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Gay Marriage. (Question)
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Frederick | Report | 29 Mar 2014 23:00 |
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Florence61 | Report | 29 Mar 2014 23:29 |
Good question. Thought it sounded so strange when on tv, The registrar said" i now pronounce you husband and husband!" |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 29 Mar 2014 23:40 |
I think the accepted, at the moment anyway, is for both men to be called "husband", and for both women to be called "wife" |
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JustGinnie | Report | 29 Mar 2014 23:46 |
As Sylvia has said , most will chose which name to use or join the two, they will be either Mrs or Ms and men will be Mr as always. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 30 Mar 2014 00:45 |
Sandi Toksvig had a civil ceremony 7 years ago with Debbie - they are now Sandi and Debbie Toksvig. No 'mister' or 'missus' involved. |
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ZZzzz | Report | 30 Mar 2014 09:07 |
My cousins girlfriend took her name and they are not Mrs and Mrs just first names, they have a son and he says he is lucky cos he has two Mums and he knows who his dad is. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 30 Mar 2014 11:39 |
Many couples (irrespective of sex) will double barrel their names. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 30 Mar 2014 12:33 |
My daughter was at a Hen Party last night. |
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Island | Report | 30 Mar 2014 13:28 |
There's no legal obligation for anyone to change their name when marrying. |
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ZZzzz | Report | 30 Mar 2014 13:56 |
Indeed there isn't island, in my family one changed his name to his 2nd wife's first married name so that any children they have they will all have the same surname. |
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Merlin | Report | 30 Mar 2014 14:03 |
They could of course name themselves after the TV Programme "Alias Smith and Jones" :-D |
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DazedConfused | Report | 30 Mar 2014 14:08 |
I worked with a lad who married an only child and they took her surname so that her surname would not die out within their branch of the family. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 30 Mar 2014 19:01 |
A.Smith and Wesson has a kinda ring to it! ;-) |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 8 Apr 2014 08:38 |
my daughter attended a lesbian wedding at the weekend...... neither women are changing their name. |
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Graham | Report | 8 Apr 2014 10:23 |
If your called Mrs Smith most people would assume you are married to Mr Smith. If Miss Jones married Miss Smith and both decided to use the name Smith that could make them both Mrs Smith. This could lead to some confusion. Perhaps an alternative title might be in order. Or would lesbians feel offended by that? |
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Island | Report | 8 Apr 2014 11:06 |
It's bad enough that women are still labelled as 'married' or 'single' by the out of date use of Mrs and Miss without singling out some as 'lesbian' by giving them another title. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 8 Apr 2014 11:12 |
I hated being labelled Mrs. when I married and turned to the awful Ms. that way no-one knew whether or not I was married. |
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Island | Report | 8 Apr 2014 11:36 |
I'm not keen on Ms either, DazedC. As men cease to by 'master' by the time they are all of, say, 10 years old why isn't the same curtesy afforded to women? |
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Island | Report | 8 Apr 2014 11:37 |
Graham, if someone is called 'Mr Smith', what would you assume? |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 8 Apr 2014 12:01 |
We asked our dil-to-be what name would she use |
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