Example, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith

I hate this for the obvious reasons but it’s especially annoying to me because my wife didn’t take my surname!

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    I told her I didn’t think she should change her name. She told me she really wanted to.

    You should have the right to tell her no?

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      5 days ago

      She could have done it through the regular name changing process like anyone else (which involves fees and a lot of paperwork to make sure all records are updated everywhere).

      It’s just not legal to do it as part of the wedding process like it’s done in other provinces.

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        5 days ago

        Oh, so it’s one of those cases of the Quebecois trying to make life shitty for Anglophone culture.

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          5 days ago

          Eh… What? You realize French Canadians outside Quebec still do it and French Quebecois did it before the law changed?

          Keep your racism to yourself, thanks.