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idk about that, he didn't seem to be around much these last few yrs :(

it says she'd make cruise the middle name and holmes the surname, so i guess it'd be scout cruise holmes.


its horrible tbh

I agree with all you're saying.

well in america, the tradition is that the woman takes the husband's name. so they all have the same surname.

but its becoming way more frequent to hyphenate.

me too.
why only take the father's name?

it's from history, where women couldn't hold titles under their name, etc.

What happens when you have a kid? Do they take your three surnames plus their father's two or three surnames?

I know a few people here with their mom's maiden name as a second middle name. No one uses it though, I mean, it's on their birth certificate, passport, etc in general they go by FirstName Dad'sLastName and that's it. The full names don't fit on a lot of documents tbh (like on billing addresses, credit cards, etc), the names always get cut short or mangled. Don't know what they'll do with their names when they marry, but I think they will shorten them instead of adding husband's name to the end of it.

Not 100% related to your comment, but you know what's quite fucked up? I'm of eastern european ancestry, and what they do is make a middle surname out of your father's first name.

Like, my dad's name is Nikolai, so my middle name is Nikolaeva.

I don't understand what the point of that is... Maybe it's so when you lose your maiden name when you marry, you still have something left to tie you to the family you originally were a part of? Or maybe it's a pissing contest between the men in a woman's life trying to claim authority over her???

I can't imagine ever giving up my surname when/if I get married, or only calling my kid my husband's name, either. I'd want it to have both names for sure and I would too.

i always thought it was strange that we still do that (only take the father's name)

in my family my mom took my dad's name, but what would usually be my middle name is my second first name and my middle name is my mother's maiden name

Exactly, I use two. And I always found it strange that women changed their surnames to their husband's in some places.

DUDE I KNOW. I'm getting married next month and hyphenating, and I'd kinda like any kid of ours to have both our last names, but they're both relatively long so idk, and fiance isn't enthusiastic about it.

idek, it's weird. Like officially, I come from a culture where all kids usually use their dad's first name as their last name, and that is officially my name...but then there is a family name after that, which I can also use by rights (it's not on any of my official docs tho).

But I find it encouraging that a lot of girls in my generation who are getting married choose to keep their maiden names/just tack their husband's name onto the name they already have.

scuri lol reminds me of scurvy ew

Where did it ever come from?

That whole situation still grosses me out and gives me life all at the same time.

LOL, she changed the names of all 16 kids?

Christ, that sentence sounds just as twisted as the entire situation was, tbh.

But I think she only changed Satchel's name to Ronan, not the names of the others (and have you heard tell of Ronan lately btw because apparently he's a supergenius and also cute as hell).

lol

Oop, apparently I was wrong, as Dylan now goes by Malone. But I think she might have changed her name herself (as opposed to Mia changing it).

son in law lol

lol I had to re-read that about 6 times

LOL I was thinking of you when I read this :D

She looks happy in these pics. She's just hiding her face from the paparazzi in the ones where Katie is holding her. If you watch video of them all up in her face I don't blame the kid. I don't think she's throwing a tantrum here at all.

where do you see her throwing a tantrum in these pics?
she's hiding her face from the papz.

Coz she's 6 perhaps?

And anyway, she isn't.

Perhaps because she is six and is always dealing with this? And she's not throwing a tantrum. She's hiding her face from paps she obviously hates.

Sniffling a little and looking unhappy = tantrum? ok lol

Because she's 6 years old and constantly surrounded by paparazzi. Seems like it'd be pretty traumatizing.

what the hell is this comment

She hates the name Suri, so she gave her a nickname from To Kill A Mockingbird

It's the name of a character in the book.

The article says from "To Kill A Mockingbird"

it's her favorite truck model by the International motor company