Today, I told my family that I wanted to change my last name to my future wife's. We want to have the same last name, and we chose hers because she is an only child, while I have three brothers. Half of my family is laughing and calling me "pussy whipped" while the other half won't speak to me. FML
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Today, my boyfriend asked me to marry him, saying that the only thing he would change about me is my last name. I later told him that I wanted to keep my last name after the marriage. I'm now single again. FML
Today, I got married. After the ceremony, my sister asked to talk to me. I followed her and she told me that we are no longer related because we don't have the same last name anymore. FML
Today, I’m getting married. My friends are all telling me that I’m not a “true feminist” since I’ve opted to change my last name to his. My last name is “Belcher.” FML
Today, I was talking to a new friend when I told him my last name. It’s hyphenated. He then left and declared me to be a "stuck-up bitch" who thinks she’s "too good to take a man’s last name." This is the name I was born with. FML
Today, my wife told me the main reason she married me is because I have a cool last name. FML
Today, my boyfriend said that he doesn't have to marry me because we coincidentally have the same last name. FML
Today, for what seems like the thousandth time, one of my new friends has cut me out of their life after I told them my last name. It’s hyphenated and I’m a woman, which means I'm “automatically” a stuck-up bitch. I'm not married, I was born with this last name. FML
Today, my father gave me his blessing to be married on one condition: that I keep my maiden name when I marry. My fiancé thought it would be "epic". My last name will be hyphenated to Cobb-Webb. FML
Today, my wife changed her name back to her maiden name. Why? So people would stop asking questions about us. We have been married for 15 years. FML
Today, my father-in-law decided to disown myself and his son, because my husband decided to hyphenate his last name. FML
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Top comments
xlord 27
Don't listen to them, that is an amazing thing to do and maybe even the perfect way to start a wonderful new life :) congratulations.
tayraaah 31
It doesn't make you whipped. That's the cutest thing ever.
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Comments (176)
beehardxcore 26
pussy whipped indeed.
rangerbagel 1
That is a lovely gesture. People get trapped in traditions, especially when it comes to men and women's roles in marriages. It's just lame sexism. They'll get over it. Good for you.
daillusiom 0
Mehh, I'm half and half on this one, a good comprimise would be to just keep your own last name or to "share" the hassle, both of y'all take the others last name, and if you guys have kids, give one last name to one and one to the other
Relenaz 9
OP's family sounds so weird! o.O
harrypotter955 19
You are pussy whipped. I see why they did laugh at u
Bombadill 4
'Pussy Whipped' means that the man doesn't make every significant decision and completely dominate his wife on principle like some sort of slave owner. Good for you OP, if your family are that pathetic you're trading up with your wife.
whateverfor_ever 3
This is amazing!!!! I'm an only child and I would love my future husband to do this for me!
duma191 21
traditionally the man's name is assumed, but you do have a choice. the family that laughed at you are dicks and the ones that won't talk to you may see it as an insult. I plan on changing my last name and my fiance and I will assume the new name. but that is for personal reasons.
Simoneaux17 11
She has your balls in her purse. Man up! I'll get thumbed to hell because I don't think like all these pansy foo foo fairies.
lalaney 14
Everyone who thinks you deserve it and comments likewise, they're kidding, right? They can't possibly be serious. Like, there's no way in this day and age people that people really expect women to always take the last name of the man. WTF. As a woman, I'd die of happiness if my husband offered to do this.