My dad’s had girls and so did his sibling. So we are the last of an unusual last name. I wouldn’t want to get rid of my last name.

I was cleopatra in fourth grade!

Right there with you! Only child, girl, all girl cousins. For my own part, I took my maiden name as a second middle name, so now I have four names. Legally, I’m First Last, but I still incorporate my maiden name fairly often. I got married right before grad school, and so I decided to use “First Maiden Married” on…

My Future Mother In Law gave her daughter her own last name and her son the name of her husband/his father. Apparently, this never caused any logistical problems and the younger daughter was happy because teachers didn’t immediately say, “oh, you’re Augustus’ sister!” She feels like she was treated more of an…

A friend of mine has already dressed up as Kardashian holding a bottle of champagne that’s spooging a stream of insulation-foam over her shoulder onto her big foam-rubber ass— and goddamn if she didn’t hold that bottle + foam arc up all night, with one hand! She’s a real trooper (and her deltoids are amazing).

This detail makes it perfection

idk why but this is the funniest story to me

I dressed up as Carrie for Halloween a few years ago like blood and all that and some idiot at the bar asked me if I was “a candle” I never knew people dressed as candle related things until now

As a practicing oncologist, the statement “he begins by announcing that his cancer is down from ‘stage three to stage two’” is a huge red flag. Staging is done up-front at diagnosis and is never re-evaluated or changed during treatment. You can be cured or die from both stage II and III non-Hodgkins lymphoma, but your…

I used to babysit for a kid that came from a long line of women passing maiden names as middle names and Grandmother’s maiden name became the first name. The kid had a ridiculous name... but it fit her perfectly. She turned out to be a really cool kid (now adult) and has the most unique name I’ve ever heard. Her mom…

I feel the same now, whereas all my life I was so eager to shed my 12-letter difficult to prounounce last name.

I am sooooo in the exact same boat as you at the moment. Even down to the “can’t get a date” part.

I’m in exactly this situation - I adore my father, and I’m not giving up his name, or changing it for something with a hyphen. That’s not even a conversation. Anyone I marry is welcome to become a Lastname, but I’m going to be a Lastname forever.

This is my favorite thing in the world. Thank you for this great gift, Kelly!!!!

Yeah, my dad has two sisters and so did his dad, and he has three girls so our surname will die with us unless one of us decides to pass it on (I should clarify that it’s a pretty common surname, lots of other people have it, but in terms of our direct paternal line obviously my sisters and I are it). I asked my dad…

We gave our kid both of our names - and we also took each other’s name after the wedding. Neither one of us wanted to give up our names but we wanted a common family name, so that was the compromise. It’s a bit long, but I love it :-)

We did it. Did it put some noses out of joint? Yes. His parents, conservative with a small c, found it baffling. Actual quote: “only criminals and transsexuals change their name.” My parents, radical (with a small r) feminists, thought it was amazing. It is still the best and most important decision we made about our…

My unsolicited two cents: if you’re old enough to be getting married you’re old enough that your father doesn’t need to know the state of your hymen.

here’s mine