Some of the many species Jeffrey Combs has evolved into:

156 points

Women, don’t marry men who won’t take your name. That’s a wall of separation he wants to keep between you. It won’t be the only one.

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55 points

I took my wife’s name when we got married. I hate my family and intended to change my last name anyway. Her family is awesome. It was an easy choice.

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14 points

I plan on doing the same. My dad Americanized my family’s last name, and because my girlfriend is the same ethnicity as him, I plan on taking her name to undo the damage and go back to my roots.

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4 points

I’m assuming you’re a man, and that’s great! I’m also taking my wife’s name but I’m a gay woman so it’s not as awesome lol

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6 points

Yes, I am a man. I do just generally think it’s awesome that you’re getting married. I remember when that wasn’t allowed in the USA.

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And don’t marry a man who insists you take his. That’s a wall of control he’s building around you and he won’t stop until he’s separated you from everyone and everything you love. Marry the man who accepts it’s your choice to decide, along with every other decision about yourself.

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5 points

If you haven’t yet, some day you’ll find your Mr. TheDead (if that’s your thing)

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5 points

I’ve already found my Shaun of the Dead, it’s Simon Pegg; unfortunately though, he’s taken… and I’m a gay woman. In another lifetime perhaps, Simon!

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89 points

There are lots of reasons for women to keep their maiden name. In the case of my wife, she had two good ones:

  1. She didn’t want to become disassociated from her scientific publications.

  2. She didn’t want to complicate or redo any immigration paperwork.

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24 points

Also some names just sound better. And some names go better than others with some surnames

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26 points

Peter File

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5 points

Who’s a pedophile?

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11 points

My wife just didn’t want to change hers, so I changed mine instead. No need for a particular reason.

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My ex took my last name, because he had siblings with children and my family name would have died with me. It was a gift to my father that his* grandson would carry the family name forwards. And no, that wasn’t a red flag – we were married for 30 years.

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5 points
  1. Who cares

I’ll admit when I was in my early 20s, it was a point of contention with one girl I was dating. I was young and stupid, my mom took my dad’s name, etc.

But by 30, wiser, less prone to drama, I was solidly in the “who cares, do what makes you happy” crowd.

My wife kept her last name. It’s easier, and less confusing for her clients and networking.

Grow the fuck up. Stop being so needy and insecure. It’s a bad look.

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51 points

It’s heart warming to see Jeffrey Combs is an incredible actor with good taste in the company he keeps. It’s exciting seeing him vocally shouting down the fascists.

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I read the comment in his slimy “Brunt- FCA” tone the way he addresses Quark. I loved him already but seeing this just makes him so much more respectable and admirable.

Heartwarming is a lovely way to put it.

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4 points

Hmm… I think that line has more of a Shran vibe for me.

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5 points

Snowflake and Pinkskin do seem comically similar in this case

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37 points

My fiance and I are considering creating a brand new last name that we both take.

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26 points

Hot tip, change HIS last name prior to the wedding and she gets the name change free.

I know a couple that waited until after the wedding to do that and the husband changed his name, then the wife was given the option of keeping her old name, or switch to his old name.

She ended up having to go through the entire name change process without the benefit of the auto-name flip from the marriage.

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4 points

I’m pretty sure both of us had the option of changing our names when we got married and when we got divorced.

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3 points

This is really interesting, because in my state in Australia, this process isn’t gendered at all. The man can take the woman’s name just as easily, same with same-sex marriages.

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19 points

I recommend Dax

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CONCATENATE([HusbandsName], [WifesName])

Oh wait, wrong Dax.

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10 points

I’ve known other people who do that.

I just feel like any name change that you don’t need (i.e. you’re transitioning) is just more bother than it’s worth.

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11 points

Yeah, that’s what we are running into. The marriage forms here in NC make it simple to take the husband’s last name as part of the process, but any other kind of change requires a lot of crazy, expensive, and time consuming steps.

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10 points

I wonder if there’s an opening there to claim discrimination on the basis of sex.

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1 point

I got the biggest hassle from Delta Airlines on my stupid Skymiles account.

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1 point

Even for the woman. It’sa lot of documents that need updating, insurance information, banks… it’s hell.

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1 point

You can share mine. Personally I don’t like it, but maybe you will.

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33 points

I think it’s safe to say that Walsh knows a lot about women maintaining “walls of separation”. Maybe even restraining orders.

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