[Michael.SF.]

I married my wife in '75, she kept her name, I kept mine. We were young, naïve and Democrats. Now we are older, wiser, Republicans, she still has her name and I still have mine.

Meanwhile we have had 39 wonderful years together.

[Ann Archy]

Nice story....now she needs to get it together.

[ronniesgal]

i have my husband’s name, but my maiden name sounds better with my 1st name.
My kid kept her name only because she hates the inlaws!

[Pearls Before Swine]

I married my wife in '75, she kept her name, I kept mine. We were young, naïve and Democrats. Now we are older, wiser, Republicans, she still has her name and I still have mine.

Back around that time, when it was pretty clear we would marry, my wife said to me, "Does it matter to you if I take your name?". To which, I replied, "Does it matter if we get married?".

I was mostly, but not completely, joking, but she took my name and changed her middle name to her maiden name.

[groveler]

I’m curious. My wife and I married in 1977. She took my last name. We have been married, mostly happily, for over 40 years. You say you were married in 1975 and both kept your names assigned at birth, but only had 39 wonderful years together. Did you have 3 miserable years? I’m just curious.

[JoeFromSidney]

I once fell in love with a woman who was a leader in her professional field. I had decided that if she were willing marry me, I'd agree to let her keep her last name for professional reasons. However, she broke up with me, so it never became an issue.

[Flaming Conservative]

My son and daughter in law are conservative, traditional people, but my daughter in law kept her maiden name, because she has a professional license, and has a known name in a regional, albeit small, area of academia. My son’s no wimp, and was not offended by it.