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Last name change

Abrowneyegirl — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:14:12 GMT

I was watching a game show this morning and the couple introduced told the story that when they got married they BOTH changed their last name to Love.

It made me smile

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Kachina624 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:26:08 GMT

Wonder if they'll later change it to "divorce"?

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candyagain — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:30:00 GMT

LOL kachina!

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Vivian — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:31:03 GMT

Sorry, but that seems silly to me. A hyphenated name might have worked, to keep the family’s heritage alive, but picking a name at random, even if it’s Love, seems foolish.

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x Hedge — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:41:09 GMT

@Abrowneyegirl wrote:
I was watching a game show this morning and the couple introduced told the story that when they got married they BOTH changed their last name to Love.

It made me smile

It made you smile, it makes me suspicious.

"Send your love donations to brother and sister Love..."

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:46:38 GMT

That's a nice reminder, when things get tough (as they will) of why they forged the commitment. Very easy to spell, too!

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halfpint1 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:49:50 GMT

There are actual people born with that name in my former home town.

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Pearlee — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:09:19 GMT

There is the landmark US Supreme Court case Loving vs Virginia that struck down state law prohibiting interracial marriages. For years I thought the ACLU (whose attorneys represented the plaintiffs ) chose that couple to represent because really, how could the Court rule against the LOVING couple. But no....Mrs. Loving wrote a letter to Attorney General Bobby Kennedy asking him to help since she and her husband had been jailed in Virginia for marrying, and Kennedy gave her letter to the ACLU telling them to help.

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sunshine45 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:13:40 GMT

@Vivian wrote:
Sorry, but that seems silly to me. A hyphenated name might have worked, to keep the family’s heritage alive, but picking a name at random, even if it’s Love, seems foolish.

a friend of mine got a divorce. she did not want to keep her married last name and she did not want to go back to her maiden name. she chose a name at random out of a telephone book and went with that.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:44:34 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Wonder if they'll later change it to "divorce"?

Or HATE

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Pook — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:44:48 GMT

Even though it's a bit crazy, it's better than the female changing her name which goes back to the days when the woman became the man's property after marriage.

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stevieb — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 17:29:05 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Wonder if they'll later change it to "divorce"?

All right now @Kachina624 you've gone and done it... You made me laugh out loud...

Each to their own, I guess, but some people really are so dim... Then again, I suppose 'Love' is only a little worse than hyphenating...

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Zaimee — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 17:33:38 GMT

I taught two students from a family with the last name of Love.

Sadly, no love there... they got divorced.

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Tinkerbell3 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 17:41:01 GMT

How silly

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Mz iMac — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 18:26:26 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Wonder if they'll later change it to "divorce"?

@Kachina624

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jeanlake — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:13:04 GMT

They probably got caught up in the cute-ness of it -- but sincerely, some people go through life not liking their names. A lady I worked with had her husband change his name to her last name. His last name is Pain and he never liked it. She had a great last name. Can't stand my first name. Go by the middle. Awful first name. Same with husband -- named after a dead relative with a really, crummy name. So - I kinda get it about changing names. Wish I would have dropped the first name when I was 21.

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Goldengate8361 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:44:25 GMT

I think both parties changing their name is an excellent idea. Universally taking the males name is sexist. Period.