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!

  • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    71 month 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.

      • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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        71 month 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?

        • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          1 month 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.

          • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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            01 month ago

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

            • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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              01 month 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.