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    • RachelE293
      CommentAuthorRachelE293
     
    I'm hoping that someone can give me some advice about this- Though I really like my H2B's surname, I also really dislike the natural assumption that we'll take it rather than mine. We both want to have the same name, so I thought double-barrelling, but he isn't too sure about this, which I suppose is because he hasn't grown up with the idea of changing his name at marriage as I've had to. He's keen on making things even and fair, but his best friend has very traditional views in this way and I think he's afraid of being chastised for it. I'm not going to try to make him do it if he doesn't want to, so long as he's given it a fair thought. However, I think the main thing putting him off barrelling is the potential backlash. Anyone else dealt with this and have any tips?
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    • LaurenD45
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    I'm not changing my name when we marry, it's not important to us. If we have children I will think about changing it then. There is no rush.
    Your H2B could take your surname as a middle name and you could have your surnam as a middle name, to make things more fair.

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    • InDreamland
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    I know posh and very successful people who have double barrelled their two surnames and both husband and wife took it on so they and their kids all have the same name. So it is done, just not necessarily very common at the moment.

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    • Mrs T Hurley!
      CommentAuthorMrs T Hurley!
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    If you g00gl3 about husbands taking their wife's surname, it's a very popular trend now.

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    • NicoleW665
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    my H2B told me without a doubt he would never change his name and that I have to change mine as it's tradition, as you can imagine that rubbed me up the wrong way and I was quite furious, nothing else about the marriage is exactly traditional! His name is Morgan and mine is Wilson, he will be keeping his name and I will be double barelling as morgan-wilson and keeping my name as well x

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    • StephanieM158
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    I think whenever blokes do anything remotely sensitive their mates will have a dig, if its something you both want then go for it the jibes will wear off when they find something new to talk about.

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