my older brothers has two sons.

My wife's dad had three brothers. One is gay, but the others have several kids, so she associates Fitzgerald with her identity. She also only has one sibling, her older sister.

For us, this solution made the most sense. I took my wife's name, and we're both happy with that. I understand that plenty of other people choose to use the husband's name, hyphenate, not change names, or some even combine to make a portmanteau of both names. Whatever works for people.

Krazy_Kirby posted...

the husband shouldn't take the wife's last name

I'll be sure to take that into... Oh wait, I don't care.