ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]cake to chapotraphouse • 3 months agoI don't really like that the feminist stance on cis marriage is that women should keep their own surname rather than taking the man'smessage-squaremessage-square98 fedilinkarrow-up161file-text
arrow-up161message-squareI don't really like that the feminist stance on cis marriage is that women should keep their own surname rather than taking the man'sProfessorOwl_PhD [any]cake to chapotraphouse • 3 months agomessage-square98 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Why can't it be something fun like swapping surnames and then creating a portmaneau or blended name for the kids.
minus-squareradiofreeval [she/her]hexbear19·3 months agoHyphenated names but both names are passed down so you get mgm-mgf-pgm-pgf link
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]cakehexagonhexbear19·3 months agoThe portmaneau/blending suggestion was specifically to stop hyperhyphenation, but we could lean into it like Discworld vampires and in a few generations have people with surnames like Smith-Huber-Кузнецо́в-김-García-Carvalho-सिंह-გელაშვილი. link
Hyphenated names but both names are passed down so you get mgm-mgf-pgm-pgf
The portmaneau/blending suggestion was specifically to stop hyperhyphenation, but we could lean into it like Discworld vampires and in a few generations have people with surnames like Smith-Huber-Кузнецо́в-김-García-Carvalho-सिंह-გელაშვილი.
The longer the better