QUOTE (Maple Leaf @ 03/04/2011, 03:05 PM)

If they aren't married, why bother giving the baby his surname? I can't stand the automatic assumption it's the father's right to have his name passed down when he doesn't even bother marrying the mother.
This. Most women would refuse to pass on a revolting first name for family reasons but they think nothing of giving their children unattractive or weird surnames.
It's baffling. Kids will tease over a surname just as easily as a first name.
QUOTE (Vicotira @ 04/04/2011, 09:38 AM)

at least it's not pincock. i used to share a house with a guy who had that as his last name. if people tried to pronounce it "pin -co" he would correct them.
Yes, and to think some woman has probably married him and resigned her children to a lifetime of being called Needle d*ck