Re: Another New Wedding Thing (To Me)

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

Blake Lively's father did that when he married Blake's mother. His last name is Brown and is why she uses the name Brown for her haircare line. Not sure why he made the decision to become Lively when they married years ago..

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deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

The minister at my church took his wife's last name when they married.

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

Taking on a different last name from the groom is a new one on me but I like the idea....for various reasons.

A co-worker's son had a Star Wars theme when he got married several years ago. I have no idea how far they went with it because I didn't attend the wedding and Star Wars isn't my thing so didn't ask about it either.

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Love my grandkids · ‎11-24-2013

@JeanLouiseFinch I've heard of it and actually worked with a man years ago who hated his weird last name and took his wife's. I thought it was way cool.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

It sounds like a fun wedding and I enjoy fun weddings. I haven't been to a theme wedding like that.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@wagirl wrote:
First off--what a fun wedding theme!! I am kind of a mild Star Wars geek myself and love that !! It's kind of nice to out of the box with weddings---and never heard of taking the brides last name--wonder if there is a story to it like the one mention here---

May the force be with you--

@wagirl - One of the favors the guests received was a collapsible toy lightsaber. It actually lights up too! Our grandkids should have some fun with ours.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

a friend of mine is greek.

her parents didnt like that she was marrying someone who was not greek and someone who was not of their faith.

her future husband had a german last name.

they were high school sweethearts.

he took greek language classes, he changed his religion, AND he changed his last name to a greek name (not hers, but one they chose together) so that their children would have greek names.

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Zoe · ‎06-10-2015

@geezerette wrote:
@Zoe wrote:
A co-worker, David, took his wife's name 25 years ago. His rationale: his wife had 2 sisters and no brothers. He did it as a gesture to his new FIL to carry on their family name since the FIL had no sons to carry on the name. A truly loving gesture. He also thought his wife's last name was unique, whereas his was more common.

His parents got over it, eventually...though when the grandkids arrived, his parents kept buying stock and bonds in the kids' names -- but with David's last name before he took his wife's name. It was a mess to correct all of that. By the oldest kid's 10th birthday, they finally gave all of that up and embraced their grandchildren's proper last name.

Taking a spouse's name isn't for me, but to each their own. Everyone should do what makes them feel most comfortable.

Didn't that often happen in "olden days" when there were no male relatives to carry on a (usually prominent) family name?

Can't speak to "olden days." This was a very young man at the time, probably about 25-28 years old in the late 1990s.