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[quote=Anonymous]For me, there is no cultural expectation that I would take DH’s last name. Traditionally, we take our mother’s family name. Additionally, DH’s last name has 13 letters. Even less incentive to change my name. DD has a totally different last name than either of us because we didn’t want to saddle her with long last names.

We have only ever had problems with travel once, at Frankfurt when DD was 2. They wanted DD’s birth certificate because they said that’s the expectation, that you carry documents that show relationship with the minor, but let it go because she was clinging to me like a barnacle and it was clear she belonged to us.

Other than that, there have been no issues in the 28 years we have been married. Workmen usually address us both by the same last name, and since I’m the one normally scheduling work, he more often gets called by my name than the other way around. Sometimes school staff will address me by DD’s last name. But there are no paperwork difficulties to speak of. Kids come from all sorts of backgrounds so no one gets an eye about anyone’s last names. [/quote]

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