Both, that’s what me and my wife did. It was recently allowed here, but it has been common in Spanish speaking countries for example.
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swordgeek@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Two short answers: Tradition and simplicity.
If you have different names, which one do the kids get? Also, it’s sometimes challenging to fill in school forms when your kid has a different last name than you.
kryptonidas@lemmings.world 4 days ago
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Exactly, this is a strange concept to get hung up on. In China and North and South Korea, a woman in a stereotypical heterosexual marriage keeps her name and the children get the father’s name.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah, but in South Korea they also give you pickles witch your pizza!
What does that have to do with this situation? Nothing. I’m just bored, and think it’s a weird thing they do…
How’s your day going?
NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Oooh, a good dill pickle slice on a pizza sounds good. So do green olives… I have to try these now!
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I don’t really like both as a compromise.
What if your children did the same? And their children too?
After a while you’d have 30+ names in your last name.
kryptonidas@lemmings.world 4 days ago
When they get married and or get children they can pick only one to continue. So that the names don’t get super long indeed.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
My mother took my father’s surname and kept her maiden name as a second middle name, then they named their children the same way. That ended up being the smoothest way to handle it for official documents.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
This it the real answer. It’s usually just easier to do it because it’s the expected situation.