tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post1519038540482203124..comments2023-06-29T10:17:10.418+02:00Comments on Daily Mel: The Great Name Change and subsequent Embarrassing IncidentMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11119449107757504041noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-14273768043436388592010-01-12T23:02:29.005+01:002010-01-12T23:02:29.005+01:00Hi Melissa. I solved the husband's name taking...Hi Melissa. I solved the husband's name taking dilemma (plus lots of other ones) by simply not getting married in the first place. My son has a different surname to mine, yes, but no signatures or police involved when I travel with him alone. Maybe because he has an Irish passport...?carlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-91597846219514643452010-01-10T19:08:08.779+01:002010-01-10T19:08:08.779+01:00Hi! my italian husband and I married in america, ...Hi! my italian husband and I married in america, and I took his last name. My father in law took care of filling out the documents for his son in Italy, and he put down my maiden name! (because, that's how they do it, right?) When we moved to italy in 1999, all my ID was in my husband's name. So, it turned out that I had two codice fiscale. I cancelled out the maiden name one, and sugoandsunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394567545642628172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-8414098576941673862009-12-28T19:06:44.734+01:002009-12-28T19:06:44.734+01:00Hi. Great decision and I heartily approve. I als...Hi. Great decision and I heartily approve. I also changed my name to my husband's a few years ago. Officially, the reason was that I didn't want to have a different name from my children. One family, one name, I thought. (Although secretly it could have had something to do with my own name being met with disbelief and snorts of suppressed laughter.) And I shall always be grateful toHelen Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-11113554692316438712009-12-18T14:03:01.890+01:002009-12-18T14:03:01.890+01:00It is always interesting to see the emphasis that ...It is always interesting to see the emphasis that cultures and societies place on names. Some change, some merge and others create new names. Fascinating really. Do whats best for you, thats my opinion.<br />-----<br />Great site, you should add it to <a href="The%20Expat%20Directory" rel="nofollow">The Expat Directory</a>.<br />You can also add your own <a href="http://TEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11513936660454077357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-88561057297767050162009-12-10T14:56:38.788+01:002009-12-10T14:56:38.788+01:00It's an interesting topic, the fact that in It...It's an interesting topic, the fact that in Italy a woman keeps her maiden name even in marriage. <br />I have to say it was one of the few things about Italian bureaucracy that I actually appreciated and would happily embrace if I believed in marriage...<br />If I have kids with my partner, I'd like them to have both our surnames. I think it's only fair. But I'm not sure how I&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-65575954341170168842009-12-07T19:13:38.111+01:002009-12-07T19:13:38.111+01:00I changed my name as well, I now operate full time...I changed my name as well, I now operate full time as Daisy rather than David. And, before you ask, stirrups were involved in my time at hospital as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-68562464301786914472009-11-26T06:04:36.861+01:002009-11-26T06:04:36.861+01:00I too changed my name to my husband's when we ...I too changed my name to my husband's when we married even though we do not plan to have children. To me (and, I think, many other Anglo-Saxon culture women) it just makes me feel really married. However, changing one's name in any country is a real pain. I sort of had to do it in Italy because when we bought our house they insisted I use my maiden name. A few years later they decided Louise at Abbastanza Buonohttp://abbastanzabuono.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-66583197593765736162009-11-24T17:01:09.083+01:002009-11-24T17:01:09.083+01:00you missed out another reason to change your name....you missed out another reason to change your name. When you have kids and they have a different surname to you, you cannot leave the country with them alone without written permission from your husband countersigned by the police. That surely is more humiliating for a feminist (considering what men actually DO to have children compared to our role) than taking her other half's name.Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-61568104788075782032009-11-24T11:26:15.258+01:002009-11-24T11:26:15.258+01:00I told you it was a bad idea .... but I'm quit...I told you it was a bad idea .... but I'm quite interested in this stirrup thing .. how does it work ?BigGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617125073328629687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090269225290422400.post-29957402424391951392009-11-20T15:05:07.687+01:002009-11-20T15:05:07.687+01:00and I thought it was complicated here in US! Mine ...and I thought it was complicated here in US! Mine was difficult, but luckily no stir-ups were involved!Emily Clancy LoPortohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06532107512604139728noreply@blogger.com