All this business of taking your partners name when you get married puzzles me. is it legal? I ask because someone I know is recently married and they have joined their names together, in fact, thinkin about this, he already has a hyphonated name!! but i question whether they are able to use a "made up(pretentious even) surname on legal documents etc? does anyone know? it seems from this that if i wanted to add say "winterbourne" to a name of SMITH, could i just legally call myself WINTERBOURNE SMITH?
this is just an example and me name is not smith, but what do you think?
and how come females can revert to their maiden names or even keep using them after marriage, i can think of at least one woman who doesnt use her husbands surname, whats the deal there? and mrs becomes ms at the drop of a hat, but the porr guys are stuck with what they have!! I hope someone knows the answers to these queries and can tell us what’s legal and aint.
(and i think its time i changed my nick name its too obviously me, can i do that please? ) doug the hat