Yes or No?

Would you date/marry a man with your same last name?

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divya said:
No, because the vast majority of people with my last name are related...
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Me too. My last name is not very common at all. In fact it turns out that everyone I have ever known with my last name is related to me. my maiden name.
 
blazingthru said:
Me too. My last name is not very common at all. In fact it turns out that everyone I have ever known with my last name is related to me. my maiden name.
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:yep: I automatically assume that someone that has my last name is related somewhere. The vast majority of us come from 5 brothers. There is only one line that is not related...but honestly, we'd probably treat them like they are related too. LOL.
 
I would have to do a thorough background check especially since I have a bunch of relatives that I don't know. But if all was in the clear, why not.
 
I've only met one other person with my last name. If he had my last name and was from the same country as my father, I would have to do a family tree to see if we were related.
 
I once dated someone with my mother's maiden name, but there was no question of relation because the name is so generic.
 
Probably not in my case, since we're only 11 people with my last name and they are all my family :D

Otherwise, I don't see why not.
 
For those of you who said yes, wouldn't it be weird after getting married? I mean every little girl dreams of taking their husbands last name but when it's the same :confused:!
 
I never dreamed of changing my last name as a little girl, but that's a different story.

I know someone who married a man with her same last name. Let's say her name is Debra Simms Simms. That looks so unusual on paper.
 
trenise said:
I never dreamed of changing my last name as a little girl, but that's a different story.

I know someone who married a man with her same last name. Let's say her name is Debra Simms Simms. That looks so unusual on paper.
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Exactly! I can just imagine going to my high school reunion and someone asking, "I guess you didn't get married, did you?!!":rolleyes: :lachen::lachen::lachen:
 
Sure, I don't see why not. My last name is also very common. I already know who my relatives are.
 
Um, that would be a no. It just seems really strange to me. I want mine hypenated anyway and having it hypenated with the same name would confuse people and then the questions start.
 
Yes becase a lot of names are former slave names... I don't think it would be weird.... but easier... no name changes. Also if you have always wanted your name changed, just put a hypen in it. Jones-Senoj... Kind of cute front and backwards.
 
My maiden name is very common and after doing some research, I found out former slave owners in the area my family comes from were also related. So in my case, it wouldn't matter. Just because the last name was the same, didn't mean there was any relation. There are actually 5 families in my home county with the same last name, but we are not related. The families all trace their family line to the same plantation, but they were sold to the owner from very different places.

Gotta' love the south...
 
delitefulmane said:
For those of you who said yes, wouldn't it be weird after getting married? I mean every little girl dreams of taking their husbands last name but when it's the same !
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Hmm, I guess I never thought of it that way :rolleyes:. If I'm happily married, I don’t think I’d be that concerned about running into random ppl who knew my maiden name. I mean a good marriage has so much more going on until I think for me the name change (or lack thereof) would not be at the top of my thoughts. I am secure enough with who I am to know that if I took on my husband's last name (w/o the hyphen) I would not feel as though I lost any part of my identity or something. As a matter of fact, for a good man (cause I won't settle for anything less) who is taking care of business, I'd be honored to take on his last name. JMHO

 
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I dated someone briefly who had the same last name as me. I never thought to check to see if we were related (that’s how brief the relationship was), but I really don’t think our families were connected.

As a side note, my grandmother married someone who had the same last name as her mother’s maiden name. Yes, the name is VERY common and VERY generic, but the two families are from neighboring counties in South Carolina. So, chances are, my grandparents are distant relatives.
 
Yes, my last name is very common and I'm not related to anyone with my last name. If he had my mother or father's biological name I'd be more concerned. Both names are rare.
 
My old college roommate's parents wanted her to marry someone with their last name, just further down the line. They wanted her to keep the wealth and success within the family. She was so disgusted...
 
I say no because my last name is very uncommon and I know that it would be a family member. My father has 11 brothers/ sisters and the generation before that there were about as many, so that would be so out of the question.
 
I have before and the even more strange thing was that we also had the same date of birth. Nope, we were not even remotely related though.
 
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