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Busman747 · 29-05-2006, 19:20

Willow and I both use a double-barrel name - and the reason has nothing to do with snobbery or self ego.

Willow has two daughters as many accywebbers will know, both at an impressionable age. Their father died a couple of years before I came on the scene and we were both a little worried about the effect of a new man (me) coming into the house and mum changing her name away from the surname given her by marriage and of course, used by the girls.

I also have a step-daughter down south and when she was at school, there were quite a few difficulties getting the school to accept that my late wife (who carried my surname) was actually the mother - and that I was my step-daughters legal guardian.

It is for these two reasons that Willow and I took the step of using a double-barrel name. It is quite easy for a woman as they are expected to change surnames after marriage. I have had many an argument with banks, D.V.L.A. etc but one year on, I have only my passport left to change

29-05-2006, 19:20	#9
Busman747 Always EVIL within us Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 1,568 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 40 times Rep Power: 1669	Re: What’s In A Name? Willow and I both use a double-barrel name - and the reason has nothing to do with snobbery or self ego. Willow has two daughters as many accywebbers will know, both at an impressionable age. Their father died a couple of years before I came on the scene and we were both a little worried about the effect of a new man (me) coming into the house and mum changing her name away from the surname given her by marriage and of course, used by the girls. I also have a step-daughter down south and when she was at school, there were quite a few difficulties getting the school to accept that my late wife (who carried my surname) was actually the mother - and that I was my step-daughters legal guardian. It is for these two reasons that Willow and I took the step of using a double-barrel name. It is quite easy for a woman as they are expected to change surnames after marriage. I have had many an argument with banks, D.V.L.A. etc but one year on, I have only my passport left to change __________________ Pray that there is intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's Bu""er all down here on Earth - (Eric Idle)