![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-fiancee-refuses-to-take-my-surname/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Annoyed-married-couple-sitting-on-couch-apart-after-conflict.jpg&description='She has to live with it for the rest of her life.' While women traditionally take their fiancé's name at the wedding altar, they are not legally required to do so. But one man started an argument with his wife-to-be after she shared how she'll be keeping her surname when they become man and wife. Annoyed, the man has taken to Reddit to share how enraged this decision has made him, claiming she's being "dumb". The 31-year-old said: "I am recently engaged to my fiancée, 28, and the topic of name changing came up. I am in no way demanding that she take my last name and am fine with her keeping her own. "However, in talking about it, she said that she would want to take her spouse's last name except not mine because it would rhyme and she thinks it's embarrassing. The names themselves aren't silly sounding but would be along the lines of a 'Hailey Bailey' as opposed to a 'Dini Fettuccine'." For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. All the latest news, showbiz, lifestyle and sports updates, brought to you by our dedicated American team. to make sure you're not missing out. He claims this isn't a 'good enough' reason for her to justify not taking his surname, saying she's "taking the 'embarrassing' part a little too far". He added: "I thought that was a dumb reason and was annoyed that was the reason, I told her so and it started an argument." Responding to his post, one user said: "Every time she meets someone they might react to the rhyme. Every time. It has the potential to become what she's known for, a cutesy rhyming name. She doesn't want that." Another user added: "For a start - it's a tradition with a pretty misogynistic history. Secondly - it doesn't matter what her reason is. She doesn't want to change her name. Conversation over." A third user said: "Clearly you do care. If you didn't care - her reasons why wouldn't matter. She has to live with it for the rest of her life." One more user added: "She's not say){kind=link}
‘She has to live with it for the rest of her life.’
While women traditionally take their fiancé’s name at the wedding altar, they are not legally required to do so. But one man started an argument with his wife-to-be after she shared how she’ll be keeping her surname when they become man and wife.
Annoyed, the man has taken to Reddit to share how enraged this decision has made him, claiming she’s being “dumb”. The 31-year-old said: “I am recently engaged to my fiancée, 28, and the topic of name changing came up. I am in no way demanding that she take my last name and am fine with her keeping her own.
“However, in talking about it, she said that she would want to take her spouse’s last name except not mine because it would rhyme and she thinks it’s embarrassing. The names themselves aren’t silly sounding but would be along the lines of a ‘Hailey Bailey’ as opposed to a ‘Dini Fettuccine’.”
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US.