I think no matter which option you choose someone is going to have a shitty opinion about it, so you might as well go with the one that makes the most sense to you.

More women need this attitude. My high school English teacher made her husband take her last name because his was Buttz. I thought she was amazing.

Seriously. (It also just so happens that my paternal grandfather and his grandfather did genealogy as a hobby, and we have an exhaustive history of our family going back to literally the early 1600s and before. So, like, if genealogy is really a concern, I’ll make you a copy of the family genealogy book and my dad can…

My ordeal:

The genealogists who will, in the future, be working with the most exhaustively complete archives the world has ever known, because of how pervasive record-keeping and public information has become.

I’ve decided that any future husband or wife of mine (Or cat, whatever) will take the first two letter of my last name Mc. It makes all names way cooler and if he has a problem with it he can just getttt out.

The headline to this article should read: “Create A New Surname With Your Spouse - If It Pisses People Off, That’s Their Problem.”

Only tradition dictates our usage of surnames, and only by boldly going against the grain can you forge new traditions. A lot of the negative sentiments expressed by family members opposed…

"She opened her top and showed them her boobs, which Jennifer says were completely covered in 'the most beautiful angels and beautiful butterflies and baskets of flowers in pastel-colored tattoos.'"