[agere_contra]

It seems from the article that he named himself as a sign of respect to her Father, and something of a rejection of his own.

This isn’t emasculation.

[L98Fiero]

"It seems from the article that he named himself as a sign of respect to her Father, and something of a rejection of his own."

Uh-huh. Whatever helps him sleep at night.

"She asked me to take her name and I thought it would be very simple."

"This isn’t emasculation."

Yeah, whatever.

[Chicos_Bail_Bonds]

Exactly.

People are way over reacting here on this. In essence, he changed his name, something many men and women do all the damn time.

This is no big deal.

[ravingnutter]

t seems from the article that he named himself as a sign of respect to her Father, and something of a rejection of his own.This isn’t emasculation.

Thank you for injecting some sense into this. My husband has a nephew that refuses to use his dad's name and instead took his mother's maiden name because his PoS dad molested him and his sister while they were young. His dad is dead now, he was such a basket case and serial abuser that no one wanted to be around him, and he finally shot himself in head. I'd never say this in front of hubby...who, bless his tender heart, loved his brother in spite of all his faults and tried to help him recover many times...but I personally said good riddance. There are all kinds of good reasons to reject a lousy dad and therefore his name. It doesn't mean the man is emasculated.