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a couple of my friends are currently arguing about whose last name to give their baby.

Posted by mafic Jan 6 '09, 09:21

him: "I want mine!"
her: "you have two brothers that already have kids with that last name! I should get this one!"
him: "but... I'm the man!"

they won't hyphenate, 'cause the resulting name would be way too waspy.

Responses:

But, they should be able to embrace their WASP-y roots! -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 09:29
I think my main problem with using the mother's last name is that people will assume the man is not the real father - Guigue Jan 6, 09:29
I have friends who decided that male children would take his last name and female children would take her last name. -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 09:23 25
- I'd bet twenty years from now, the children hate them for doing that. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 09:26 19
  - I think in less than that, every September, they are going to hate themselves, when they have to keep explaining things to the School Staff. -- nm - landbeck Jan 6, 09:28 5
    - True. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 09:30
    - By the time they're 20 they'll be over it because they'll likely not have the same level of social connectedness. -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 09:29
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      - *wave* Hi, Eric Stratton, Rush chairman, darn glad to meet you. -- nm - landbeck Jan 6, 09:32 1
        
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  - that would be kind of weird to have siblings with a different last name -- nm - kare Jan 6, 09:27 4
    - happens all the time these days -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:28
    - plenty of kids already do though. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 09:28 2
      - They have siblings of the half- and step- variety with different last names. Inclusivity is great, but the deliberate confusion . . . confuses me. -- nm - landbeck Jan 6, 09:29
      - after i clicked post, i was very "duh." :) -- nm - kare Jan 6, 09:28
  - I'd be sick of explaining why I have a different name that my brothers. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 09:27 7
    - dave's son has his last name, his half brother doesn't. they live in the same house and of course are siblings. - Andie Jan 6, 09:30
    - "For the ten millionth time: because my parents are morons." -- nm - Don Homer Jan 6, 09:28 5
      - but why should names die out just because some families only have daughters? -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:31 4
        
        Because naming a child shouldn't be about the parent, it should be about the child. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 09:33 3
        
        then give it a name that's distinct and not from either parent -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:35 2
        
        Now try crossing the Mexican border and get stopped for abduction! -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 09:36
        
        Then you add even more confusion. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 09:35
- They're Icelandic? -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 09:26 1
  - works fine for them. - Andie Jan 6, 09:41
- interesting. I like this idea. -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:24 2
  - I'm the exact opposite -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 09:27 1
    - me too. barring multiple births or some kind of disaster scenarion I'm probably stopping at two, what if they're both the same sex? -- nm - mafic Jan 6, 09:31
I rule that the baby will have to be given up for adoption. -- nm - Judge Hdn Jan 6, 09:23 3
- I rule t hat the baby be divided in half. -- nm - Judge Solomon Jan 6, 09:23 2
  - Which half gets which last name? -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 09:26 1
    - bottom half. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 09:27
This is why the woman should take the man's name from the beginning. Less drama. -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 09:22 4
- or the man should take the woman's name. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 09:27
- that's assuming they are married -- nm - zork Jan 6, 09:24 1
  - they are in this case. -- nm - mafic Jan 6, 09:34
- Totally - HdnAgnda Jan 6, 09:24

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