You know it is stories like this that make very afraid of Government health care.

Tom_Slick: You know it is stories like this that make very afraid of Government health care.

Almost a complete thought! Good job!

Perhaps it's just VA that's retarded. When I got married, the CA DMV had me present my old driver's license and my marriage certificate and that was it.

Unfortunately I picked the day the Governator chose to lay off all the temporary help because the budget hadn't yet been passed, and it took me 4 hours to get my last name changed.

i'm glad i kept my name. it sounds like a pain in the ass.

oi_piss_me_off: i'm glad i kept my name. it sounds like a pain in the ass.

Meh, I'm operating under the plan of, should I get married, she'll keep her name, any progeny will take mine. Seems to work out.

Eat_At_Milliways
oi_piss_me_off: i'm glad i kept my name. it sounds like a pain in the ass.

Meh, I'm operating under the plan of, should I get married, she'll keep her name, any progeny will take mine. Seems to work out.

that's my thought too, but i think my husband was a little miffed about it, and honestly, he has a lame last name.

FTFA: the passage of the Real ID law, which created standardized, federal identification standards

Uh, this sure isn't the case in my state.

When I moved out of state (TN to OK) and tried to get a new license, I had in my possession at the time: my birth certificate (maiden name), a current TN driver's license in my married name, an expired OK driver's license in my married name, and a current passport in my married name.

Apparently that wasn't good enough, because they asked for five-year-old documentation that I wasn't married any more.

God knows Petula Dvorak needs a name change.

oi_piss_me_off: i'm glad i kept my name. it sounds like a pain in the ass.

Kept my name. Never had a moment's hassle regarding my ID.

Plenty of hassle from his idiot sister, however.

I was surprised that my wife took my last name (Rambo) but she loves it. We were married in 2000, before all this hysteria, so it was fairly simple to get her name changed.

But on the topic, I had a girlfriend that was adamant that she wouldn't take my last name if we married. I asked her why, and she said that as an ultra-uber-black-belt-weapons-grade feminist, she absolutely REFUSED to take a man's name, and would keep her own, thankyouverymuch.

"So..." I said, biting my cheeks not to smile "...you'll be keeping your dad's name then?"

Her eyes got really big and she said, "Fine! If we get married, I'll take my mother's maiden name!"

"So..." I said, trying really hard not to laugh, "you'll be taking *her* Dad's name?"

Oh man was she mad. It was quite funny actually.

This was also the woman that told me that if I were to come home from work one and discover her being raped, she'd rather let the rapist continue his dastardly deed than allow me to defend her honor with a legally purchased and owned firearm. THAT'S how anti-gun (and, frankly, nutty) she was.

It's the damn hyphen, always the fookin hyphen.
Ladies/lesbians, just let go.

No shiat, this is annoying. When I was taking a trip to Mexico with some friends a few years ago, I just got a passport. I was not going to present my birth certificate, marriage license AND divorce papers at the border. Fook that.

Solution: don't take your husband's name!

Duh. Stupid custom.

I suffered the horrible writing ("standardized federal identification standards") until the second use of "kafkaesque" and then I couldn't take it any more. Married women having to change their name is an outdated relic from the days of patriarchical oppression. It should go away.

It's not a pain in the ass if you have common sense. The DMV doesn't know you're married unless you bring a marriage certificate. If your birth certificate doesn't have the same name as your current info, guess what...you aren't you until you prove it.

If it were any easier, ID theft would be a snap, and people would have authentic DMV docs to prove they're you.

Sorry, should have also stated..... "We Marry? , Now we own you" Deal with it

grizzlyjohnson: I suffered the horrible writing ("standardized federal identification standards") until the second use of "kafkaesque" and then I couldn't take it any more. Married women having to change their name is an outdated relic from the days of patriarchical oppression. It should go away.

If alimony/spousal support goes with it, I'm behind you 100%.

oi_piss_me_off: Eat_At_Milliways
oi_piss_me_off: i'm glad i kept my name. it sounds like a pain in the ass.

Meh, I'm operating under the plan of, should I get married, she'll keep her name, any progeny will take mine. Seems to work out.

that's my thought too, but i think my husband was a little miffed about it, and honestly, he has a lame last name.

I really wouldn't marry anyone who had a problem with my decision not to take his name. Would seem to indicate control issues and a certain lack of ability to distinguish between what matters and what doesn't.

I've moved a lot in the past 3 years and have had to get a new license 3 times. Birth certificate, social security card, and a copy of my marriage certificate from the state I married in has worked every time.

Tom_Slick: You know it is stories like this that make very afraid of Government health care.

Well you are lucky then since NO ONE at all is trying to have government run health care system.

Stop being a reactionary ass and repeating these tired talking points that are lies.

an OPTIONAL health care INSURANCE plan is not OMG THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING OVER HEALTH CARE!!!!!!

Eat_At_Milliways: Tom_Slick: You know it is stories like this that make very afraid of Government health care.

Almost a complete thought! Good job!

Actually, Tom_Slick's post was not only a complete thought, but a complete sentence, unlike your own.

My wife and I got married on October 10th. When we got back from the honeymoon, she went down to Social Security with a copy of our marriage license, got her name changed and immediately went to the DMV. She had absolutely no problems and had her new SS card and driver's license in the mail in less than a week.

The Nazis had 'Real ID' laws too.



/hot

FishInABowl: God knows Petula Dvorak needs a name change.

damn it, that was to be my joke. MINE!

/women prolly shouldn't be allowed to drive anyway.