He’d always pictured his kids having his name so he’s attached to that idea. It’s kind of like pulling the rug out from under him. We’ve talked about it, but haven’t reached a solution yet.

Because I’m also sensitive to my husband’s feelings. He’d always pictured having kids with his last name, so he’d like that as well, though he’s not ordering me to do it one way or another (totally not his style). It’s not just about me.

Random chance. I dig it.

Yeah. I really hate paperwork and doing anything I don’t have to do. I also have been Punkin Skywalker for 30 goddamned years and Punkin Solo seems like a totally different person (plus my husband has a Punkin Solo cousin and I don’t want to steal; she didn’t change her name when she got married). And I really LIKE my…

I like the way you think.

Haha thanks! We’ve been calling our hypothetical future child our Schrodinger’s Baby because I could be pregnant, but I could also not be pregnant and, well, we’re nerds.

Even if you’re trying to honor two grandmothers or something? That seems a little judgmental.

I’m considering it. It might be worth it to see the look on my father-in-law’s face. He told me people would judge me if I didn’t weed my lawn. I took that as a challenge.

That’s exactly how I feel. I have to carry and birth the kids. Why can’t they have my name!?

What about the legal change? I wouldn’t mind if some kids/parents called me Mrs. Solo, but I really do not want to go fill out paperwork. I hate that crap.

I had a cousin do it too, and now she’s divorced and married to someone else and chose a really really different last name. It’s very confusing for our parents’ generation to comprehend.

Kinda what we’re leaning toward, though I’m sure they’ll love the “but why did you choose THEIR last name pout” guilt trip either of us will put on them. I could say I wouldn’t, but parents do weird things.

Yeah that seems to be the best solution, but I’m still kinda pouty about the idea that my kids won’t have my last name and I like my last name more than my husband’s. His is fine, but mine is MINE and it’s more elegant to say.

As a woman who kept her name and now is in the process of trying to have children, I’d also like to know. My last name, while easily pronounceable/spellable/readable, is three syllables long and my husbands is two. The idea of giving our kid a five syllable name just seems cruel. Our solution right now is to give our…

Get one of the 3 in 1 stick blender ones. It’s MUCH smaller and has a whisk (so you don’t need a hand beater) and a stick blender (good for soups but also has a cup so it can ALMOST replace a blender) in addition to a food processor. It’s also only like $45-60.

That could be a whole set of situations. For example, in my family, Uncle A & B got married and had a daughter. Then B went and married Uncle C and had a son. The children are both half siblings and cousins.

I LOVE MY MIRENA.

Bizarro?

If she’s comparing herself to the people she grew up with and not Jennifer Aniston, she might just deserve a damned cookie for not getting pregnant and being wildly successful at age 25. Being as successful as Jennifer Lawrence is pretty cookie-worthy.

So the point I’m trying to make is that this applies to blue collar workers as well as white collar ones in NY. My Dad is not rich. He’s a farmer who makes less than $30k per year in rural Upstate NY (cost of living is a bit higher than somewhere like rural Kentucky). He’s just really good at saving and not making an…