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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did this (gave our son 4 names-first, middle, my last name, my husbands last name) it is fine. No big deal with regards to paperwork or otherwise. He thinks it's cool that he has 4 names and I like that my last name is part of his name even though we too chose not to hyphenate.

I say go for it.[/quote]

We also did this, and it's fine so far (kid is almost 5).  Often it's shortened to just 3 names (excluding her second middle name on paperwork, etc. where it's too long), but she knows that she has both my last name and partner's as part of her full name.  At her old daycare, they somehow thought the last names were hyphenated, so on paper there she was Mary Sue Smith-Jones instead of Mary Sue Smith Jones.  No biggie.

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This is the same thing that happened to us, except we got the paperwork at daycare changed by saying "Thanks for being so considerate, but there's no hyphen in (using the example above) Mary's last name.  It's just Jones."  They said "OK" and changed the paperwork.  No fuss at all.

And to the person who thought it was ridiculously hard to say "Hi, I'm Larla Smith, Mary Jones's mom" - this is really a nonissue.  If people are going to keep your family straight, they're going to do so regardless of your last name.  If someone is not going to be able to remember who my kid is, it won't matter if we have the same last name or not.  Generally, this conversation needs to happen once with friends (when we first meet or talk on the phone) and when calling doctors offices, etc.  But I'm also laid back about being called by my kids' last name (which isn't mine).[/quote]

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