From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:arnold Newsgroups: net.social Title: Who takes what name? Article-I.D.: ucbarpa.2606 Posted: Mon Nov 22 14:53:44 1982 Received: Thu Nov 25 10:35:47 1982 I always liked the idea of each couple chossing a new name to start off with. All kids use that last name until they get hitched. This means that neither side of the family is considered more important, and a new name for a new marriage could be quite nicely symbolic. Ken