Unfortunately, a one week countdown only left me with 7 post opportunities, but I had 8 posts that I wanted to make, so this is a two-fer.
ADELGREENE
Every time a man and woman get married there is a debate that happens at one point or another about whether the woman will be taking the man’s last name after they get married.
Our debate has lasted for over a year now and we are deadlocked. The problem is that I’m not asking for her to change to my last name. I’m asking her to change to a new last name that we create using parts of both of our surnames: Adelson + Greene = Adelgreene.
Here’s my rationale: Traditionally, a woman would have taken the last name of her husband. And, to be honest, if that were important to me I am sure that she would change her name. We have already agreed that any children that we have would be given my last name. She has a very unique name, which has a very strongly associated professional personal brand that we both agree that she shouldn’t lose if possible. I love my last name, but know that it is quite common and would prefer to have a more unique last name.
The debate rages on and we are both rallying people to our cause. The problem is that we can both be very convincing and, too often, the people that we are polling have a stake in the matter.
Names have been changing constantly over generations. Even Greene is an anomaly from previous generations because over the years the “e” at the end has been added or subtracted from one generation to the next, mostly because of government errors. From my father and my father’s father to me, we are reaching the longest stretch in family history without a change. I’m due for a change … the family name is over due for a change.
Have your say … There’s a poll to the right hand side. It’s very simple: Do you think we should change our surnames to the new Adelgreene or not?
FAVOURITE SHOTS:
We had two photographers at our wedding who had very different styles. They got all of the requisite shots that you expect at weddings, but they so got a lot of different shots that really stand out for me.
This is a collection of shots that I love but most will probably never make an album:
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