Example, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith

I hate this for the obvious reasons but it’s especially annoying to me because my wife didn’t take my surname!

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    726 days ago

    What a weird way to take away people’s freedoms.

    I didn’t even really want my wife to take my last name, but she insisted because she’s estranged from her parents.

    I can’t imagine a bureaucrat telling her she can’t change her name because they know better than she does.

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      226 days ago

      Yeah I don’t think women see it as a freedom issue as much as feeling obligated to change their name does.

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        726 days ago

        I told her I didn’t think she should change her name. She told me she really wanted to.

        You should have the right to tell her no?

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          25 days ago

          She could have done it through the regular name changing process like anyone else (which involves fees and a lot of paperwork to make sure all records are updated everywhere).

          It’s just not legal to do it as part of the wedding process like it’s done in other provinces.

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            025 days ago

            Oh, so it’s one of those cases of the Quebecois trying to make life shitty for Anglophone culture.

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              025 days ago

              Eh… What? You realize French Canadians outside Quebec still do it and French Quebecois did it before the law changed?

              Keep your racism to yourself, thanks.