Glenn's blog

In theory, I would merge names with my husband (we consider ourselves married but have not had a government sanctioned marriage as we don't have any ethical or utilitarian reason to do so yet). We both like that idea. He wants my name, I want his- and they have a nice sound when hyphenated. But, I will probably choose to only take his name as my family has a history of abuse toward me- as well as several generations of abusing their children. I would rather leave the name behind, as it holds no merit or value to me. I don't communicate with them or consider them my family- so why keep the name?
We have also pondered both of us taking on some new last name...could be fun, but I've read that it is a big hassle legally.