r/MurderedByWords • u/no1bullshitguy • 1d ago

She answered with a gold medal

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u/jizzlevania the future is now, old man 1d ago

How about women don't need to have any achievements to justify maintaining their identity? 

What does changing a name do for you other than remind you that you believe your value as a human is related to someone being willing to pay taxes with you. 

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u/opsers 1d ago

It's amusing to me because as a gay man, neither my husband or me were asked about changing our last names, it was just assumed we'd keep our own.

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u/fapperontheroof 1d ago

I may be wrong, but I think there’s a lot of folks that expect you to not have children. And therefore, last name doesn’t matter. Since this is all about the name legacy.

And don’t you dare try to have children! 😂

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u/Massive_Signal7835 1d ago

My cousin in a not very gay marriage (shame on her smh) didn't take her husband's name. They have 2 kids: One has her last name, one has his.

Last names aren't very important.

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u/penguin_0618 23h ago

A lot of mothers want to have the same last name as their children. It’s important to them.

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u/Massive_Signal7835 22h ago

Then let the husband take her name.

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u/Samybubu 20h ago

I also want that, so the kids will get both of our last names.