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Your family name

Guys ~ how important is it to you to pass on your 'name' (meaning the family name)?

Women ~ Would you or have you changed your name when you got married? if you got divorced did you change it back?

Is your last name important to you?

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El lobo pierde los dientes más no las mientes.
The wolf loses his teeth, not his nature.
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My last name is "Yourselves!" It's not important to me that that be passed on. (I'm just hoping that the last name of the girl I marry isn't "WhyDon'tYou"!)

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Yes I had mine changed.

Divorce will never happen and "what if" has never crossed my mind.

Not really... My name is not what makes me the person I am. But, I am proud to be the one and only woman to accept his last name (besides his mother).

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Names mean nothing at all.

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I don't know anyone on my dad's side of the family. Hell, I don't know my real dad. (Awwwe...tthhhhptt! )

Sherman doesn't mean a whole lot to me, I've never thought of getting it changed either. I hope to make something of it some day though, do what my dad never did. The selfish prick. I will be shit until I get married and start a family of my own. I am fine with this.

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Originally posted by Princess_Heather:
Yes I had mine changed.

Divorce will never happen and "what if" has never crossed my mind.

Not really... My name is not what makes me the person I am. But, I am proud to be the one and only woman to accept his last name (besides his mother).

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My last name means alot to me. It connects me to those that came before me, and reminds me of them.

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A girl in my school had the last name of Kelly. And guess what??? She married a guy with the last name OF KELLY!!! HER NAME NEVER CHANGED!!! Now that could be an answer!! Girls! Just marry guys who ALREADY have your last name!!!

*This brilliant idea brought to you from that strange stranger on the internet."

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A rose would smell as sweet by any other name.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Postmodgirl:
Guys ~ how important is it to you to pass on your 'name' (meaning the family name)?

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I like the way my name sounds, & so I wouldnt want to change it.

Someone at my college was talking about my senior thesis show to a friend of mine. They swore that my name could not be my real name cos it sounds too good. They thought I changed it for fame.



I am a prideful arogant fucker

My older bro once told me that I shamed the family name once...

I just thought that was funny. But passing on 'the name" is important to my dad, so I was getting everyone elses take on it.

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El lobo pierde los dientes más no las mientes.
The wolf loses his teeth, not his nature.
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Originally posted by MrSherman:
I don't know anyone on my dad's side of the family. Hell, I don't know my real dad. (Awwwe...tthhhhptt! )

Sherman doesn't mean a whole lot to me, I've never thought of getting it changed either. I hope to make something of it some day though, do what my dad never did. The selfish prick. I will be shit until I get married and start a family of my own. I am fine with this.

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And you ARE making something of your name, son. You are a wonderful person. Just remember, you are my son too.

Oh, and your great, great, great, great (or something) Grandfather was really something------> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/.../wtsherman.html

eDITED: BECAuse I screwed up, Ummmmkay?

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[This message has been edited by Emerald (edited 01-07-2001).]

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http://www.cwf-fcf.org/pages/sherman_phot.htm

[This message has been edited by GoFuckYourselves! (edited 01-07-2001).]

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I Love that Turtle! Thanx GFY.

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Hey Shermie! I've wondered if you were related to General Sherman. You ought to read up on him. There's a tremendous amount of history surrounding him--a history well worth knowing and extremely interesting, to boot.

BTW, although he didn't actually say it, "War is hell!" is a quote widely attributed to him.

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Well, Whom first said those immortal words then, Jeb? Oh, nevermind, don't answer....I'm trying to get my name to be the ONLY one as last poster on every thread on TLF's first page of threads. heheheee...

Now, don't be messin' me up, ya hear? j/k

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Well, my last name was Armstrong for 18 years. It is my father's last name, and was passed to all 4 of us (me and my 3 siblings).

On my mother's side of the family, the name was set to die. The only cousins I have were from my aunts, so they have different last names and my only uncle on that side of the family never had any children.

And, I was closer to that side of the family, and my father left when I was 12.

So, when I was 18, I changed my last name.

It was surprisingly easy. For the first 18 years of my life my mom's maiden name was my middle name. I just reversed the order. from Paint CHiPs Armstrong to Paint Armstrong CHiPs

Take that however you take it.

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Originally posted by Postmodgirl:
I like the way my name sounds, & so I wouldnt want to change it.

Someone at my college was talking about my senior thesis show to a friend of mine. They swore that my name could not be my real name cos it sounds too good. They thought I changed it for fame.

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Besides, not like I can't use my god-like admin powers to get your name, address, phone number, social security number, blood type, Permanent Record, eye color, and name of first pet anyway.

This way is just easier on the both of us.

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I like my last name. If I ever get married, I'll probably keep it, since I'll have built a professional reputation by that time (marriage is far off in the future if it ever happens). I'll be the last person in our family with the name anyway, since my sis has already gotten married and taken her husband's name.

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Registered: Aug 2000
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i like my maiden name more than i like my married name. so i made sure my sons got both names.


btw, my maiden name was makepeace
pretty fucking cool eh?

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I've discussed it with my gf, and we decided that i would take her name, as her brother will never have children and hance her family name will not be passed on, I have two brothers, so mine is more likley to...

plus her name sounds better

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