Another take on surnames....
When our daughter married (in Canada) she elected to keep her surname
(Pate) and her husband kept his (Murphy). She said the priest was a bit
flummoxed as to how to make the introduction after the ceremony as his usual
words were *I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. X* <g> He changed the wording
somehow to *our newly wedded couple.... using first names only* :)
But the interesting fact, I thought, was later when they reached the
time/stage of their lives where children were planned. The laws in the
province of Alberta, where they live states that whichever surname a couple
chooses for their first child, each child born of that couple must have the
same surname. I do not know if this is provincial (Alberta) or a Canadian
law? Interestingly, 'our couple' decided to leave it to serendipity - if
the first born were to be male, all the children would be Murphy's or if
female, then Pate's. :-) (They are Murphy's - both son and daughter.)
It seems a common thing, with almost all of their friends, to have each
parent retain their own names - but they began to find it awkward for their
little children to try to teach them to use the *Mr and Mrs* title when
speaking to the other adults so they elected to use the first names (the
children were already familiar with) - but adding Mr. or Mrs. for a sign of
respect, thus using Mr. Eric and Miss Sharon (for example) - rather than
have the children call the adults by first name only. :-)
The world keeps changing, and isn't it interesting!
Nova (who followed the 'traditional' name path of husband's surname only)
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