Wait--is women dropping their middle name what usually happens if you keep your last name
and
take his?
How odd, if so. I mean...I guess it's one of those things that's normal if you knew the whole time but looks strange in isolation when you're 38.
I just figured you'd have the same first and middle names, and just more surnames. Then again, my mother is named Norma Delores Delrio MaidenName MarriedName. Losing names is not in our family tradition unless you're running away from it. Just ask Wentworth Harry Hugent Sylvester Constantine George Augustus St Elmer Mundle.
Isn't it? If not maybe that explains why they were so upset. Hee.
I am now finding that hyphenating is considered outre or weird most of the time.
It's a bitch to fit onto a personnel label. Consequently, I hate hyphenated names, and tend to mutter "I don't care about your
love
and
commitment!
Choose something shorter!"
But that's only when I'm making labels. Sometimes I do push for hiring Koreans though, simply on the basis of short surnames.
I didn't drop my middle name, I'm still legally FirstName MiddleName Last-LastName, but I don't include it in my signature.
What happens when two people who already have their parents' hyphenated names get married and want to combine names?
I like the idea of hyphenated or two last names in general, but I'd have to marry someone with a last name somewhere around three letters in order to make a name hyphenated with mine not be ridiculously long.
That's why ours works, Hil. My name is one syllable. It combines well.
not enough nick names was one of the reasons I didn't like my name. Brian... Bri... that's it. My brother had a TON. Richard. Richie. Rich. Dick. Ricardo. Helen. (that was his nick name in HS... more because of our last name, and there was 2 other Richards in his class).
