Florida man accused of fraud after taking wife's name

[Valmy]

Having to change your last name due to marriage seems kind of weird to me, and a bit of a sexist artifact.  My mother never changed hers, and my paternal grandmother stopped changing hers sometime before her fourth and last marriage.

I am pretty sure you do not have to.  It is just easy for the woman to do so if she wants to.

[merithyn]

I am pretty sure you do not have to.  It is just easy for the woman to do so if she wants to.

I didn't when Max and I got married, since we knew that he was going to change his name when he became a citizen.

(They wouldn't let us change our names to the new last name when we got married. The only option was me taking his name, something neither of us wanted.)

[The Larch]

Having to change your last name due to marriage seems kind of weird to me, and a bit of a sexist artifact.  My mother never changed hers, and my paternal grandmother stopped changing hers sometime before her fourth and last marriage.

What about men and women having different versions of the same surname? :p

[Josquius]

this thread disappoints. I was expecting some form of crazy transgender identity theft.

[Caliga]

Incidentally, nothing beats e-mails like this, we get occassionally in our office:

To: Entire office
From: Killer Kowalski

I would like to let you know that following my marriage, my name is now Killer Kowalski.

Regards,

Killer

I made your post awesomer.

[Caliga]

I had a friend adopt his wife's surname when I lived up in Massachusetts.  On the one hand, that's totally gay, but on the other, his name is now Robert Rogers.

[derspiess]

I am pretty sure you do not have to.  It is just easy for the woman to do so if she wants to.

I didn't when Max and I got married, since we knew that he was going to change his name when he became a citizen.

(They wouldn't let us change our names to the new last name when we got married. The only option was me taking his name, something neither of us wanted.)

I let my wife keep her last name for the time being but I think we're going to change it this year

[garbon]

You let her?

[PDH]

tee hee

[merithyn]

You let her?

You bit.

[garbon]

I did. I'm still even after all these years curious if this is just his male bravado or if his wife is actually a doll.

[merithyn]

I did. I'm still even after all these years curious if this is just his male bravado or if his wife is actually a doll.

I've decided that his wife let's him think that he's in charge because it feeds his ego, but secretly, you know she's pulling all the strings.

[derspiess]

You let her?

You bit.

Caught me a marlin!!!

No, I figured it would be one less thing to confuse the geniuses at INS/ICE.  Lord knows they don't need much.  We're finished with that crap now so I will reward her by allowing her to take my family name.

[garbon]

I did. I'm still even after all these years curious if this is just his male bravado or if his wife is actually a doll.

I've decided that his wife let's him think that he's in charge because it feeds his ego, but secretly, you know she's pulling all the strings.

That's fair.

[derspiess]

I did. I'm still even after all these years curious if this is just his male bravado or if his wife is actually a doll.

I've decided that his wife let's him think that he's in charge because it feeds his ego, but secretly, you know she's pulling all the strings.

That's fair.

Some women just don't like making tough decisions.  I happen to be married to one.